Translation of health surveys using mixed methods.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a process-based translation method for a health survey instrument, Searching for Hardships and Obstacles to Shots (SHOTS), using a community-based participatory approach with the Hmong community.

Design: The study was based on a cross-sectional survey to assess the reliability and validity of the SHOTS immunization survey, an instrument used in the Hmong community, who are refugees originally from Laos living in the United States.

Method: Process-based universalistic health survey translation methods were used in a six-step procedure to translate the instrument.