Translation of questionnaire increases the response rate in immigrants: Filling the language gap or feeling of inclusion?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 889-892

  Moradi, Tahereh ^a   Sidorchuk, Anna ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

immigrants; Questionnaire; response rate; survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650486578     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810374220     Document Type: Article

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