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ERIC Number: EJ969160
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 10
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Culturally Competent Social Work Research: Methodological Considerations for Research with Language Minorities
Casado, Banghwa Lee; Negi, Nalini Junko; Hong, Michin
Social Work, v57 n1 p1-10 Jan 2012
Despite the growing number of language minorities, foreign-born individuals with limited English proficiency, this population has been largely left out of social work research, often due to methodological challenges involved in conducting research with this population. Whereas the professional standard calls for cultural competence, a discussion of how to implement strategies for culturally competent research with language minorities is regrettably limited in the social work literature. This article is, to the authors' knowledge, one of the first within the field of social work to tie together unique methodological issues that may arise throughout the research conceptualization, development, and implementation process with this population. Strategies for how to overcome such issues are provided by adapting and expanding on a conceptual framework by Meleis. The incorporation of such research practices with language minorities has the potential to enhance trust and, thus, improve the recruitment and retention of this hard-to-reach population. More important, studies that aim to include such culturally responsive criteria may produce results that have improved validity and, thus, contribute to the advancement of knowledge regarding this population.
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Language: English
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