Cultural Appropriateness Framework: peripheral, evidential, linguistic, and sociocultural domains for adapting health interventions¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The Cultural Appropriateness Framework "examines how cultural values, beliefs, and preferences can inform the adaptation or development of health interventions" across four domains: Peripheral (appealing design elements such as images), Evidential (sharing health information to convey importance), Linguistic (delivering programs in the group's primary language), and Sociocultural (infusing cultural needs, beliefs, and preferences into design and materials). This study structured its focus group guide around the four domains and mapped its themes onto them, finding that themes did not map exclusively onto individual domains — communication preferences intersected the Linguistic, Evidential, and Sociocultural domains.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Adaptation should modify content, language, communication, and delivery to align with the target population while preserving core evidence-based components

Constraints¶

• The study found themes did not map exclusively onto individual framework domains, so adaptation may require attention to interactions across domains

Target Learners¶

• Hispanic adults eligible for lung cancer screening

Target Learning Objectives¶

• Informed, value-concordant lung cancer screening decisions

Claims¶

• Hispanic Adults Prefer Clear Friendly Sdm Communication [+M]
• Culturally Relevant Visual Design Lcs Materials [+M]

Related Theories¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Arana-Chicas E, Reyes AV, Chavez-Iniguez A, Macenat M, Ferrante J, Capurro C, Kinney AY. (2026). Informing the cultural adaptation of a lung cancer screening shared decision-making and navigation intervention for Hispanic adults: a qualitative study. Cancer Causes & Control. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-026-02257-7