title: Treatment fidelity of motivational interviewing delivered by a school nurse to increase girls' physical activity.
abstract: Motivational interviewing, which involves the use of person-centered, directive counseling techniques, shows promise for changing adolescent behaviors. The purpose of this article was to describe the methodology and findings related to the treatment fidelity of three face-to-face motivational interviewing sessions involving middle school girls and a school nurse to help the girls increase their moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The following four areas related to treatment fidelity were addressed: (a) study design, (b) training of interventionists, (c) intervention delivery, and (d) intervention receipt. Findings showed that 34 of 37 (91.9%) girls completed all three sessions. An initial motivational interviewing training workshop followed by evaluation of audiotaped sessions with constructive feedback can result in successful and consistent delivery by a school nurse.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University College of Nursing, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. robbin76@msu.edu
authors.forename: Lorraine B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Karin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: Stacey M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ladrig
authors.forename: Steven Malcolm
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Berg-Smith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004493:Education; D004522:Educational Status; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012573:School Nursing; D012574:Schools; D040241:Social Marketing; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013637:Tape Recording; D016387:Women's Health