Table 2 Characteristics of included reports, reasons for adaptation, and frameworks
From: A systematic review of adaptations of evidence-based public health interventions globally
First author, year | Original EBI name (adapted EBI name) study design | EBI disease/topic | Reason for adaptation | Target population/setting | Adaptation framework (if mentioned) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original (author) | Adapted | |||||
Reijneveld, 2003 [53] | Healthy & Vital (no change) Experimental—RCT | Physical inactivity/poor physical and mental well-being | Cultural appropriateness New population | People aged ≥ 65 in welfare services in the Netherlands | Turkish immigrants aged ≥ 45 in welfare services in the Netherlands | N/R |
Komro, 2004 [54] | Project Northland (Project Northland Chicago) Experimental—RCT | Alcohol use | Cultural appropriateness New population New community | Mostly white, 6th–8th grade students in rural NE Minnesota, USA | Culturally diverse 6th–8th grade students in Chicago, IL, USA | N/R |
Sarkisian, 2005 [55] | Empowerment: Facilitating a Path to Personal Self-Care (N/R) Non-experimental | Diabetes | Cultural appropriateness New population | Younger, mostly Caucasian patients with diabetes in the USA | African Americans and Latinos aged ≥ 55 with diabetes in public health diabetes and geriatrics clinics and senior centers in South Los Angeles, CA, USA | N/R |
Tsey, 2005 [56] | Family Wellbeing (no change) Non-experimental | Teasing, bullying, fighting, low self-esteem, truancy | New population New community | Adults in Aboriginal Australia (Tsey [57]) | Students in 2 primary schools in remote indigenous communities in Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland, Australia | N/R |
Villarruel, 2005 [58] | Be Proud! Be Responsible! (¡Cuídate!) Experimental—RCT | HIV | Cultural appropriateness New population | African American adolescents aged 13–18 from community-based agencies in Philadelphia, USA | Inner-city Latino adolescents aged 10–19 in Philadelphia, PA, USA | N/R |
Belanksy, 2006 [59] | Integrated Nutrition Education Program, INP (Integrated Nutrition and Physical Activity Program, INPAP) Non-experimental | Nutrition and physical activity | Cultural appropriateness New community | Elementary school children in a school setting in Denver, USA | 2nd and 3rd grade students in a rural, biethnic, low-income county in south-central Colorado, USA | N/R |
Hitt, 2006 [60] | Project RESPECT (N/R) Non-experimental | HIV/STD | New population New community | Heterosexual individuals aged ≥ 14 attending 5 public STD clinics in the USA (Kamb [61]) | MSM, IDU, and heterosexual individuals attending either a local health department or a CBO for prevention counseling services in Texas, USA | N/R |
Somerville, 2006 [62] | Popular Opinion Leader, POL (Young Latino Promotores, YLP) Non-experimental | HIV | Cultural appropriateness New population | White gay men in gay venues frequented predominantly by whites in midsized southern cities in the USA | Latino migrant MSM aged 18–30 in Texas and California USA-Mexico border communities | N/R |
NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group, 2007 [38] | Community Popular Opinion Leader (C-POL) (no change) Experimental—RCT | HIV/STD | Cultural appropriateness New community | Populations vulnerable to HIV risk behavior in the USA | Individuals aged 18–49 at food markets with individually owned stalls in Fuzhou, China and individuals aged 18–30 in the following settings; wine shops in slums in Chennai, India; gathering points of young, high-risk people in barrios in Lima, Chiclayo, and Trujillo, Peru; trade school dorms in St. Petersburg, Russia; and retail establishments in rural Zimbabwe | N/R |
Tsarouk, 2007 [63] | Reconnecting Youth (RY) (no change) Non-experimental | Substance abuse and HIV transmission | Cultural appropriateness | High-risk students aged 14–18 in the USA | Russian adolescents aged 14–17 with poor school performance and mild behavioral problems in schools in Moscow, Russia | N/R |
Beattie, 2008 [64] | Swim and Survive, and Infant Aquatics (Water Safety in the Bush) Non-experimental | Water safety/drowning | Cultural appropriateness New community | Infants, children 5–14 years, and parents in Australia | Children and adults in rural and remote Australian communities | N/R |
Cornelius, 2008 [28] | Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS, SISTA (Women Informing Women on Topics about AIDS, WIWTA) Non-experimental | HIV/AIDS | New population New community | Young African American girls in heterosexual relationships in San Francisco, USA (DiClemente [65]) | African American women ≥ 50 in heterosexual relationships who frequent churches located in low-income areas of North Carolina, USA | N/R |
Gitlin, 2008 [30] | Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, CDSMP (Harvest Health, HH) | Chronic disease self-management | New population New community | Middle-class white patients aged ≥ 40 in community-based sites in the USA (Lorig [66]) | African Americans aged ≥ 60 with chronic condition(s) in a senior setting in Philadelphia, PA, USA | N/R |
