Methodological concerns for non‐Hispanic investigators conducting research with Hispanic Americans

Lange, Jean

doi:10.1002/nur.10049

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“…Research describing troublesome areas in test or questionnaire translations often focuses on this type of comparability issue (Arias et al, 1999;Lange, 2002). In the U.S., for example, the foster system trains and pays parents to care for children on a temporary basis.…”

Section: Understanding the Link Between Culture And Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Low‐Cost Technique for Parallel Cross‐Cultural Instrument Development: The Question Appraisal System (QAS‐04)

Dean¹,

Caspar²,

McAvinchey³

et al. 2007

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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Nutzungsbedingungen:Dieser Text wird unter einer Deposit-Lizenz (Keine Weiterverbreitung -keine Bearbeitung) The Question Appraisal System (QAS-04) ELIZABETH DEAN, RACHEL CASPAR, GEORGINA MCAVINCHEY, LETICIA REED & ROSANNA QUIROZany approaches are used to prepare instruments for multicultural administration, depending on the scope, schedule and budget of the study. Sequential questionnaire development, the most common approach to developing cross-cultural instruments, is also the most affordable. Designers formulate and pretest an instrument in the source language, then translate it into the target language(s) using culture-specific tailoring. In contrast, parallel development incorporates target cultures throughout the design and pretesting process. The disadvantages to parallel development are that it is expensive, timeconsuming, and subject to version control problems. The Question Appraisal System (QAS) is a coding tool for pretesting instruments (Willis & Lessler, 1999). The QAS is supported by an item taxonomy of the cognitive demands of a question and documents the features that may lead to response error. Results of the appraisal are used to revise question wording, response wording, questionnaire format, and question ordering. This paper describes research conducted to update the QAS to identify problems due to cross-cultural and cross-linguistic application of questions.

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Section: Understanding the Link Between Culture And Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Low‐Cost Technique for Parallel Cross‐Cultural Instrument Development: The Question Appraisal System (QAS‐04)

Dean¹,

Caspar²,

McAvinchey³

et al. 2007

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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“…In a study by Bernal, Wooley, and Schensul (1997), they discovered anchors like ''I don't feel sure, I feel a little sure, I feel more or less sure, and I feel very sure'' were much more meaningful. When using Likert scales among Hispanic Americans, Lange (2002) believes values must be reassigned so larger numbers correspond to the positive responses.…”

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“…Due to low literacy rates among some populations involved in the study, the researcher, or an interpreter, was available to assist participants in the completion of the instrument. Although there was a potential to influence responses, the risk was taken in order to attain more meaningful responses overall (Lange, 2002).…”

Section: Data Collection Instrument and Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Once translated into Spanish, the instrument was back-translated into English by a translator not associated with the initial translation. Constructs from the original English version were compared to the constructs emerging from the backtranslation and corrections were made as needed to assure congruency between the Spanish and English version of the instrument (Lange, 2002).…”

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Predictors of Work Injuries: A Quantitative Exploration of Level of English Proficiency as a Predictor of Work Injuries in the Construction Industry

McConnell

Gloeckner

Gilley

2006

International Journal of Construction Education and Research

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Both labor shortages and language barriers are present in some areas of the construction industry. These issues translate into higher than average accident and death rates seen among workers of Hispanic origin and the possible confounding effect of a language barrier. In order to address these concerns, an instrument was developed to identify the level of English proficiency. This was compared to injuries sustained on the job in the last 30 days. Participants were ranked on their level of English proficiency, and then divided into two groups. The middle group of predominately bilingual individuals was removed in order to maximize any differences between the two groups. The two groups were then compared based on the different independent variables identified in the research questions, as well as other possible relationships of interest as identified in the auxiliary findings. The overall findings of this research indicate no significant differences in work injuries when based on level of English proficiency. The study revealed the greater the English proficiency; the greater the likelihood a person would experience an injury. This contradicts some findings in the literature identifying Spanish speaking individuals as having a higher accident rate than their more English speaking counterparts.

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“…7 The underrepresentation of Latinos in cancer research may be, in part, due to lack of culturally appropriate strategies. 8,9 Participatory and community models that incorporate members from the same cultural group and use culturally adapted materials have been effective in recruiting Latinos and other minorities into health studies. [9][10][11] This paper describes recruitment methods used by the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC), summarizes their effectiveness, and proposes a research development model for recruiting Latinos into cancer control studies.…”

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Background: Latinos have low representation in cancer prevention trials and intervention studies. Culturally appropriate recruitment strategies are needed to address this issue. Objective: To describe and summarize the effectiveness of recruitment strategies used by the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC). Design: Descriptive report of recruitment methods. PArticipants: Uninsured Latino immigrants (N=1,170; 77% female, 23% male) from Central and South America recruited to 7 cancer control studies. Approach: The LACRC recruitment model involved inclusion of Latino researchers and providers, and use of culturally acceptable materials released through culturally appropriate outlets such as Latino radio stations. Results: The overall participation rate was high—96% of patients identified as eligible agreed to participate. Women were excellent referrals for recruiting men to research studies. Additionally, a local Latino radio program was used to efficiently recruit eligible study participants. Conclusions: Latinos are interested and willing to participate in cancer control studies when culturally relevant approaches are used. Research teams that partner with Latino researchers and with Latino service providers are important in educating Latinos about cancer control and encouraging participation in research.

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Methodological concerns for non‐Hispanic investigators conducting research with Hispanic Americans

Cited by 71 publications

References 35 publications

Developing a Low‐Cost Technique for Parallel Cross‐Cultural Instrument Development: The Question Appraisal System (QAS‐04)

Developing a Low‐Cost Technique for Parallel Cross‐Cultural Instrument Development: The Question Appraisal System (QAS‐04)

Predictors of Work Injuries: A Quantitative Exploration of Level of English Proficiency as a Predictor of Work Injuries in the Construction Industry

Brief report: If you build it, they will come

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