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Directive Counseling - Methods
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Definition of 'Directive Counseling'Counseling during which a professional plays an active role in a client's or patient's decision making by offering advice, guidance, and/or recommendations. Common names: Directive Counseling; Counseling, Directive; Prescriptive Counseling; Counseling, Prescriptive |
Monday, November 23, 2009
10 Jun 2009 
BACKGROUND: Few studies have rigorously evaluated whether providing biologically based health-risk feedback is more effective than standard interventions in increasing smokers' motivation to quit and their long-term abstinence. DESIGN: An RCT was ... Read more...
29 Mar 2009 The study examined the impact of counseling intensity (high vs. low) combined with either bupropion or the nicotine patch. Two hundred sixty participants smoking 6 to 15 cigarettes per day (cpd) were enrolled in a year-long study to examine the ... Read more...
How do Australian metropolitan and rural pharmacists counsel consumers with prescriptions?
2 Mar 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate and compare counselling provided by community pharmacists in Australian metropolitan and rural pharmacies. METHODS: Mail surveys to 650 randomly selected New South Wales (NSW) community pharmacies [385 (59%) metropolitan, ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Directive Counseling - Methods'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Impact of a brief motivational smoking cessation intervention the Get PHIT randomized controlled trial. 10 Jun 2009
- Here's what's happened to Rubenesque.
29 Apr 2009 - Comparing smoking treatment programs for lighter smokers with and without a history of heavier smoking. 29 Mar 2009
- How do Australian metropolitan and rural pharmacists counsel consumers with prescriptions? 2 Mar 2009
- Health counselling: parental-oriented health dialogue -- an innovation for child health nurses. 27 Feb 2009
- Obstetricians' opinions and attitudes toward maternal refusal of recommended cesarean delivery in Nigeria. 18 Feb 2009
- Long-term effect of physical activity counseling on mobility limitation among older people: a randomized controlled study. 18 Jan 2009
- Enhancing treatment access: evaluation of an Australian Web-based alcohol and drug counselling initiative. 30 Dec 2008
- [Pharmaceutical consultation for liver transplant patients: a contribution to therapeutic education] 2 Dec 2008
- [Telephone counseling for tobacco cessation] 29 Nov 2008
- Canary in a coal mine? Interest in bupropion SR use among smokers in the COMPASS trial. 29 Nov 2008
- A pilot study of community-friendly manual-guided drug counseling. 26 Nov 2008
- Email medication counseling services provided by Finnish community pharmacies. 23 Nov 2008
- A randomised trial of three counselling strategies for lifestyle changes in patients with hypercholesterolemia treated with ezetimibe on top of statin therapy (TWICE). 18 Nov 2008
- Pharmaceutical care for migraine and headache patients: a community-based, randomized intervention. 9 Nov 2008
- Practice-level approaches for behavioral counseling and patient health behaviors. 30 Oct 2008
- The chronic care model and relationships to patient health status and health-related quality of life. 30 Oct 2008
- The community health educator referral liaison (CHERL): a primary care practice role for promoting healthy behaviors. 30 Oct 2008
- Changing adolescent health behaviors: the healthy teens counseling approach. 30 Oct 2008
- An electronic linkage system for health behavior counseling effect on delivery of the 5A's. 30 Oct 2008
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Technical information about 'Directive Counseling'
Definition: Counseling during which a professional plays an active role in a client's or patient's decision making by offering advice, guidance, and/or recommendations.
Descriptor UI: D037001
Alternative terms: Directive Counseling; Counseling, Directive; Prescriptive Counseling; Counseling, Prescriptive;
Related Mesh Headings: Genetic Counseling;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: F02.784.176.279; F04.408.413.349; N02.421.461.363.349;
History Note: 2003; use COUNSELING 2001-2002