Resources for Cox Health Diabetes Center, March 8-9, 2007

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Recommended Books

Main text:

Health Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners by Stephen Rollnick, Pip Mason, and Chris Butler
• Motivational Interviewing adapted for medical settings
• Presents a framework for very brief treatment encounters
• Strategies are presented in terms of principles, examples, and counterexamples with an emphasis on practicality.
Read my detailed review
See more information at Amazon.com

Or, if you just want the bare essentials:

Lifestyle Change by Chris Dunn and Stephen Rollnick
• Pocket-size "how-to" guide
• Super-streamlined 3-step model
• Focus on simple, structured techniques to help engage patients in a constructive conversation about change
Read my detailed review
See more information at Amazon.com

And if you really love this stuff, and want an expanded approach with all the theory:

Motivational Interviewing, Second Edition: Preparing People for Change by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick
• Theoretical underpinnings, empirical evidence
• Some detailed examples of strategies and techniques with an emphasis on general principles
• Specialty settings, populations, topics featured in extensive edited section
Read my detailed review
See more information at Amazon.com

Case Examples (coming soon)

Clinical Resources

Full-page importance/confidence "cheat sheets"

Change plan worksheet

Values card sort (PDF format, opens in new window)

Behavior Change Counseling Index (BECCI) Form and Manual (PDF format, opens in new window)

Websites

Transtheoretical (stages-of-change) model (opens in a new window)

Steve Rollnick's practitioner-oriented discussion board (opens in a new window)

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Updated March 8, 2007