Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale, Spanish Translation

ABSTRACT

The home environment has a critical influence on an infant’s development and well-being. The Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS) is an instrument that has been developed to assess the home environment. This article illustrates the translation, validation, and cultural adaptation process of the AHEMD-IS from English to Spanish. The AHEMD-IS underwent a comprehensive process involving a four-phase translation process: (1) Forward translation, (2) Semantic equivalence, (3) Content equivalence testing, and (4) Final version development. Steps 1 and 2 resulted in linguistic alterations from the initial translation to enhance clarity for general public understanding. In step 3, mothers reported that the instrument was clear and easy to complete. Step 4 involved a final review of the instrument. The final outcome is a validated instrument that may prove beneficial when evaluating the home environment with Spanish-speaking populations, particularly those of Mexican descent.

KEYWORDS:

• AHEMD-IS
• Spanish translation
• cultural adaptation
• home environment
• infant

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the translators for their assistance and the mothers for participating in the study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Dinkel holds a PhD in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Public Health. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the co-director of the Physical Activity in Health Promotion lab.

Snyder holds a Master's degree in Physical Activity in Health Promotion from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She is currently a doctoral student in the University of Nebraska Omaha's Exercise Science program with a concentration in physical activity.

Cacola holds a PhD in Motor Neuroscience from Texas A&M University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at Arlington as well as the founder and director of the Developmental Motor Cognition Lab.

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Funding

This research was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [award number P20GM109090].