Work

Motivational Interviewing Intervention With College Student Tobacco Users: Providers' Beliefs and Behaviors

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Objective: This study assessed college student health providers' use of Motivational Interviewing (MI) with tobacco users, as well as their beliefs about the use of brief interventions to help college student tobacco users quit. MI is recommended by the United States Public Health Service to increase tobacco users' willingness to quit. Participants: Participants included 83 clinicians from health clinics at 7 different universities in North Carolina. Methods: Paper-and-pencil baseline survey from a cluster randomized trial of college student health clinicians. Results: Twenty-two percent of respondents reported always or usually using MI during the past month for tobacco-using patients not ready to make a quit attempt. Student health providers also reported information with regards to their beliefs about tobacco cessation treatment, barriers to intervening with patients, and confidence in motivating students to consider quitting. Conclusions: Results highlight the need to encourage clinicians' use of motivationally focused interventions with student tobacco users. Motivational Interviewing Intervention With College Student Tobacco Users: Providers' Beliefs and BehaviorsAll authorsRobert S. McNamara PhD, Eunyoung Y. Song PhD, Beth A. Reboussin PhD, John Spangler MD, Jessica R. Pockey MPH, Caroline Kimes BS, Kristie L. Foley PhD & Erin L. Sutfin PhDhttps://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2014.1003376Published online:11 May 2015TABLE 1. Providers' Beliefs About Patient Tobacco Intervention and Cessation (N = 83) Download CSVDisplay Table

Source: Journal of American College Health

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2014.1003376