Insights from Research on Cross-Cultural Validation of Health-Related Questionnaires
The Role of Bilingual Project Workers and Lay Participants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2305396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Hanna (0000-0003-3173-3381, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Sonja M Hunt (University of Edinburgh), Sonja Hunt (University of Edinburgh), Raj Bhopal (University of Edinburgh), Raj S Bhopal (0000-0002-2802-347X, University of Edinburgh) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-131 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0011392107084382 |
| OpenAlex | W2098095168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article discusses the recruitment and training of bilingual project workers and their role in data gathering; the level of comprehension of the interviewees with regard to the nature of the task and its alien nature; the contribution of social customs and expectations; the vagaries of language; the researchers' level of comprehension of data collected across a range of languages; the feelings of loss of control by the researchers over the research process; and issues of communication with bilingual project workers. The authors draw on two studies designed to assess the adequacy of questionnaire translations from English into four ethnic minority languages: Cantonese, Punjabi, Urdu and Sylheti. Bilingual project workers were recruited to carry out interviews and focus groups with the lay communities and to feed back results in English to the researchers. The authors conclude that researchers should be aware of the influence of social and contextual factors when carrying out research with ethnic minority participants mediated by bilingual project workers
Comprehension · Ethnic group · Feeling · Focus group · Linguistics · Management · Medical education · Sociology · Task (project management) · Urdu · Applied Psychology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |