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Toward Meaningful Cultural Adaptation Across Implementation Stages: Lessons Learned From a Culturally Based HIV Stigma Intervention in Gaborone, Botswana

Ohemaa B. Poku, Evan L. Eschliman, Rayna Y. Wang, Shathani Rampa, Haitisha Mehta, Patlo Entaile, Tingyu Li, Valerie W. Jackson, Ari Ho-Foster, Michael B. Blank and Lawrence H. Yang
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2022, 10(6):e2200232; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00232
Ohemaa B. Poku
aHIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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Evan L. Eschliman
bDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Rayna Y. Wang
cNew York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Shathani Rampa
dDepartment of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, Queens, NY, USA.
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Haitisha Mehta
eDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Patlo Entaile
fBotswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
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Tingyu Li
gDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Valerie W. Jackson
hDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Ari Ho-Foster
iResearch and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Michael B. Blank
jPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Lawrence H. Yang
kDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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vol. 10 no. 6 e2200232
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00232
PubMed 
36951288

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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: May 12, 2022
  • Accepted: November 2, 2022
  • Published online December 21, 2022.

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  1. Ohemaa B. Pokua,*⇑,
  2. Evan L. Eschlimanb,*,
  3. Rayna Y. Wangc,
  4. Shathani Rampad,
  5. Haitisha Mehtae,
  6. Patlo Entailef,
  7. Tingyu Lig,
  8. Valerie W. Jacksonh,
  9. Ari Ho-Fosteri,
  10. Michael B. Blankj,
  11. Lawrence H. Yangk
  1. aHIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
  2. bDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  3. cNew York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health, New York, NY, USA.
  4. dDepartment of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, Queens, NY, USA.
  5. eDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  6. fBotswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
  7. gDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  8. hDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  9. iResearch and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  10. jPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  11. kDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Ohemaa B. Poku (op2190{at}cumc.columbia.edu).
  1. ↵* Co-first authors.

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