objectives the aim of this study was to identify the health-related counseling needs of adolescent girls to assist them in this period of development. materials and methods forty teenage (13 - 19-year-old) girls, who had at least experienced 3 menstrual cycles, participated in this qualitative study. in-depth semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. the content analysis method ...

Computer-based systems for health education and behavior change are becoming widely used in health care, but systems targeting specific cultures other than Anglo-Americans are few. We describe our methodology and experiences adapting a conversational health counseling agent for older Latino adults, the implications for automated patient-facing health systems, and directions of future research. ...

background: the smokers who use supportive programs have a greater chance to quit smoking. smoking cessation recommendation is one of the most important prevention and treatment methods mentioned in care guidelines provided for patients with acute coronary syndrome. aim: the main objective of this study is to determine the effects of training-counseling programs on smoking cessation in patients...

In this position paper we outline our preliminary work and future directions in building behavior change counseling systems that manage dialogue on the basis of explicit representations of concepts and techniques from behavioral medicine.

there is no doubt that people need counseling. the variety of problems that persons are faced with during their lives such as disturbances, maladjustments in family, school, college, factory, organization and society financial, social, educational, vocational, personal, health,marriage problems the discrepancy between the abilities and skills with the branches of education, especially with job ...

Genetic counseling is “the process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and familial implications of genetic contributions to disease.” Traditionally, this process includes collecting and interpreting the family and medical history, risk assessment, a comprehensive educational process for potential genetic testing, informed consent, and psychosocial assessment a...

Although several studies have documented challenges related to inadequate adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and high loss to follow-up (LTFU) among Option B+ women, there is limited understanding of why these challenges occur and how to address them. This qualitative study examines women's experiences with ART adherence and retention in care. Between July and October 2015, in-depth inte...

BACKGROUND Primary care practices are faced with the challenge of having too much to do in too little time. As a result, behavioral counseling is often overlooked, especially for patients with multiple health behaviors in need of change. METHODS This paper describes recent examples of the application of interactive behavior change technologies (IBCTs) to deliver health behavior change counsel...