Interactive Internet-Based Motivational Interviewing Training for HIV Counseling Support Staff to Improve Health Communication in HIV Care Interactions: Protocol for Training Development and a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV counseling support staff (CSS) play a crucial role in HIV care outcomes, providing essential access to HIV test counseling, linkage-to-care support, adherence counseling, peer support, and navigation. Effective training in evidence-based interventions like motivational interviewing (MI) is imperative to maximize the impact of CSS in enhancing HIV care outcomes. MI is a collaborative, goal-oriented communication method aimed at bolstering an individual's motivation and movement toward specific goals by eliciting and exploring personal arguments for change. MI has demonstrated efficacy across various medical and mental health outcomes, including its significant impact on the status-neutral HIV Care Continuum.

Objective

The objective of this study is to develop a

SUBMITTER: Balan IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12824569 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature