Working in Partnership With Interpreters

Studies on Individuals Affected by HIV/Aids in Vietnam

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4625610
AutoresLesley Maradik Harris (0000-0002-1981-064X, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA), Victoria Boggiano (Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA), Victoria L Boggiano (0009-0009-9862-3508, Dartmouth College), Duy Thang Nguyen (0000-0002-3517-2545, Cooperation and Development, Hai Phong, Vietnam), Le Hoang Linh Pham (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Año2013
Volumen23
Número10
Páginas1408-1418
Fecha de publicación2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732313506964
PMID24062420
OpenAlexW2106808008
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas27

This article brings together two American qualitative researchers and two Vietnamese interpreters who investigated the social impacts of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam from the standpoint of the local community. As cultural outsiders with limited Vietnamese language skills, the researchers relied on the insights and expertise of the interpreters to the extent that interpreter roles expanded to become coresearchers. We explain the guidelines we used to work in partnership in the field. We then describe how the relationship between researcher and interpreter developed into coresearching, and how we utilized this relationship to respond to challenges in the work. Despite an increasing number of international qualitative studies, little research has focused on the nuances of a working partnership between researcher and interpreter, and few studies include interpreters as coresearchers. This article contributes to an understanding of how the researcher-interpreter relationship impacts the voice of the participant and, ultimately, the final outcomes of the project

General partnership · Interpreter · Political science · Programming language · Computer Science · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics