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Insights from research on cross-cultural validation of health-related questionnaires : the role of bilingual project workers and lay participants

Hanna, Lisa, Hunt, Sonja and Bhopal, Raj 2008, Insights from research on cross-cultural validation of health-related questionnaires : the role of bilingual project workers and lay participants, Current sociology, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 115-131, doi: 10.1177/0011392107084382.

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Title Insights from research on cross-cultural validation of health-related questionnaires : the role of bilingual project workers and lay participants
Author(s) Hanna, LisaORCID iD for Hanna, Lisa orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-3381
Hunt, Sonja
Bhopal, Raj
Journal name Current sociology
Volume number 56
Issue number 1
Start page 115
End page 131
Total pages 17
Publisher Sage
Place of publication London, England
Publication date 2008
ISSN 0011-3921
1461-7064
Summary 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.
Language eng
DOI 10.1177/0011392107084382
Field of Research 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
111711 Health Information Systems (incl Surveillance)
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2008, International Sociological Association
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023698

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Health
School of Health and Social Development
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