Ep 38 – MI for Vaccine Hesitancy

Ep 38 – MI for vaccine hesitancy Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Amanda Gabarda, EdD, MPH, NBC-HWC for a timely discussion about vaccine hesitancy. Amanda is the Senior Director of Clinical Training & Development for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan where she is responsible for designing, scaling, and evaluating evidence-based care management and health coach training, quality assurance, and coaching interventions for digital, telephonic, and in-person coaching. Her work focuses on setting a standard of excellence to positively impact health and increase patient/member engagement and activation through coaching and the use of Motivational Interviewing. She is passionate about combining coaching and behavior change science to empower individuals to live their best and healthiest lives. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 1:30 – Amanda’s introduction and early MI story 4:45 – Beyond the skills and techniques of MI 12:00 – Vaccine hesitancy 17:40 – Supporting autonomy around vaccine decision-making 26:25 – “Shoulders up” vs “shoulders down” conversations 29:30 – Literature on use of MI for vaccine hesitancy 32:40 – Ethical considerations 42:00 – Helpful skills for helpful conversations 46:45 – Choosing our words carefully 54:45 – Looking towards the digital age of health behavior change 01:00:09 – End of recording   Links and contact information: * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-gabarda-edd-mph-nbc-hwc-762a7323/ [linkedin.com] For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: [email protected] Twitter: * ChangeTalking * Glenn Hinds * Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE * References Discussed: * Gagneur, A., Gosselin, V., & Dubé, È. (2018). Motivational interviewing: A promising tool to address vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine, 36(44), 6553-6555. * Gagneur, A., Battista, M. C., Boucher, F. D., Tapiero, B., Quach, C., De Wals, P., … & Dubé, È. (2019). Promoting vaccination in maternity wards─ motivational interview technique reduces hesitancy and enhances intention to vaccinate, results from a multicentre non-controlled pre-and post-intervention RCT-nested study, Quebec, March 2014 to February 2015. Eurosurveillance, 24(36), 1800641. * Opel, D. J., Robinson, J. D., Spielvogle, H., Spina, C., Garrett, K., Dempsey, A. F., … & Taylor, J. A. (2020). ‘Presumptively Initiating Vaccines and Optimizing Talk with Motivational Interviewing’(PIVOT with MI) trial: a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a clinician vaccine communication intervention. BMJ open, 10(8), e039299. * Verger, P., & Dubé, E. (2020). Restoring confidence in vaccines in the COVID-19 era. Expert Review of Vaccines, 19(11). https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2020.1825945  We welcome all donations to support us GBP

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Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. Guests from across the world discuss their special interest in the research, practice and learning of MI along with its place across health, social care, education and criminal justice. Glenn Hinds is a registered counsellor living in Derry, N. Ireland. He worked as a drug therapist and senior social work practitioner in mental health and alcohol and drug services, from 1990 until 2008, when he created Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants (https://www.glennhinds.com) developing and delivering bespoke training workshops to health, social care, education, criminal justice and human resource practitioners and managers across the UK, Ireland and USA. He has been a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2003 and has completed Motivational Interviewing Training Integrity (MITI) and Motivational Interviewing Supervisory Training (MIST) training and has written the Motivational Interviewing module for Ulster University Foundation Degree. Sebastian G. Kaplan, PhD, is an associate professor in the Departments of Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent Section) and Family and Community Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Sebastian is a former special education teacher, who currently provides individual and family psychotherapy, primarily with adolescents and young adults, struggling with a variety of life challenges. Sebastian has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2008. He provides training and consultation in MI for a variety of regional and national audiences. Sebastian is a co-author of “Motivational Interviewing in Schools: Conversations to Improve Behavior and Learning.” (Guilford Press 2016). Sebastian is also a co-developer of “Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents: A Four-Video Series” (http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/mi-adolescents).