Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI): A Pilot Implementation-Effectiveness Trial to Promote MI Competence in Adolescent HIV Clinics

This brief report describes results of piloted Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI). Tailoring focused on site-specific training needs, target patient behaviors, and implementation facilitators and barriers that staff anticipated. Participating staff (N = 31) at two adolescent HIV clinics completed a pre-training qualitative interview (N = 27), and MI competency assessments based on three pre- and six post-training standard patient role-plays (N = 27). Results included pre- to post-training MI competence improvement (t (153) = - 4.13, p <= 0.001) and change in competency category distribution (X-2 = (2, N = 155) = 15.72, p <= 0.001), providing initial support for the implementation of TMI in adolescent HIV clinic settings.

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The report discusses the implementation of Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI) in adolescent HIV clinics, showing improvements in staff's interview skills and training effectiveness through TMI.