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ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2020

Cultural Adaptation of Promising, Evidence-Based, and Best Practices: a Scoping Literature Review.

Michael Thier, Charles R Martinez, Fahad Alresheed, Sloan Storie, Amanda Sasaki, McKenzie Meline, Jonathan Rochelle, Lauren Witherspoon, Huna Yim-Dockery

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Article in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. AI-Augmented Clearinghouse to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision-Making and Social Spending: a Conceptual Framework.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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  7. Cultural tailoring of pain management approaches: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2025
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  8. Exploring Cultural Adaptations: A Scoping Review on Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention Programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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  10. Racial and Ethnic Representation in Preventive Intervention Research: a Methodological Study.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Michael ThierDepartment of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA. mthier@uoregon.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2851-6255
Charles R MartinezDepartment of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Fahad AlresheedCenter for Behavioral Sciences Inc, Irvine, CA, 92614, USA.
Sloan StorieUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Amanda SasakiDepartment of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
McKenzie MelineDepartment of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Jonathan RochelleDepartment of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Lauren WitherspoonDepartment of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Huna Yim-DockeryDepartment of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This scoping literature review of nearly 5,000 peer-reviewed articles from myriad disciplines examines usage of two sets of terms that are common to many researchers, but arcane to many practitioners. Aiming to inform researchers about how scholarly literature that invokes these terms might speak to practitioners, and resulting implications for practice, we review scholarly use of three practice designations (promising, evidence-based, best) and five cultural considerations for those practices (adaptation, competence, modification, responsiveness, specificity). In addition to scoping review methods, we apply social cartography and definitional traces. Findings drive our contention that "promising practice" is the designation that might provide practitioners with the most utility, rather than the frequent-often-unarticulated-uses of best and evidence-based. Likewise, we find copious evidence of cultural considerations being invoked without operationalization. Social cartography reveals few international partnerships and limited domestic leadership among 'leading' research institutions regarding the intersection of practice designations and cultural considerations. Themes from the definitional trace prompt us to invite scholarly debate about a ladder from 'promising' to 'evidence-based' to 'best' and to prompt researchers' efforts to transfer knowledge to practitioners.

Indexed as

Cultural CompetencyEvidence-Based PracticeBibliometricsResearchBest practiceCultural adaptationEvidence-based practicePromising practiceScoping literature review

Identifiers

PMID31482365

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