%0 Journal Article
%T Translating Health Behavior Interventions Across Nations
%A Heather Wipfli
%A Jennifer Unger
%A Lawrence Palinkas
%A Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
%A Steve Sussman
%J Research on Social Work Practice
%@ 1552-7581
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1049731517718360
%X This article provides an overview of international translation of health behavior interventions. The ideas expressed in this article serve to provide direction when developing a health behavior program for a host country, utilizing previous programmatic knowledge from elsewhere. First, the authors discuss constituents of country-level variables about which international translation might focus. Next, they suggest two general sorts of adaptations reflecting country-level differences: surface versus deep-level changes and language. Then, they highlight the importance and means of cooperation in international translation. Two examples of international translation protocols are presented
%K international
%K translation
%K health behavior
%K interventions
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1049731517718360