DESCRIPTION
- The aim is to protect the scientific integrity of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) and promote dissemination by promoting the external and ecological validity of studies. The ultimate aim is to reduce heath disparities by making EBTs broadly available to diverse cultural groups.
- Cultural adaptations integrates multicultural and EBTs to consider culture and context systematically (historical, economic, ecological, and political influence)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the importance of and need to culturally adapting evidence-based interventions to fit to context, paying attention to target populations’ language, culture, and context.
- Describe and integrate appropriate cultural adaptations frameworks for studying the processes and impact of adaptations on intervention adoption, implementation, and effectiveness.
PRESENTER(S)
Noy Phimphasone-Brady, PhD
Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado
Phoutdavone “Noy” Phimphasone-Brady, PhD (preferred name Noy; preferred pronoun she/her/hers) is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine. She is a current K12 Scholar with the NIH-funded Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program through the Center for Women’s Health Research. As a clinical health psychologist, her expertise is in the area of women’s health and mental health across in integrated care settings, specifically perinatal mental health, reproductive health, polycystic ovarian syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and weight management. As an integrated psychologist-researcher, her program of research seeks to understand and address 1) sex and gender differences in the development of mental illness in chronic medical conditions, and 2) individual, system, and cultural level determinants to the implementation, adaptation, and sustainability of mental health interventions while managing chronic medical diseases, especially for women of color.