The Cultural Adaptation of Step-by-Step: An Intervention to Address Depression Among Chinese Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital mental health interventions leverage digital communication technology to address the mental health needs of populations. Culturally adapting interventions can lead to a successful, scalable mental health intervention implementation, and cultural adaptation of digital mental health interventions is a critical component to implementing interventions at scale within contexts where mental health services are not well supported.

Objective

The study aims to describe the cultural adaptation of a digital mental health intervention Step-by-Step in order to address depression among Chinese young adults.

Methods

Cultural adaptation was carried out in four phases following Ecological Validity Model: (1) stage setting and expert consultation; (2) preliminary con

SUBMITTER: Sit HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359726 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature