... of the online education course on patient education. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings The results show that, in the experience of health care professionals, it is important to make a shift from the professional‐led education and counselling towards an education...

... smoking status in their latest visit to a doctor and 23.8 percent reported receiving tobacco cessation counseling. Compared to hospitals in large cities, patients from medium/small city hospitals reported significantly higher levels of cigarette smoking among physicians, and poorer implementation...

...Han Z. Li; D.L. Roter; L.H. Erby; J.A. Hall; S. Larson; L. Ellington; W. Dudley Purpose This study aims to explore the role of interactants' nonverbal sensitivity, anxiety and sociodemographic characteristics in learning and satisfaction within the genetic counseling context. Design/methodology...

...Han Z. Li; Huisheng Sun; Zhenqi Liu; Yu Zhang; Qingchun Cheng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out the anti‐smoking counselling frequency and its correlates in a sample of Chinese physicians. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, 268 physicians in Baoding, a city near Beijing...

...Geoffrey C. Williams; Kathryn M. Markakis; Deborah Ossip‐Klein; Scott McIntosh; Scott Tripler; Tana Grady‐Weliky Purpose To provide a rationale regarding the importance of physician behavior change counseling. To describe the double helix behavior change curriculum at the University of Rochester...

...‐home conflict, using solution‐focused therapy (SFT). Transcripts from the counselling sessions provided the key data for the study. Participants had unique combinations of conflict, and unique levels of self‐assessed success in developing and sticking to their solutions. These perspectives...

...Katherine Weare William   Stewart . An A‐Z of Counselling Theory and Practice: 3rd edition . Tewesbury, Gloucestershire : Nelson Thornes Counselling Professions Psychology Now in its 3rd edition, this book is considerably more interesting, practical, and wide...

..., a cultural context in which participatory approaches and counselling in general, and motivational interviewing in particular, are not familiar. The findings indicate that motivational interviewing was nevertheless acceptable and useful to the study participants. As a response to the problem of heroin use...

...‐in counselling service for victims of bullying. He said one of his most worrying findings was that one in two pupils who said they were bullied had told neither their parents nor anyone at school about their problem. After the survey, the researchers invited the schools to become involved in a project...

... of the death. Describes the experiences and reactions of one school where children were encouraged to talk about what had happened. Reports that it is the school′s role to help children examine and cope with their feelings, and outlines how this may be achieved. Bereavement Children Counselling Schools...