Fidelity of motivational interviewing in an American Indian oral health intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Assess fidelity of a motivational interviewing (MI) intervention focused on preventing early childhood caries in a cohort of American Indian mothers with newborns.

Methods

Four interventionists were trained to administer an oral health MI intervention. The MI sessions were audio recorded to enable scoring as part of fidelity studies to assess the interventionist's degree of competence in using MI principles. Evaluation of the interventionists was completed using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) 3.1.1. which assesses global ratings and behaviour counts. Two reviewers evaluated and scored the MI sessions; a random sample of twenty per cent of the total interviews was scored by a trained reviewer and fifty per cent of the randomly selected fil

SUBMITTER: Wilson AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948136 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature