Multilingual Research Methods: Including Families who Speak Languages Other than English (LOE) in Research

Sunday, April 30, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: Convention Center: 158 AB

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Leader(s)

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Katherine Yun, MD MHS (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Co-Leader(s)

Beth Dawson-Hahn, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Lisa DeCamp, MD, MSPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
General Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
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K. Casey Lion, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
University of Washington/ Seattle Children's Hospital
Bothell, Washington, United States
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Karen Lee, MD MPH

Physician
NICHD
NIH
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Marsha Gerdes, PhD (she/her/hers)

Senior Psychologist , Policy Lab
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jenny Ruiz, MD, MSCE (she/her/hers)

Instructor
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Osvaldo Mercado, MD (he/him/his)

Fellow
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States
Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Instructor
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Danielle Cullen, MD, MPH, MSHP (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
CHOP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tania Caballero, MD, MHS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nadege Mudenge, BS (she/her/hers)

Clinical Research Coordinator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Newark, Delaware, United States
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Maya Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States
Priscilla Ortiz, PhD (she/her/hers)

Language Services Program Manager
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Disclosure(s):

Katherine Yun, MD MHS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Beth Dawson-Hahn, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Lisa R. DeCamp, MD, MSPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

K. Casey Lion, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Karen C. Lee, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Marsha Gerdes, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jenny Ruiz, MD, MSCE: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Osvaldo Mercado, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Andrea M. Jimenez-Zambrano, PhD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Danielle Cullen, MD, MPH, MSHP: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Tania M. Caballero, MD, MHS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Nadege U. Mudenge, BS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Maya Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Priscilla Ortiz, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Workshop

Description: Addressing a paucity of training in multilingual research methods, we propose a workshop to provide child health researchers with pragmatic skills to recruit and engage children and families who speak Languages Other than English (LOE). In the US, approximately 16% of children have at least one parent who does not speak English well enough to communicate fully during health or clinical research encounters. Among Asian and Latino children, this number rises to 44%. However, less than one-in-ten clinical research protocols includes participants who speak LOE. Further, the proportion of protocols with English-language requirements is rising. By offering pragmatic training in selected multilingual research methods, this workshop will provide participants with tools, strategies, and knowledge necessary to design and manage child health research inclusive of LOE.

The workshop will begin with foundational concepts about language and multilingual research, as well as briefly summarizing literature on the ethical, scientific, and practical arguments for inclusion. Subsequently, we will break into small groups for facilitated, hands-on activities to teach practical approaches to multilingual research, including selecting and applying a translation strategy, incorporating language-related tasks into a study timeline, and budgeting. We will then reconvene as a larger group for an interactive discussion. Dialogue will create space for attendees to network, explore, and collectively problem-solve challenges in multilingual research.

Learning Objectives:

Articulate the ethical, practical, and scientific justification for inclusion of individuals who speak languages other than English in child health research
Apply three different translation protocols for multilingual child health research
Create budget plans and protocol timelines for use in multilingual research