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Evaluating AI for the Translation of KM Resources
Sponsor: University of Alberta
Summary
Knowledge mobilization resources for parents provide information to help make health decisions for their children. These resources can include videos, infographics, and plain language summaries. They are often created in English. This can make them hard to understand for people whose first language is not English. Translating these resources into other languages may be helpful. However, professional translation can take time and be expensive. \<br\>\</br\> Our study will compare a resource that is in English with the same resource translated into another language. We will use both high and low resource languages commonly spoken in Alberta: Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog, Urdu. We will ask parents who speak these languages to answer questions about how easy it is to understand and use the information. We will also see if artificial intelligence can be used to translate the resource. To do this, we will ask parents to look at a resource that was translated by a professional and the same resource that was translated using artificial intelligence. Then, we will ask them to answer questions about how clear the translations are. Parents will be asked to participate in the study using the internet. They will answer questions using an online questionnaire. We will also ask parents if they are interested in taking part in an online interview. This will help us understand their thoughts about the resources in more detail. We plan to involve 576 parents with 144 parents per language group. \<br\>\</br\> This project will help us understand whether parents prefer a resource in their own language compared to an English version. It will also help us understand whether artificial intelligence can be used to translate resources so that they are easier for parents to access. This work is very important so that all parents and their children have access to high quality health information. This can help all families make the best decisions for their children's health.
Official title: Evaluating Artificial Intelligence for Language Translation of Health-related Knowledge Mobilization Resources: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Qualitative Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
576
Start Date
2026-09
Completion Date
2027-09
Last Updated
2026-06-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
KM Resource - English
The interactive infographic was originally created in English by our team with funding from the Women and Children's Health Research Institute and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. The infographic provides information about what to expect when taking an ill or injured child to the emergency department. The topic was identified as a priority by local interest holders at the Stollery Children's Hospital. The infographic contains 750 words and takes on average 3 minutes to read.
KM Resource - Professionally Translated
The interactive infographic was originally created in English by our team with funding from the Women and Children's Health Research Institute and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. The infographic provides information about what to expect when taking an ill or injured child to the emergency department. The topic was identified as a priority by local interest holders at the Stollery Children's Hospital. The infographic contains 750 words and takes on average 3 minutes to read. The resource will be professionally translated into Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog and Urdu. The communities of interest represent common non-English languages spoken at home in Alberta.
KM Resouce - AI
The interactive infographic was originally created in English by our team with funding from the Women and Children's Health Research Institute and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. The infographic provides information about what to expect when taking an ill or injured child to the emergency department. The topic was identified as a priority by local interest holders at the Stollery Children's Hospital. The infographic contains 750 words and takes on average 3 minutes to read. We will use ChatGPT to translate the resource (the latest version available at time of translation), as it is widely used and easily accessible, increasing the generalizability of our results. The communities of interest represent common non-English languages spoken at home in Alberta.
Locations (1)
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada