Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
Volume 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-230

Mexican immigrants and the use of cognitive assessment techniques in questionnaire development (Article)

Agans R.P.* , Deeb-Sossa N. , Kalsbeek W.D.
  • a Center for Health Statistics Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, Center for Health Statistics Research, Bolin Creek Center, University of North Carolina, 730 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2400, United States, Department of Biostatistics and the Research Coordinator, Center for Health Statistics Research, United States
  • b Center for Health Statistics Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, Sociology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States
  • c Center for Health Statistics Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Biostatistics, United States, Survey Research Unit, American Statistical Association, United States

Abstract

The aim of this article is to identify the measurement challenges involved in obtaining sensitive health outcomes from Mexican women in both settled and unsettled segments of the United States population and to suggest how cognitive assessment techniques might be better employed to construct culturally and linguistically appropriate survey instruments. These objectives will be illustrated through a project with recent Mexican immigrants in North Carolina that constructs items to measure last menstrual period - an important indicator in gauging the gestational age of a fetus. Guidelines for conducting focus groups and cognitive interviews with this population are emphasized. © 2006 Sage Publications.

Author Keywords

focus groups Perinatal health outcomes Mexican immigrants Cognitive interviews

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33646177855&doi=10.1177%2f0739986305285826&partnerID=40&md5=3f8a0bb365e000aa146c1351b757e4f6
DOI: 10.1177/0739986305285826
ISSN: 07399863
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English