Development of an interviewer training manual for a cervical health project on the Apsáalooke Reservation.
This article describes strategies used to develop a survey interview training manual for use on the Apsáalooke (Crow Indian) Reservation and delineates how this process and product differed from those discussed in the extant literature on survey interview training. Working to ensure cultural appropriateness is especially important due to past research improprieties with Native American populations. This manual was developed as a part of a cervical health intervention program, Messengers for Health. Areas covered include goals of survey research, recruitment and enrollment, manner of the interviewer, nonverbal behavior, beginning the interview, and language use. Limitations of this work and suggestions for conducting survey research with Native American populations are also included.
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Department of Health and Human Development at Montana State University in Bozeman, USA.
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Alma Knows His Gun
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Smith
Adina
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Christopher
John Chambers
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D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D009009:Montana; D014481:United States; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control