Evaluating AI for the Translation of KM Resources

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.

The study will compare a resource that is in English with the same resource translated into another language. The investigators will use both high and low resource languages commonly spoken in Alberta: Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog, Urdu. Parents who speak these languages will be asked to answer questions about how easy it is to understand and use the information. The investigators will also see if artificial intelligence can be used to translate the resource. To do this, parents will be asked to look at a resource that was translated by a professional and the same resource that was translated using artificial intelligence. Then, parents will 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. Parents will also be asked if they are interested in taking part in an online interview. This will help us understand their thoughts about the resources in more detail. The plan is to involve 576 parents with 144 parents per language group.

This project will help to better understand whether parents prefer a resource in their own language compared to an English version. It will also help to 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.

Conditions

• Communication Research

Interventions

OTHER

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.

OTHER

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.

OTHER

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. The investigators 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids (TREKK)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Our Kids Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Alberta

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lisa Hartling, PhD · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-09-30

Primary Completion

2027-09-30

Completion

2027-09-30

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations