The Spanish translation, adaptation, and validation of a Community-Engaged Research survey and a pragmatic short version: Encuesta Comunitaria and FUERTES

• Published in: Journal of clinical and translational science Vol. 8; no. 1; p. e165
• Main Authors: Rodriguez Espinosa, Patricia, Peña, Juan M, Devia, Carlos, Boursaw, Blake, Avila, Magdalena, Rudametkin, Diana, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alegria, Margarita, Soto de Laurido, Lourdes E, Acosta Pérez, Edna, Wallerstein, Nina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 2024
• Subjects: Adaptation; assessment instruments; Bilingualism; Collaboration; Community-based participatory research; Community-Engaged Research; Data collection; Equity; evaluation tools; Latino/a/x; Participatory research; Partnering; Spanish; Surveys; Translation; Validity; Cuba; Colombia; Puerto Rico; Nicaragua; New Mexico; United States > US; Mexico; Latin America; Community-based participatory research; Spanish; Latino/a/x; evaluation tools; assessment instruments; Community-Engaged Research
• ISSN: 2059-8661; 2059-8661
• DOI: 10.1017/cts.2024.613

Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) and Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) require validated measures and metrics for evaluating research partnerships and outcomes. There is a need to adapt and translate existing measures for practical use with diverse and non-English-speaking communities. This paper describes the Spanish translation and adaptation of Engage for Equity's Community Engagement Survey (E CES), a nationally validated and empirically-supported CEnR evaluation tool, into the full-length " ," and a pragmatic shorter version " " (FUERTES). Community and academic partners from the mainland US, Puerto Rico, and Nicaragua participated in translating and adapting E CES, preserving content validity, psychometric properties, and importance to stakeholders of items, scales, and CBPR constructs (contexts, partnership processes, intervention and research actions, and outcomes). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and convergent validity was assessed via a correlation matrix among scales. respondents ( = 57) self-identified as primarily Latinos/as/x (97%), female (74%), and academics (61%). Cronbach's alpha values ranged from 0.72 to 0.88 for items in the context domain to 0.90-0.92 for items in the intervention/research domain. Correlations were found as expected among subscales, with the strongest relationships found for subscales within the same CBPR domain. Results informed the creation of FUERTES. and FUERTES offer CEnR/CBPR practitioners two validated instruments for assessing their research partnering practices, and outcomes. Moreover, FUERTES meets the need for shorter pragmatic tools. These measures can further strengthen CEnR/CBPR involving Latino/a/x communities within the US, Latin America, and globally.