CLINICPHYSICAL EMOTIONAL SPIRITUAL MENTAL MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a non-judgmental, non-confrontational, flexible and empathic method of communication to bring about behavior change. Through a collaborative relationship between a health care professional and a client, the client is empowered to identify his or her ambivalence about behavior change and enact solutions. MI has broad applicability to any disease or condition which involves a behavioral component. When studies compare MI to other behavioral change strategies, MI appears to be as good as, or better than, the alternatives.1, 2 In a randomized trial, MI was more effective at delaying impaired driving among drunk driving recidivists than the control communication intervention.1 In a study of substance abusing adolescents, MI was comparable to community reinforcement and ecologically-based famil