Lerdboon, 2008 [67] | Vietnamese Focus on Kids (Exploring the World of Adolescents, EWA) Non-experimental | HIV/AIDS | Cultural appropriateness New community | Adolescents in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam | Adolescents aged 15–21 in both rural and urban Vietnam | N/R |
Steiker, 2008 [29] | Keepin’ It REAL (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, and Leave) (N/R) Quasi-experimental | Substance abuse prevention | Cultural appropriateness New population New community | Middle school youth in the USA | Adolescents aged 14–19 in high risk, unique community settings in Texas, USA | Castro - cultural adaptation |
Burgio, 2009 [68] | Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health, REACH II (REACH OUT, Offering Useful Treatments) Non-experimental | Alzheimer’s disease | Implementation ease/feasibility | In-home Alzheimer’s caregivers in USA cities | Alzheimer’s caregivers in Area Agencies on Aging in Alabama, USA | N/R |
Fiscian, 2009 [69] | Making Proud Choices (N/R) Non-experimental | HIV/AIDS | Cultural appropriateness New population New community | Minority adolescents in the USA | Adolescent girls aged 10–14 in a church-affiliated junior secondary school in Ghana | N/R |
Mueller, 2009 [31] | ¡Cuídate! (no change) Non-experimental | HIV/AIDS | New community | Latino youth aged 13–18 in Northeast Philadelphia schools, USA | Latino youth in a urban high school in Denver, CO, USA | N/R |
Pekmezi, 2009 [70] | Individually tailored physical activity print intervention (Seamos Activas) Experimental—RCT | Physical inactivity and related chronic illnesses | Cultural appropriateness New population | Sedentary adults in the USA | Overweight/obese Latinas aged 18–65 with low income and acculturation in Providence, RI, USA | N/R |
Stevens, 2009 [71] | REACH II (Support Teams for Caregivers) Non-experimental | Alzheimer’s disease or dementia | Implementation ease/feasibility | Family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in 5 USA cities | Family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in Texas, USA | RE-AIM and REP |
DePue, 2010 [72] | Project Sugar 2, PS2 (Diabetes Care in American Samoa) Experimental—RCT | Type 2 diabetes | Cultural appropriateness New population | Urban African Americans aged ≥ 25 with diabetes in Baltimore, USA | Individuals aged ≥ 21 with type 2 diabetes in American Samoa | Lau’s framework for cultural adaptation |
Domenech Rodriguez, 2011 [73] | Parent Management Training—Oregon Model, PMTO (Criando con Amor: Promoviendo Armonía y Superación, CAPAS) Experimental—RCT | Parenting | Cultural appropriateness New population | Divorcing mothers with sons in 1st–3rd grades in a medium-sized city in the Pacific NW, USA (Forgatch [74]) | Spanish-speaking Latino parents or relatives who co-parent in rural Utah, USA | CAP and EVM |
Parents Matter! (Families Matter!) Non-experimental | HIV | Cultural appropriateness New community | African American parents of preteens aged 9–12 in a controlled clinical setting in the USA | Families with children aged 9–12 in Asembo, rural west Kenya | MAP | |
Sadler, 2010 [76] | “Cancer Clinical Trials: The Basics” and “Conversemos un rato: Información para combatir el cáncer en su comunidad” (N/R) Non-experimental | Breast cancer | Cultural appropriateness New population | Individuals with cancer in the USA | African American/Hispanic American women, or women from diverse communities with breast cancer in California, USA | N/R |
Rotheram-Borus, 2011 [77] | Project TALC (LA Project TALC in Los Angeles, Family to Family in Thailand, Mentor Mothers in South Africa) Non-experimental | HIV | Cultural appropriateness New community | Parents living with HIV and their children or caregiver supports in New York City, USA | Parents living with HIV and their children or caregiver supports in the USA (Los Angeles, CA), Thailand, and South Africa | CQI |
Cardona, 2009 [78] | Parent Management Training—Oregon Model, PMTO (N/R) Non-experimental | Parenting/mental health | Cultural appropriateness New population New community | Divorcing mothers with sons in 1st–3rd grades in a medium-sized city in the Pacific Northwest, USA (Forgatch [74]) | Latino immigrant parents with children aged 6–12 with mild behavioral problems in Detroit, MI, USA | EVM |
Feinberg, 2012 [79] | Problem-Solving Treatment (Problem-Solving Education) Experimental—RCT | Depression | New population | Adults with depression in general practices in Oxford, United Kingdom (Gath [80]) | Mothers with limited incomes and high rates of depression in 3 settings where they receive services in Massachusetts, USA | Backer’s 6-step approach Castro’s cultural adaptation |
Parker, 2012; [81] Chen, 2013 [82] | Arthritis Self-Help Program, ASHP (no change) Non-experimental | Arthritis | Cultural appropriateness New population Condense program | Younger, mostly non-Hispanic white adults in the USA | African American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white older adults attending senior centers in New York City, NY, USA | M-PACE |
