Cultural Validity
The review aims to synthesize evidence on the cultural validity of mental health tools for refugees and asylum seekers. Cross-cultural adaptation evidence includes translation, conceptual equivalence, and cultural relevance. Tools develope…
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The review aims to synthesize evidence on the cultural validity of mental health tools for refugees and asylum seekers. Cross-cultural adaptation evidence includes translation, conceptual equivalence, and cultural relevance. Tools developed in Western populations may miss culturally specific expressions of distress in refugees and asylum seekers. Western-validated instruments may be less culturally valid for people displaced by conflict or persecution.