Motivational Interviewing to Create Health Behavior Change in Pediatric Patients and Families

Stephen Pont, MD, MPH, FAAP, of the University of Texas Southwestern in Austin, Texas, and Joani Jack, MD, FAAP, of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, explore the application of MI principles in pediatrics. They review the key principles of MI, simple steps that the busy clinician can make to move toward MI in practice, and application of MI techniques in breastfeeding and pediatric nutrition scenarios. They also discuss MI and pediatric obesity resources, including online toolkits from the highly successful Healthy Eating and Living Education (HEALED) program from the Tennessee American Academy of Pediatrics.

This material was originally presented to a live audience on 19-Dec-2013, and was available for credit through 7-Nov-2017.

• 

  Joani Jack, MD, FAAP

  Division of General Pediatrics
  Medical Director, Children's Healthy Eating and Active Living Center
  Chief, Department of Pediatrics
  Children's Hospital at Erlanger
  Assistant Professor, University of TN College of Medicine
  Chattanooga, Tennessee

• 

  Stephen J. Pont, MD, MPH, FAAP

  Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A & M Health Science Center
  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern, Austin
  Medical Director, Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity, Dell Children’s Medical Center
  Austin, Texas