Adapting tailored intervention message libraries for new populations

Authors: Skinner C.S.; Buchanan A.; Kreuter M.W.; Holt C.; Bucholtz D.; Strigo T.S.

Source: Health Education, Volume 103, Number 4, 2003 , pp. 221-229(9)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

This paper demonstrates that a message library - the computer-tailored intervention component that contains all potential versions of tailored content - can be adapted for use in a new setting at reasonable cost and effort. A message library developed for one population was adapted to enable its use with a second population in a different geographic region. Concludes that adapting message libraries for new populations need not be a barrier to disseminating tailored interventions and designing message libraries with dissemination in mind creates tailored interventions that can be adapted for use with different populations.

Keywords: Health; Education; Personal Needs; Computer Software; Dissemination

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09654280310485555

Publication date: 2003-06-04