Working with interpreters in cross‐cultural qualitative research in the context of a developing country: systematic literature review

Shimpuku, Yoko; Norr, Kathleen F.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05951.x

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“…In many cases the interview process helped to highlight issues that had been covered in their course work, such as confidentiality, the role of the worker, maintaining boundaries, dealing with ethical issues, and self-care. Students were asked to reflect on the positive and negative aspects of being involved in this type of research project during regular group debriefing sessions when they also had opportunities to individually discuss their experiences of the interview process [15]. Discussions covered a wide range of issues such as difficulties in recruitment of potential participants, ways of avoiding social desirability bias, and some of the challenges of working with members of their own ethnic community.…”

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Overcoming language barriers in community-based research with refugee and migrant populations: options for using bilingual workers

Lee¹,

Sulaiman-Hill

Thompson

2014

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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BackgroundAlthough the challenges of working with culturally and linguistically diverse groups can lead to the exclusion of some communities from research studies, cost effective strategies to encourage access and promote cross-cultural linkages between researchers and ethnic minority participants are essential to ensure their views are heard and their health needs identified. Using bilingual research assistants is one means to achieve this. In a study exploring alcohol and other drug service use by migrant women in Western Australia, bilingual workers were used to assist with participant recruitment and administration of a survey to 268 women who spoke more than 40 different languages.DiscussionProfessional interpreters, bilingual students, bilingual overseas-trained health professionals and community sector bilingual workers were used throughout the research project. For the initial qualitative phase, professional interpreters were used to conduct interviews and focus group sessions, however scheduling conflicts, inflexibility, their inability to help with recruitment and the expense prompted exploration of alternative options for interview interpreting in the quantitative component of the study. Bilingual mature-age students on work placement and overseas-trained health professionals provided good entry into their different community networks and successfully recruited and interviewed participants, often in languages with limited interpreter access. Although both groups required training and supervision, overseas-trained health professionals often had existing research skills, as well as understanding of key issues such as confidentiality and referral processes. Strategies to minimise social desirability bias and the need to set boundaries were discussed during regular debriefing sessions. Having a number of workers recruiting participants also helped minimise the potential for selection bias. The practical and educational experience gained by the bilingual workers was regarded as capacity building and a potentially valuable community resource for future health research projects.SummaryThe use of bilingual workers was key to the feasibility and success of the project. The most successful outcomes occurred with students and overseas-trained health professionals who had good community networks for recruitment and the required linguistic skills. By describing the advantages and disadvantages encountered when working with bilingual workers, we offer practical insights to assist other researchers working with linguistically diverse groups.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Overcoming language barriers in community-based research with refugee and migrant populations: options for using bilingual workers

Lee¹,

Sulaiman-Hill

Thompson

2014

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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“…the Ref. [33], the interpreters' and translators' role and their influences on the findings are not always adequately described by researchers, and therefore the credibility of qualitative research study is weakened. It is generally recommended that interpreters and translators selected for a research project are both bilingual and bicultural in order to perform their role as cultural brokers.…”

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Cultural Competence and Ethical Decision Making for Health Care Professionals

Louw

2016

HSS

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Abstract:Cultural competence and ethical decision making are two separate, yet intrinsically related concepts which are central to services rendered by all health care professionals. Cultural competence is based on ethical principles and informs ethical decision making. In spite of this important connection, the interrelationship of these two concepts does not receive the attention it deserves in the literature. This issue is addressed by appraising the training and assessment of cultural competence and ethical decision making in the health care professions. The integrated relationship of these two concepts is illustrated within the broader contexts of higher education, research and clinical practice. Health care professionals who incorporate cultural competence and ethical decision making will be empowered to provide the best services to their clients/ patients in multicultural contexts to ensure optimum outcomes.

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“…Debriefing is a technique used to gain information about cultural and language issues that cannot be discussed during interviews and to document the CHW's observations and opinions on the research process. 32,[36][37][38] The content discussed during these sessions ranged from technical issues related to recording devices to issues with families that were important in understanding home dynamics. Although the CHW did not participate directly in data analysis, these debriefing sessions were used to provide feedback to the researcher on emerging ideas, possible codes and themes, and as a means of checking and verifying the researcher's understanding of the data.…”

Section: Creating and Implementing A Research Project With The Somalimentioning

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“…Using a CHW from the community with a number of additional responsibilities required more flexibility on the part of the researcher, but clearly aligns with current directions in cross-language research. 34,[38][39][40] The CHW was essential for collecting higher quality data and to the success of this partnership, but more research is needed to explore the use of this role in both clinical and research settings, especially with refugee populations.…”

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Using a Clinical Outreach Project to Foster a Community-Engaged Research Partnership With Somali Families

Miner¹,

Liebel²,

Wilde³

et al. 2017

Progress in Community Health Partnerships

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Working with interpreters in cross‐cultural qualitative research in the context of a developing country: systematic literature review

Cited by 35 publications

References 46 publications

Overcoming language barriers in community-based research with refugee and migrant populations: options for using bilingual workers

Overcoming language barriers in community-based research with refugee and migrant populations: options for using bilingual workers

Cultural Competence and Ethical Decision Making for Health Care Professionals

Using a Clinical Outreach Project to Foster a Community-Engaged Research Partnership With Somali Families

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