title: Motivational interviewing intervention with college student tobacco users: providers' beliefs and behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed college student health providers' use of Motivational Interviewing (MI) with tobacco users, as well as their beliefs about the use of brief interventions to help college student tobacco users quit. MI is recommended by the United States Public Health Service to increase tobacco users' willingness to quit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants included 83 clinicians from health clinics at 7 different universities in North Carolina.
  
  
  METHODS
  Paper-and-pencil baseline survey from a cluster randomized trial of college student health clinicians.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two percent of respondents reported always or usually using MI during the past month for tobacco-using patients not ready to make a quit attempt. Student health providers also reported information with regards to their beliefs about tobacco cessation treatment, barriers to intervening with patients, and confidence in motivating students to consider quitting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results highlight the need to encourage clinicians' use of motivationally focused interventions with student tobacco users. [Table: see text].
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: Eunyoung
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Y Song
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Reboussin
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spangler
authors.forename: Jessica R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pockey
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kimes
authors.forename: Kristie L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Erin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Sutfin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062405:Motivational Interviewing / Q000379:methods*; D009657:North Carolina; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014495:Universities
keywords: cessation; tobacco; treatment