The community needs to know about the impending DSS. It is therefore important to let the community members, officials, and authorities know that you intend to conduct a DSS in their area. Meetings with community leaders, followed by the community will be necessary before starting the field activities. For the community, this can be done through a series of community meetings organized by the site leader and his staff in conjunction with the local leaders. These meetings should spell out the need and benefit of a DSS and call on community leaders to help the research team in eliciting the cooperation of the community members. The importance of the DSS should be clearly communicated to the community leaders so that they can help moderate with the rest of the members in the community. In these meetings mention should also be made that the community members might be called upon from time to time to assist carrying out certain activities. During these meetings, the community members should be encouraged to ask questions so that clarifications can be made where necessary. Their being well informed will not only have them accept and respect the DSS work but will also make them more responsive to the enumerators when interviewing starts. On an on-going basis, a periodic forum should be organized where the community and its stakeholders can ask questions and get answers about the DSS.