Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Implications for clinical care

• Parental stage of motivation varies and needs to be addressed to more effectively engage parents in making family changes in nutrition and activity
• Few clinicians have received training in brief motivational interviewing approaches
• The common approach of giving information and handouts not likely to be effective for families who consider issue of low importance or lack confidence

Notes:

Can fell like nagging to the parent and frustrating to c linnician who over times gives up/they don't change anyway