Country prototypes and translation of health programs.
This article introduces the topic of international translation of health programs. Different perspectives toward the study of national-level variables that are relevant to translation of evidence-based programming developed outside of or in a country are discussed. Concepts including national prototypes, national stereotypes, country clusters, knowledge incompatibility, and absorptive capacity are introduced. The ideas expressed in this article serve to provide direction when considering developing a health behavior program for a country, using previous programmatic knowledge from elsewhere.
Sussman
Steve
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Transdisciplinary Drug Abuse Prevention Research Center, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA. ssussma@usc.edu
Unger
Jennifer B
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Palinkas
Lawrence A
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D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D011057:Politics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors