Am J Public Health. 2010 Nov;100(11):2085-93. Epub 2010 Sep 23.

Cultural translation of interventions: diabetes care in American Samoa.

DePue JD, Rosen RK, Batts-Turner M, Bereolos N, House M, Held RF, Nu'usolia O, Tuitele J, Goldstein MG, McGarvey ST.

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Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA. jdepue@lifespan.org

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Translation of research advances into clinical practice for at-risk communities is important to eliminate disease disparities. Adult type 2 diabetes prevalence in the US territory of American Samoa is 21.5%, but little intervention research has been carried out there. We discuss our experience with cultural translation, drawing on an emerging implementation science, which aims to build a knowledge base on adapting interventions to real-world settings. We offer examples from our behavioral intervention study, Diabetes Care in American Samoa, which was adapted from Project Sugar 2, a nurse and community health worker intervention to support diabetes self-management among urban African Americans. The challenges we experienced and solutions we used may inform adaptations of interventions in other settings.

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