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How to Adapt Effective Programs for Use in New Contexts

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HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 25-35

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909348592

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effective programs; program selection; program replication; program adaptation; HIV/AIDS; best practices; program model; program goals and objectives; core components

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A wide variety of underused effective HIV prevention programs exist. This article describes sources for obtaining such effective programs and issues to consider in selecting an existing effective program for use with one's priority population. It also discusses seven steps involved in adapting an effective program to meet the needs of a new context while preserving core components (what made, or is believed to have made, the intervention effective in the first place) and best practices (characteristics common to effective programs). Although the examples presented are from the HIV prevention field, the seven-step framework is applicable to the adaptation of effective programs in other health promotion and disease prevention arenas.

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