Learning Motivational Interviewing: A Pathway to Caring and Mindful Patient Encounters

Motivational Interviewing: A Communication Tool to Promote Positive Behavior Change and Optimal Health Outcomes

“…Schaefer and Kavookjian (2017) found MI interventions resulted in better compliance to individualized healthcare plans for adolescents with chronic diseases compared to more directive approaches. MI has had promising results in managing substance abuse (D'Amico et al, 2018;Kells et al, 2019), bullying (Cross et al, 2018), and poor self-care in school-age children (Kennedy et al, 2015). These are just a few of the many studies that demonstrate the potential for MI to improve the health and quality of life for students.…”

Motivational Interviewing and Compliance with Carriers Screening for Beta-Thalassemia Trait in Zahedan Premarital Counseling Center, Iran

“…MI with its nature (collaboration, evocation, and autonomy), principles (expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, Copyright rolling with resistance and supporting self-efficacy) and skills of motivational interviewing (open-ended questions, listening reflectively, summarizing, affirming and eliciting change talk) help resolve ambivalence, enhance motivation and promote behavioral changes (9)(10)(11). MI helps individuals identify their own values and goals and then reflect on their options to improve health (12,13). The efficacy of MI, for instance in enhancement of breast-feeding behavior and compliance with drug consumption, was approved in ample studies (14,15).…”