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References for "Motivating behavior change"

FEB 2011

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Lai DT, et al. “Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation,” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Jan. 20, 2010): Doc. No. CD006936. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20091612

Miller WR, et al. “Toward a Theory of Motivational Interviewing,” American Psychologist (Sept. 2009): Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 527–37. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19739882

Pollak KI, et al. “Physician Communication Techniques and Weight Loss in Adults: Project CHAT,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Oct. 2010): Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 321–28. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20837282

Rollnick S, et al. “Motivational Interviewing,” BMJ (April 27, 2010): Electronic publication. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20423957

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Searight R. “Realistic Approaches to Counseling in the Office Setting,” American Family Physician (Feb. 15, 2009): Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 277–84. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19235494

Spahn JM, et al. “State of the Evidence Regarding Behavior Change Theories and Strategies in Nutrition Counseling to Facilitate Health and Food Behavior Change,” Journal of the American Dietetic Association (June 2010): Vol. 110, No. 6, pp. 879–91. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20497777