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Publication Date: 2018-Jul
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Translating Health Behavior Interventions across Nations
Sussman, Steve; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Unger, Jennifer; Wipfli, Heather; Palinkas, Lawrence
Research on Social Work Practice, v28 n5 p546-557 Jul 2018
This article provides an overview of international translation of health behavior interventions. The ideas expressed in this article serve to provide direction when developing a health behavior program for a host country, utilizing previous programmatic knowledge from elsewhere. First, the authors discuss constituents of country-level variables about which international translation might focus. Next, they suggest two general sorts of adaptations reflecting country-level differences: surface versus deep-level changes and language. Then, they highlight the importance and means of cooperation in international translation. Two examples of international translation protocols are presented. [Paper presented at the Stockholm Conference on Behavioral and Social Intervention Research, 11-12 May, 2017.]
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Intervention, International Education, Technology Transfer, Adoption (Ideas), Health Programs, Context Effect, Global Approach, International Cooperation, Pilot Projects, Standard Setting
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