Cultural Adaptation and Task-Shifting

How it works

Preparation

Risks & contraindications

Highlighted claims

• The CCT curriculum was adapted through Youth Participatory Action Research with young people who had lived experience of psychosis. — CognIFied: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a culturally adapted, task-shifted compensatory cognitive training intervention for young adults with first-episode psychosis in Nigeria
• Materials were translated into simplified English and Nigerian Pidgin English with emphasis on conceptual clarity. — CognIFied: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a culturally adapted, task-shifted compensatory cognitive training intervention for young adults with first-episode psychosis in Nigeria
• Task-shifting is central because Nigeria has a severe shortage of mental health specialists. — CognIFied: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a culturally adapted, task-shifted compensatory cognitive training intervention for young adults with first-episode psychosis in Nigeria
• The protocol argues that direct transfer of Western interventions can reduce effectiveness because of poor cultural fit. — CognIFied: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a culturally adapted, task-shifted compensatory cognitive training intervention for young adults with first-episode psychosis in Nigeria