Does motivational interviewing counseling time influence HIV-positive persons’ self-efficacy to practice safer sex?

Motivational interviewing (patient-centered counseling) to address childhood obesity.

SafeTalk, a multicomponent, motivational interviewing-based, safer sex counseling program for people living with HIV/AIDS: a qualitative assessment of patients' views.

With the continued transmission of HIV each year, novel approaches to HIV prevention are needed. Since 2003, the U.S. HIV prevention focus has shifted from primarily targeting HIV-negative at-risk persons to including safer sex programs for people already infected with HIV. At least 20-30% of people infected with HIV engage in risky sexual practices. Based on these data, policymakers have recom...

Motivational interviewing skills are positively associated with nutritionist self-efficacy.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationships between physical and social self-concepts, motivational interviewing (MI), and nutrition assessment skills with dimensions of counseling self-efficacy. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-five WIC nutritionists. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Counsel...

Self-Efficacy for Disclosing 1 Assessing Self-Efficacy for HIV Serostatus Disclosure Decisions and Negotiating Safer Sex in HIV Seropositive Persons: Scale Development, Reliability, and Validity

Four studies were conducted to systematically develop scales for assessing self-efficacy to disclose HIV status to sex partners and negotiate safer sex practices among men and women living with HIV-AIDS. The first study used elicitation research methods to derive four sets of scenarios with graduated situational demands that could serve as stimulus materials in assessing self-efficacy. Two subs...

Motivational Interviewing in Theory and Practice

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