{"id":48579,"date":"2017-10-18T09:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=48579"},"modified":"2022-10-25T10:17:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:17:31","slug":"wright-state-research-in-sierra-leone-focused-on-translation-stressors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/18\/wright-state-research-in-sierra-leone-focused-on-translation-stressors\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State research in Sierra Leone focused on translation, stressors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Conteh, assistant professor of human services.<\/p><\/div>\n

John Conteh, assistant professor in the Department of Human Services<\/a> at Wright State, traveled to Sierra Leone to research a way to translate the World Health Organization\u2019s Quality of Life questionnaire into Krio, the national lingua franca language of the African nation.<\/p>\n

Conteh\u2019s study focused on evaluating how people in Sierra Leone deal with daily stressors, such as physical health, and how it affects their mental health.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to see how people deal with daily things like physical health, what does that mean to them? I want to know how they value that, and how does the quality of physical health out there affect their psychological function. It\u2019s all part of the quality of life questionnaire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Conteh has long been interested in international research. \u201cMy focus is research that asks, How do you use the original stuff and apply it internationally?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Conteh\u2019s research was a collaboration between Wright State, Adler University in Chicago and the University of Makeni in Sierra Leone. He worked with faculty at the University of Makeni, as well as undergraduate students, to distribute the Krio version of the questionnaire.<\/p>\n

An indigenous dialect in Sierra Leone, Krio is a mix of English, Portuguese, French and several other languages. Despite the incorporation of English into Krio, Conteh said it is difficult for English speakers to understand Krio.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t know Krio, you can\u2019t communicate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When Conteh arrived at the University of Makeni, he spoke with students and faculty at the university and provided orientation for the use of the World Health Organization questionnaire for data collection. He said the students were exceedingly enthusiastic about helping with the research. Forty-two students and a faculty member in the department of mental health at the University of Makeni helped him collect 425 questionnaires for his study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe motivation of the students was really surprising for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how I was going to collect all this data by myself out there, and I had a room full of students and I had to brief them for an hour and they would ask question after question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faculty at the University of Makeni were excited to work with Wright State for the project. \u201cGoing out there creates a sense of Wright State in the University of Makeni,\u201d Conteh said.<\/p>\n

While at the University of Makeni, Conteh also taught research and counseling skills courses in the mental health department. He is also working with the university on plans for a voluntary annual visiting assistant professorship.<\/p>\n

Originally founded as a branch campus of The Ohio State University and Miami University, Wright State became an independent institution in 1967. It celebrates its 50th anniversary<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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