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Table 1 The dimensions to consider for culturally centering a program in the Ecological Validity Model (EVM)

From: Cultural adaptation of ‘Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids’ for Hispanic families: applying the ecological validity model

Culturally Centering Elements

Bernal and Sáez-Santiago’s EVM definitiona

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.

  1. aDimension descriptions were adapted from [21]