search

lshtm-gis / WHO_PHSM_Cleaning

Cleaning PHSM provider data for WHO
https://lshtm-gis.github.io/WHO_PHSM_Cleaning/html/
MIT License
0 stars 1 forks source link

`who_measure == "Using other personal protective equipment"` seem to be primarily mask wearing #43

Open pearsonca opened 4 years ago

pearsonca commented 4 years ago

per title, most of the "using other PPE" entries are really mask/face-covering wearing. Some of them are industry / setting specific, but that's what targeted column should be for.

hamishgibbs commented 4 years ago

Agree that some records labelled as "Using other personal protective equipment" (who_code == 1.4) are more appropriately coded as "Masks" (who_code == 1.5).

The most likely cause of this issue is the automatic coding for records from ACAPS (which does not specify if records specifically pertain to mask wearing) where the coding of these records is not then updated by volunteers.

We will review the coding for ACAPS records and try to think of a way to flag records which likely relate to mask wearing.