Testing language effects in psychiatric epidemiology surveys with randomized experiments: Results from the national Latino and Asian American study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-352

  Shrout, Patrick E ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^b,c   Canino, Glorisa ^d   Guarnaccia, Peter J ^e   Vega, William A ^f   Duan, Naihua ^g,h   Cao, Zhun ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Hispanic Americans; Language; Mental health

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47649086177     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn116     Document Type: Article

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