SESSION Seq #47: Health Behavior Change in Oral Health Research: Use of Motivational Interviewing

Seq #47

Thursday, July 3, 2008

10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Metro Toronto Convention Centre Room 701A, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored

Health Behavior Change in Oral Health Research: Use of Motivational Interviewing

Sponsored by: Behavioral Sciences, Oral Health Research

Description: Behavior change towards the improvement of oral hygiene, tobacco use cessation, and better diet are the main areas where a modification in the patient’s behavior is shown to be successful in prevention and treatment of oral diseases. Health behavioral change support has thus become an increasingly important consideration in both dental practice and oral health research. Previous approaches for inducing health behavior change support in the dental practice are varied and their overall success was shown to be rather limited. Recently, however, motivational interviewing (MI) has been suggested that when applied within brief interventions may be beneficial for 1) the implementation into dental treatment plans in a cost effective way, 2) the increase of the patient’s likelihood to change, and 3) the overall improvement of oral health. While used extensively as a tool for enhancing behavior changes in the area of substance abuse, motivational interviewing (MI) is becoming increasingly popular in oral health research. The definition from Miller and Rollnick (1995) states: “Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.” The approaches for an evidence based implementation of behavioral support in the dental practice include speakers on the topics of behaviorism, tobacco use prevention and cessation, and dietary counseling. The intent of this symposium is to provide academic investigators, clinicians, and counselors with scientific data related to use of motivational interviewing to promote oral health through behavioral change. A further aim is to help build consensus among investigators as to appropriate methods for using and evaluating motivational interviewing. Educational Objectives: At the conclusion of this symposium attendees will be able to: - Improve understanding of health behavior change and its implication in clinical practice - Understand the current evidence supporting health behavior change models - Determine the feasibility of incorporating motivational interviewing in dental research. Sponsored by P& G Professional Oral Health.

Chairperson: M. CUGINI


	0207		Health Behavior Change: Unfogging the Theory C. LANE, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
			The Feasibility of Using Brief MI to IMpact Dental Disease: Who Should Do What When? P. WEINSTEIN, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
			Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation C. RAMSEIER, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
			Health Intervention in the Dental Setting - Using MI Techniques for Childhood Obesity Prevention M. TAVARES, Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA, USA

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