A systematic survey instrument translation process for multi-country, comparative health workforce studies.

Background: As health services research (HSR) expands across the globe, researchers will adopt health services and health worker evaluation instruments developed in one country for use in another. This paper explores the cross-cultural methodological challenges involved in translating HSR in the language and context of different health systems.

Objectives: To describe the pre-data collection systematic translation process used in a twelve country, eleven language nursing workforce survey.