Cultural and Linguistic Adaptations: Equitable Accessibility to an Evidence-Based Intervention for Diverse Caregivers
Keywords:
parent training, cultural adaptations, cultural sensitivity, equitable accessibility, Spanish-speaking servicesAbstract
Families from minoritized backgrounds experience healthcare disparities, including a lack of evidence-based interventions and services that are culturally relevant. The study at hand provides documentation of the adaptation processes conducted to provide equitable accessibility to a packaged intervention for Spanish-speaking Latino parents, Parents Effectively Addressing Challenging Behavior en Español (Project PEACE). The adaptation process follows the Cultural Adaptations Process Model (Domenech et al., 2011) and the Ecological Validity Model (Bernal et al., 1995), and details the initial phase in the process for developing a parent training intervention with cultural sensitivity. The present study also provides further evidence about how cultural adaptations can be implemented within an evidence-based intervention model for parent training. The study documents the processes and phases of the cultural adaptations for the purpose of future replication.
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