No implementation without cultural adaptation: a process for culturally adapting low-intensity psychological interventions in humanitarian settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the widely recognised importance of cultural adaptation to increase the effectiveness of psychological interventions, there is little guidance on its process. Developed based on existing theory, we applied a four-step process to culturally adapt a low-intensity psychological intervention for use in humanitarian settings.

Methods

The four-step process was applied to adapt a WHO low-intensity psychological intervention (i.e. Problem Management Plus, or PM+) for use with displaced Venezuelans and Colombians in Colombia. First, a rapid desk review was used as an (1) information gathering tool to identify local population characteristics. Next, the results were taken forward for the (2) formulation of adaptation hypotheses, whereby PM+ prot

SUBMITTER: Perera C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362525 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature