Motivational Interviewing in the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse

Abstract

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief counseling method that has been shown to reduce alcohol abuse and alcohol-related problems. This project focuses on the training of AF behavioral health providers in the motivational interviewing method, with behavioral coding to assess the success and cost-effectiveness of the training. In addition, this project will assess the impact of such enhanced training on the overall level of alcohol- related events. Sixty behavioral health providers have now been enrolled in this project. Fourteen providers have been trained in the MI method and two additional workshop training have been scheduled. The behavioral coding system that forms the outcome measure for this study has been pilot-tested and reliability estimates have been generated from a double-coded sample. Barriers to recruiting subjects due to military deployments have been addressed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA422059

Entities

People

  • Theresa Moyers

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Biomedical Research
  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Feedback
  • Instructional Materials
  • Interviewing
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Training
  • Workshops

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