Translating questionnaire items for a multi-lingual worker population: The iterative process of translation and cognitive interviews with English-, Spanish-, and Chinese-speaking workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-203

  Fujishiro, Kaori ^a   Gong, Fang ^a,b   Baron, Sherry ^a,b,c   Jacobson Jr , C Jeffery ^c   Delaney, Sheli ^a   Flynn, Michael ^a   Eggerth, Donald E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive interview; Homecare; Immigrant workers; Qualitative analysis; Questionnaire development; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 75749138987     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20733     Document Type: Article

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