Motivational Communication in Dental Practices

This article describes the motivational communication approach to changing behavior and applies it to a discussion of behavior change communication over the course of life. CONTENT considerations focus on on identifying high-priority behaviors for change; patient affect, behavior, and cognition related to these behaviors, and understanding in which stage of change the patient is. Process the four principles of the Motivational Interviewing approach by Miller& Rollnick to analyze oral health-related behavior change over the life course.
Source: Dental Clinics of North America - Category: Dentistry Authors: Source Type: research