TY - CHAP
T1 - A commentary on the triadic theory of influence as a guide for adapting HIV prevention programs for new contexts and populations
T2 - The CHAMP-South Africa story
AU - Bell, Carl C.
AU - Bhana, Arvin
AU - McKay, Mary Mc Kernan
AU - Petersen, Inge
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the National Institutes of Mental Health (R01 MH64872).
Funding Information:
This event, sponsored by the South African Medical Research Council and the Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service was held November 1, 2000 in Durban, South Africa.
Funding Information:
Carl C. Bell, MD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. Arvin Bhana, PhD, is affiliated with the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa. Mary McKernan McKay, PhD, is Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry & Community Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Inge Petersen, PhD, is affiliated with the University of Durban-Westville, South Africa.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project-South Africa (CHAMPSA) began and to present some of the results from this South African version of CHAMP. This paper informs readers of a number of lessons about international program translation. The first important lesson is that there are universal principles of health behavior change that seem to be useful across cultures. The implementation of these principles, however, needs to be informed by an in-depth understanding of local cultural contexts. The second important lesson is that it is possible to undertake large-scale, scientifically sophisticated community- based prevention research in developing countries through international collaborative research projects. It is the authors' hope that this mixture of science, service, and business will inspire other public health, community mental health, research, and business professionals to develop international prevention interventions that can be shown to be effective, and disseminated on a wide scale.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project-South Africa (CHAMPSA) began and to present some of the results from this South African version of CHAMP. This paper informs readers of a number of lessons about international program translation. The first important lesson is that there are universal principles of health behavior change that seem to be useful across cultures. The implementation of these principles, however, needs to be informed by an in-depth understanding of local cultural contexts. The second important lesson is that it is possible to undertake large-scale, scientifically sophisticated community- based prevention research in developing countries through international collaborative research projects. It is the authors' hope that this mixture of science, service, and business will inspire other public health, community mental health, research, and business professionals to develop international prevention interventions that can be shown to be effective, and disseminated on a wide scale.
KW - CHAMPSA beginnings
KW - Effective development of international prevention interventions
KW - International program translation
KW - Large-scale communitybased prevention research
KW - Universal principles of health behavior change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892216382&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/1200v05n02_01
DO - 10.1300/1200v05n02_01
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84892216382
SN - 9780203726150
VL - 5
SP - 243
EP - 267
BT - Community Collaborative Partnerships
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -