title: Putting prevention into practice: counseling patients about behavior change, part I.
abstract: Counseling patients to change unhealthy behaviors: Part I in a 3-part series. Part II details interventions for tobacco abuse and Part III covers obesity prevention and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Goddard University Health Sciences, OK 73019-5143, USA. vhoung@ou.edu
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Houng
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D015438:Health Behavior; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*