PEDIATRICS Vol. 94 No. 3 September 1994, pp. 405-406
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Assessment of Telephone Survey Data

Robin M. Ikeda MD1, Jeffrey J. Sacks MD, MPH1, Peter A. Briss MD2, and David G Addiss MD, MPH3

1 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA 30333
2 National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA 30333
3 National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333

The article by Briss et al1 describes injuries at child care centers using information collected through a telephone survey of center directors. Telephone surveys have been used to collect information about child care centers regarding injuries,2 safety practices,3 and infectious diseases.4-8 To evaluate the quality of the data obtained during telephone interviews, we compared the telephone responses of day care center directors with written responses to the same questions from care givers working in those centers.