Cross-cultural normative assessment: Translation and adaptation issues influencing the normative interpretation of assessment instruments.

Geisinger, Kurt F.

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.6.4.304

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“…It was checked for accuracy through the back-translation process (Geisinger, 1994). The instrument was pretested during a football league match between Mysterious Dwarfs and Asante Kotoko, two of Ghana's premier clubs played in November 2013 at the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium at Cape Coast, the administrative capital of the Central Region, about 90 km west of Winneba.…”

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Profiling Masquerade Festival Attendees in Ghana

Akyeampong¹,

Yankholmes²

2016

Event Management

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etc. Invariably, however, such studies have tended to be Eurocentric in content and implications. Not unexpectedly, studies from Africa and other less developed economies dwell on traditional festivals (Rea, 2007). That is the point of departure for the current study, which presents the background to and results from a study undertaken IntroductionIn the past couple of decades, festival and event tourism has emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the world leisure industry (Getz, 1991(Getz, , 2005Nicholson & Pearce, 2001;Salamone, 2000). A concomitant interest among academia is reflected in the large number of studies into various aspects of the industry: attendees' motivations This article describes a study profiling 241 attendees to the 2014 masquerade festival in Winneba in Southern Ghana according to their support for and past membership of the competing masquerade groups. Three cohorts of attendees were used to highlight the differences that exist in terms of their demographics and trip/event profile, information sources, and how satisfied they were with various facilities and services provided by the event organizers. The study found that two cohorts belonged to or supported a masquerade group while the majority neither belonged to nor supported a masquerade group nor ever been masqueraders. The demographic profile of the majority subsample showed they were likely to be female, young, employed with above-average incomes and educational attainment. Their main source of information on the festival was friends, and they also tended to be intolerable of the long ticket queues and other appalling conditions of the event venue more than the other subgroups and this had implications for marketing and product development.

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Profiling Masquerade Festival Attendees in Ghana

Akyeampong¹,

Yankholmes²

2016

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“…The goal of the modification was to reduce ways in which the original program may not be culturally comparable or compatible [43]. In order for participants to be able to identify with the reading material, examples and images used needed to be culturally relevant.…”

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Culturally adapting a physical activity intervention for Somali women: the need for theory and innovation to promote equity

Murray

Ermias²,

Lung

et al. 2016

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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There is pressing need for innovation in clinical research to more effectively recruit, engage, retain, and promote health among diverse populations overburdened by health disparities. The purpose of this study is to provide a detailed illustration of the cultural adaptation of an evidence-based intervention to bolster translational research with currently underserved communities. The cultural adaptation heuristic framework described by Barrera and colleagues is applied to the adaptation of a physical activity evidence-based intervention with adult Somali women. Widespread changes were required to ensure program feasibility and acceptability, including the reduction of assessment protocols and changes discordant with current trends in physical activity research. The cultural adaptation of evidence-based interventions offers an important mechanism for reducing health disparities. Improved reporting standards, assessment of features relevant to underserved communities, and greater funding requirements to ensure better representation are needed to promote more widespread access for all people. KeywordsCross-cultural research, Cultural adaptation, Health disparities, Translational research, Physical activity interventions, Refugee research There is a pressing need for innovations in clinical research to more effectively recruit, engage, retain, and promote health among diverse populations overburdened by health disparities [1][2][3]. Disparities persist for many racial/ethnic minority groups in health outcomes [4], as well as representation in clinical research and interventions [2,5]. Culturally, adapting current evidence-based interventions (EBIs) for use with more diverse target populations offers great potential for decreasing health disparities and increasing access to EBIs, yet there is a need to advance this science with broader applications within diverse populations [6][7][8][9].There are several cultural adaptation theories and frameworks proposed in the literature, but few comprehensive illustrations of program adaptations, which are needed to guide best practice. Herein, we detail the cultural adaptation of an efficacious physical activity (PA) program following the heuristic framework laid out by Barrera and Castro [10]. We selected this framework because it provides flexibility in the dimensions for adaptation (e.g., engagement strategies, outcomes) and clear steps for structuring the cultural adaptation process. The framework includes four steps that include a range of information gathering, adaptation processes, and adaptation tests. The goal of program adaptation is to identify and address challenges to ensuring program fidelity alongside the acceptability of the program for the new target population [11].African immigrants represent one such underrepresented group in research and programming [12]. In particular, Somali women appear to have unique barriers to engaging in PA such as cultural practices related to modesty and limited exposure to intentional physical activity in Somalia [13], al...

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“…No presente estudo, foram utilizadas orientações de autores, como Beaton, Bombardier, Guillemin e Ferraz (2000), Cassepp-Borges, Balbinotti e Teodoro (2010), Geisinger (1994) e de Sandoval e Durán (1998).…”

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Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS): Adaptação e Evidências de Validade

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ResumoAs funções executivas são habilidades que permitem um indivíduo direcionar seu funcionamento cognitivo, comportamental e emocional a metas. Para avaliá-las existem poucos instrumentos ecologicamente válidos. Para superar essa limitação, foi desenvolvida a Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS). O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar e investigar evidências de validade de conteúdo da BADS para o contexto brasileiro. Foram realizadas três traduções do instrumento, sintetizadas em uma única versão e encaminhada a três juízes. Posteriormente, a BADS foi submetida a um grupo focal (5 adultos saudáveis) e estudo-piloto (amostra clínica com 40 pacientes neurológicos, portadores de Parkinson). O cálculo do coeficiente de validade de conteúdo total foi considerado aceitável (> 0,80); e a média do coeficiente kappa para os subtestes foi de 0,55, e para o questionário foi de 0,75, moderado e sólido, respectivamente. Os dados sugerem que a BADS está apta a ser utilizada em novos estudos para a investigação de outras propriedades psicométricas, como validade de construto, fidedignidade e normatização. Palavras-chave: funções executivas, síndrome disexecutiva, validade Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS): Adaptation and Validity Evidence AbstractExecutive functions are skills that allow an individual to direct their cognitive, behavioral and emotional functioning to goal achievement. In order to evaluate them, there are few ecologically valid instruments. Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) was developed to overcome this limitation. The objective of this study was to adapt and investigate BADS content validity for the Brazilian context. Three translations of the instrument from English into Portuguese were done, and were later synthesized into a single version to be sent to three judges. Subsequently, BADS was applied to a focus group (5 healthy adults) and a pilot study (40 clinical neurological patients, with Parkinson's Disease). The calculation of the total content validity coefficient was considered acceptable (> 0.80); and the average coefficient kappa subtests was 0.55 and the survey was 0.75, moderate and solid, respectively. The data suggest that BADS can be used in further studies to investigate other psychometric properties as construct validity, reliability and standardization. Keywords: executive functions, dysexecutive syndrome, validity Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS): Adaptación y Evidencias de ValidezResumen Las funciones ejecutivas son habilidades que permiten a los individuos direccionar su funcionamiento cognitivo, conductual y emocional, hacia sus metas. Para evaluarlas existen pocos instrumentos ecológicamente válidos. Para superar esta limitación, fue desarrollada la Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS). El objetivo de este estudio fue adaptar e investigar evidencias de validez del contenido de la BADS para el contexto brasileño. Se realizaron tres traducciones del instrumento, sintetizada...

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Cross-cultural normative assessment: Translation and adaptation issues influencing the normative interpretation of assessment instruments.

Cited by 799 publications

References 15 publications

Profiling Masquerade Festival Attendees in Ghana

Profiling Masquerade Festival Attendees in Ghana

Culturally adapting a physical activity intervention for Somali women: the need for theory and innovation to promote equity

Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS): Adaptação e Evidências de Validade

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