Device and Internet Use Among Spanish-Dominant Hispanics: Implications for Web Survey Design and Testing

Trejo, Yazmín A. G.; Schoua‐Glusberg, Alisú

doi:10.29115/sp-2017-0016

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“…Given these higher health risks, Latina mothers with lower SES might especially benefit from the additional ITF education and support an app could provide. In terms of English proficiency, Spanish-dominant Latinx individuals often lack full familiarity with using their smartphone and many only use a limited number of apps on their device [ 41 ]. However, Spanish-language app interventions have shown success in engaging Latinx participants and improving health-related conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, substance abuse, depression) [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ], indicating the feasibility of an app intervention for Spanish-speaking Latinx and resolving the concerns of participants in the present study.…”

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Stakeholders’ Views on Mobile Applications to Deliver Infant and Toddler Feeding Education to Latina Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status

2021

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Infant- and toddler-feeding (ITF) practices are critical to long-term health and chronic disease prevention. Using mobile applications (apps) to promote desirable ITF practices shows promise for overcoming challenges of in-person education. However, the viability of ITF apps for Latina mothers of low-socioeconomic status (SES) remains unclear. The objective of this study was to characterize stakeholders’ views on Latina mothers’ capability, motivation, and barriers to using ITF apps. New York City-based health professionals who frequently engage with Latina mothers of low SES completed in-depth interviews. Directed content analysis was used to identify themes through theoretical and inductive codes. Participants included dietitians, nutrition educators, and physicians (n = 17). The following themes were identified: (1) Most Latina mothers of low-SES are tech-savvy (i.e., high capability and experience using smartphones and apps); (2) Apps are an appealing way to deliver ITF education; (3) There are challenges to using apps that must be carefully considered for ITF education development. Overall, ITF apps are a viable option as skills and use appear high among Latina mothers. Key considerations for app development include targeted app promotion; detailed instructions for obtaining and using app; more visuals, less text for low literacy and multiple dialects; making key features available offline.

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Stakeholders’ Views on Mobile Applications to Deliver Infant and Toddler Feeding Education to Latina Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status

2021

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“…For example, research using face-to-face pretesting among Spanish-dominant Hispanics indicates that internet access does not necessarily correlate to the type of digital affinity necessary to complete online surveys (e.g., experience typing in URLs, familiarity with establishing accounts with a username and password, etc.) (Brown et al 2016;Trejo and Schoua-Glusberg 2017). Moreover, research on survey pretesting also shows reliability measurement challenges for the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. For instance, educational attainment is a well-established item used in many surveys in English.…”

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Identifying Data Quality Challenges in Online Opt-In Panels Using Cognitive Interviews in English and Spanish

Trejo

Meyers

Martinez

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Journal of Official Statistics

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In this article, we evaluate how the analysis of open-ended probes in an online cognitive interview can serve as a metric to identify cases that should be excluded due to disingenuous responses by ineligible respondents. We analyze data collected in 2019 via an online opt-in panel in English and Spanish to pretest a public opinion questionnaire (n = 265 in English and 199 in Spanish). We find that analyzing open-ended probes allowed us to flag cases completed by respondents who demonstrated problematic behaviors (e.g., answering many probes with repetitive textual patterns, by typing random characters, etc.), as well as to identify cases completed by ineligible respondents posing as eligible respondents (i.e., non-Spanish-speakers posing as Spanish-speakers). These findings indicate that data collected for multilingual pretesting research using online opt-in panels likely require additional evaluations of data quality. We find that open-ended probes can help determine which cases should be replaced when conducting pretesting using opt-in panels. We argue that open-ended probes in online cognitive interviews, while more time consuming and expensive to analyze than close-ended questions, serve as a valuable method of verifying response quality and respondent eligibility, particularly for researchers conducting multilingual surveys with online opt-in panels.

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Empirical insights on technology use for navigating human services

Abubakari

DiNicola

Lee

2020

Journal of Technology in Human Services

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Device and Internet Use Among Spanish-Dominant Hispanics: Implications for Web Survey Design and Testing

Cited by 3 publications

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Stakeholders’ Views on Mobile Applications to Deliver Infant and Toddler Feeding Education to Latina Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status

Stakeholders’ Views on Mobile Applications to Deliver Infant and Toddler Feeding Education to Latina Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status

Identifying Data Quality Challenges in Online Opt-In Panels Using Cognitive Interviews in English and Spanish

Empirical insights on technology use for navigating human services

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