With incomplete surveys, how do surveyors (or staff) track the respondents without breaching confidentiality?
This is a sensitive matter and sites should take precaution on how they handle this issue. First, it is important that as surveys are completed and submitted that they are reviewed immediately. For the most part, if the supervisor or program coordinator can identify the incomplete surveys immediately, the Mapper will remember the exact respondent based or can narrow down the respondents to two or three based on the demographics and/or answers. You can also attach a half sheet that can be torn off once the survey is complete. This half sheet can contain basic information on it such as address, gender, and age. Again, once the survey is deemed complete it should be detached from the survey. Some organizations require an intake form on every individual that their staff contacts, This information can be gather at the same time, but on a different sheet and also detached once the survey is submitted and deemed complete.
