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Methodological Challenges in Developing a Youth Questionnaire, Life & Health Young People, for Comparative Studies in
Anchalee Thitasan1, Marianne Velandia2, Chularat Howharn3
11 Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Purpose:
To develop a Thai questionnaire ชีวิตและสุขภาพของวัยรุ่นในประเทศไทย (TYQ) to explore girls' and boys' living conditions, lifestyles, and self-reported health with special focus on sexuality, based on a Swedish questionnaire, Liv & Hälsa ung (SYQ). Challenges in developing a youth questionnaire for comparative studies are described.
Design:
A multistep translation, sociocultural adaptation procedure, and a mixed-method validation test were performed using English as a common language within the research group. Three versions of SYQ were used as a pool of questions to develop the questionnaire.
Findings:
From a field test, unclear questions were identified and minor adjustments made. Life & Health Young People in a Thai version was successfully developed. The English version was used to bridge the language gap.
Conclusion:
This unique multistep methodology, including mixed-method validation procedure, can be used by researchers in countries where English is not the main language.
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