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Implementation Of Motivational Interviewing In A Multidisciplinary Hiv Clinic In An Academic Medical Setting, Lucy Ledesma
Implementation Of Motivational Interviewing In A Multidisciplinary Hiv Clinic In An Academic Medical Setting, Lucy Ledesma
Doctoral Dissertations
Purpose: People living with HIV (PLWH) struggle with medication adherence. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires greater than 95% adherence to prevent HIV drug resistance and treatment failure. Motivational interviewing (MI) is an effective counseling method designed to enhance health behavior change. This project determined the effectiveness of a two-day introductory MI training course on participant MI knowledge, perception of MI effectiveness, perception of client behavior change, and likelihood of MI use in a Midwest outpatient HIV clinic.
Participants: Seven clinical and non-clinical members of the multidisciplinary care team completed the two-day MI training course. Approximately 82% of the participants had never …