Culturally Centering Elements | Bernal and Sáez-Santiago’s EVM definitiona |
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Goals | Agreement between the intervention’s intended goals and participant’s understanding of the goals of the program. Consideration should be made of participants’ values, customs, and traditions. |
Concepts | How theoretical constructs of the program are conceptualized and communicated to participants. |
Methods | The procedures and activities to follow for the achievement of the program goals. |
Content | The values, customs, and traditions held by a cultural group to be considered when delivering and assessing a program. |
Persons | The cultural understanding of the participant-facilitator relationship in a program. |
Metaphors | The cultural understanding of certain symbols, sayings and concepts that could affect recruitment and engagement in the program. |
Language | A mechanical translation of the program with consideration of the dialect and word choice by country of origin and current living environment. The emotional expression of language and mannerisms should also be considered. |
Context | The overarching socio-economic background of the participant, social support and relationship to their culture of origin. |