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This version was published on June 1, 2008
Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 31, No. 2, 110-123 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0163278708315918
© 2008 SAGE Publications

Country Prototypes and Translation of Health Programs

Steve Sussman

University of Southern California, ssussma{at}usc.edu

Jennifer B. Unger

University of Southern California

Lawrence A. Palinkas

University of Southern California

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.

Key Words: international • translation • health behavior


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