Challenges in language, culture, and modality: Translating english measures into American sign language

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-81

  Jones, Elaine G ^a   Mallinson, R Kevin ^b   Phillips, Linda ^a   Kang, Youngmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Deafness; Psychometric properties; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEAFNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGN LANGUAGE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 33646150209     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200603000-00002     Document Type: Article

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