Reid, 2012 [83] | Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM) (no change) Non-experimental | Substance abuse, sexual behavior, and HIV | Cultural appropriateness New community | Drug abusers | HIV-positive substance abusers in recovery in Trinidad and Tobago | N/R |
Rosati, 2012 [84] | Family Matters (Thai Family Matters) Experimental—RCT | Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use | Cultural appropriateness New community | Parents and children in the USA | Adolescents aged 13–14 and their parents in Bangkok, Thailand | N/R |
Tomioka, 2012 [85] | Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, CDSMP (Ke Ola Pono) Non-experimental | Chronic disease self-management | Cultural appropriateness New population | Adults aged ≥ 40 with chronic diseases in community-based sites in California, USA (Lorig [66]) | Asians and Pacific Islanders with chronic diseases in Hawaii, USA | CDC’s adaptation traffic light |
Danielson, 2013 [33] | Sistas Informing, Healing, Living, and Empowering, SiHLE (SiHLEWeb) Non-experimental | HIV/STD | Cultural appropriateness Implementation ease/feasibility | African American adolescents in community health agencies in the USA (DiClemente [65]) | Community-dwelling traditionally underserved African American girls aged 13–18 in the Southeast USA | N/R |
Fasula, 2013 [86] | Project Safe (Project POWER) Non-experimental | HIV/STD | New population New community | African American and Mexican American women in STD clinics in in San Antonio, USA (Shain [87]) | HIV-negative women with sentences up to 14 months due to be released within 6 months in North Carolina women’s prison facilities, USA | MAP |
Parker, 2013a; [88] Parker; 2013b [89] | Healthy Living Project (Supporting Youth and Motivating Positive Action, SYMPA) Non-experimental | HIV/AIDS | New population New community | Adults living with HIV in the USA | Youth aged 15–24 living with HIV/AIDS in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ADAPT |
Wainer, 2013 [90] | Reciprocal imitation training (RIT) (no change) Non-experimental | ASD | Implement in new community setting Make program more widely accessible | Individuals working with children with ASD, including parents, in the USA | Individuals working with children with ASD, including parents, in the participants’ homes and research lab in the Midwestern USA | N/R |
Williams, 2013 [91] | Adherence Through Home Education and Nursing Assessment, ATHENA (N/R) Experimental—RCT | HIV/AIDS | Cultural appropriateness New population New community | European, African and Hispanic individuals with a high prevalence of substance abuse and mental illness for whom ARV therapy was prescribed in the northeastern USA | Patients living with HIV/AIDS receiving ARV therapy from the Hunan China CARES clinical program in rural south central China | Castro’s cultural adaptation |
Baydala, 2014 [92] | Life Skills Training, LST (Nimi Icinohabi) Quasi-experimental design | Substance abuse | Cultural appropriateness New population | Elementary, middle, and high school students, including ethnic minority youth in the USA | Aboriginal school-age children in Central Alberta, Canada | N/R |
Broning, 2014 [93] | Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10–14, SFP 10–14 (Familien Stärken) Experimental—RCT | Substance abuse | Cultural appropriateness New community | Adolescents aged 10–14 and their caregivers in rural economically deprived regions in Iowa, USA | Adolescents aged 10–14 and their caregivers in socially deprived urban districts in Hamburg, Schwerin, Hanover and Munich, Germany | N/R |
Cariou, 2014 [94] | Pool Cool (no change) Non-experimental | Skin cancer | New population Implementation ease/feasibility | Aquatics instructors, kids aged 5–10, parents and other pool users in Hawaii and Massachusetts, USA (Glanz [95]) | Children and adolescents aged 2–17 enrolled in swim lessons at the Payette Municipal Pool, rural Idaho, USA | N/R |
Reback, 2014 [96] | Gay-specific cognitive behavioral therapy, GCBT (Getting Off: A Behavioral Treatment Intervention for Gay and Bisexual Male Methamphetamine Users) Experimental - RCT | Methamphetamine use/HIV | New community | Methamphetamine-using gay and bisexual men in a controlled clinical setting in the USA | Methamphetamine-using MSM in a community-based HIV prevention setting in Los Angeles, CA, USA | N/R |
Riggs, 2014 [32] | Family Overweight: Comparing Use of Strategies, FOCUS (Family Wellness Program, FWP) Non-experimental | Pediatric obesity | Implementation ease/feasibility New community | Obese children and their parents in the USA (Saelens [97]) | Obese children aged 6–12 and their parents in primary care clinics near Seattle, WA, USA | N/R |
Tu, 2014 [98] | Clinic-based educational program to promote CRC screening among Chinese immigrants (N/R) Quasi-experimental | Colorectal cancer screening | New population Implementation ease/feasibility | Chinese immigrant in a community health center in the metropolitan area of Seattle, USA (Tu [99]) | Vietnamese patients of community health centers in the metropolitan area of Seattle, WA, USA | Diffusion of innovations theory |