Purpose: This small scale study examined if an individualized motivational interviewing (MI)
approach to oral health education promoted positive changes in early childhood caries …

Background The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of a motivational
interviewing (MI) counseling visit with traditional health education for mothers of young …

Objectives Prevailing health education (PE) often fails to achieve sustained behavioral
changes. This randomized controlled trial integrated motivational interviewing (MI) and a …

Background The authors conducted a study to compare the effect of a motivational
interviewing counseling treatment with that of traditional health education on parents of …

Background This randomized control trial assesses the effectiveness of motivational
interviewing (MI) to encourage behavior change in new mothers relating to caries prevention …

Ismail AI, Ondersma S, Willem Jedele JM, Little RJ, Lepkowski JM. Evaluation of a brief
tailored motivational intervention to prevent early childhood caries. Community Dent Oral …

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of a motivational interviewing-based educational
program in reducing the number and intensity of new caries and bacterial dental plaque …

Purpose: The purposes of this randomized controlled trial were to:(1) test motivational
interviewing (MI) to prevent early childhood caries; and (2) use Poisson regression for data …

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the differential preventive effect of motivational
interviewing (MI) on early childhood caries (ECC) according to socioeconomic variables …

Objective The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of motivational
interviewing (MI) in changing health behaviors (snack and toothbrushing) and preventing …