Table 3 Characteristics of selected studies (n = 28)
First author, year | Original intervention name | Adapted intervention name | Study method | Topic | Level of intervention | Context | Adaptation guidance used | Theoretical principles of the adaptation approach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | Adapted | ||||||||
Audit 2017 [36] | Adherence Support Workers programme | NR | Description and pilot-testing | HIV | Micro | People living with HIV (PLHIV) in Malawi | PLHIV in rural Mozambique | Wingood et al. 2008 (ADAPT-ITT) [61] | sIMB-CIM |
Barrett 2015 [42] | Preventure programme | Preventure programme | Description | Substance use | Micro | High-risk youth in UK | High-risk Australian adolescents | NR | NR |
Benjamins 2010 [24] | Coordinated School Health model | NR | Description and evaluation: pre–post-test | Nutrition and physical activity (obesity) | Meso | US public schools | Jewish schools in Chicago | NR | CBPR |
Benson-Florez 2017 [47] | Behavioral Activation Latino | Behavioral Activation Latino (for families) | Description and evaluation: family case study | Mental health: depression and family well-being | Micro | Latino individuals | Latino families | Bernal and Domenech Rodriguez 2012 [62] | Ecological validity model |
Betts 2018 [25] | Diabetes Prevention Program Group Lifestyle Balance (DPP GLB) | Group Lifestyle Balance program Adapted for individuals with Impaired Mobility (GLB-AIM) | Description | Nutrition and physical activity (diabetes) | Micro | General US population | People with impaired mobility in the USA | NR | CBPR |
Crooks 2018 [37] | Mental Health First Aid Basic | Mental Health First Aid First Nations | Evaluation: pre–post-test | Mental health crisis | Meso | Australian general population | First Nations peoples in Canada | NR | CBPR |
Evans 2015 [38] | NR | RITCh Study Tobacco Dependence Treatment Manual and Toolkit | Description and preliminary evaluation: pilot study | Tobacco dependence | Micro | General US population | Lower socio-economic status African American people | Barrera and Castro 2006 [63] | CBPR |
Garbers 2016 [44] | Get Yourself Tested | Get Yourself Tested | Description and evaluation: pre-experimental | STD | Meso | General US population | Black and Latino sexual minority youth in the USA | NR | NR |
Goode 2012 [26] | Logan Healthy Living Program (LHLP) | Optimal Health Program (OHP) | Descriptive case study | Nutrition and physical activity (diabetes/hypertension) | Micro | Research setting | Practice setting in Australia | NR | Roger’s diffusion of innovations theory |
Grau 2013 [43] | Phaphama | NR | Description and pilot evaluation | HIV/STI | Micro | US and South African population | Russian STI clinic patients | NR | NR |
Highfield 2015 [39] | Mobile mammography programme | Mobile mammography programme | Description and evaluation: quasi-experiment | Cancer screening: Mammography | Micro | General US population | African American women | Bartholomew et al. 2016 (Intervention mapping) [64] | NR |
Horn 2008 [27] | Not On Tobacco program (N-O-T) | American Indian Not On Tobacco program (AI NOT) | Description | Tobacco dependence | Meso | General US population | North Carolina American Indians | NR | CBPR |
Inam 2015 [33] | Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) | Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) | Description and pilot evaluation | Mental health | Micro | General US population of children | Pakistani children in Islamabad | NR | NR |
Kim 2013 [28] | Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) | Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Koreans (K-DASH) | Evaluation: pre–post-test | Nutrition/diet (hypertension) | Micro | General US population | US Korean immigrants (Korean Americans) | NR | CBPR |
Kirk 2018 [45] | Casarett EBI | NR | Description and pilot evaluation | Hospice care referrals | Micro | Intervention delivered in nursing homes | Intervention delivered in community-based settings in the USA | Lee et al. 2008 (Planned Adaptation Model) [65] | NR |
Kwong 2017 [49] | Breathmobile program/PADMAP | NR | Evaluation: pre–post-test | Asthma management | Meso | Large-scale clinic system | Small-scale clinic system | NR | NR |
Macridis 2016 [29] | School Travel Planning (STP) process | NR | Description | Physical activity | Meso | General schools in Canada | Indigenous community in Kahnawake, Canada | NR | CBPR |
Martinez 2014 [30] | HoMBReS (Men Maintaining Well-being and Healthy Relationships) | NR | Description | AIDS | Meso | Latino men living in rural North Carolina | Latino men living in Indianapolis, Indiana (urban setting) | McKleroy et al. 2006 (Map of Adaptation Process) [66] | NR |
Matarazzo 2014 [34] | Window to Hope (WtoH) | NR | Description and pilot evaluation | Mental health | Micro | Australian civilians | US veterans with severe traumatic brain injury | NR | NR |
Mejdoubi 2011 [35] | Nurse Family Partnership | VoorZorg | Description and evaluation protocol | Parenting | Micro | High-risk pregnant women in the USA | High-risk pregnant women in the Netherlands | NR | NR |
Mellins 2014 [31] | Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Program+ (CHAMP+) | VUKA (“Wake up” in isiZulu) | Description | HIV | Micro | HIV-infected youth in New York, USA | HIV-infected pre- and early adolescents in South Africa | NR | CBPR |
Reddy 2017 [48] | Dangerous Decibels programme | Dangerous Decibels: Industry (DDI) programme | Description and evaluation: pre–post-test | Hearing conservation | Meso | Students at schools in New Zealand | Industry workers in New Zealand | NR | Ecological approach |
Stevenson 2008 [51] | NR | NR | Evaluation: pre–post-test and cost-effectiveness | Road traffic injury | Macro | High-income countries | Guangzhou city, China | NR | NR |
Tsey 2005 [50] | Family well-being | School-based family well-being | Description and evaluation: qualitative | Mental health | Meso | General adult population of Australia | Indigenous school children in remote communities in Australia | NR | Participatory action research |
Turhan 2017 [46] | Healthy School and Drugs (HSD) | HSD programme adapted for special education (HSD-SE) | Evaluation: quasi-experimental study | Substance use | Meso | Regular schools in the Netherlands | Special schools in the Netherlands | NR | NR |
Parents Matter! Program (PMP) | Families Matter! Program (FMP) | Evaluation | Parenting | Micro | Parents and their preteens in the USA | Parents and their preteens in rural Kenya | NR | NR | |
Venner 2016 [40] | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Community Reinforcement Approach | MICRA (Motivational Interviewing and Community Reinforcement Approach) | Pilot evaluation | Substance use | Micro | General non-Hispanic White populations in the USA | American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) in the USA | NR | CBPR |
Williams 2013 [32] | ATHENA (Adherence Through Home Education and Nursing Assessment) | NR | Description and pilot evaluation | HIV/AIDS | Micro | HIV patients in North America | HIV patients in Hunan Province in South Central China | NR | NR |