Research projects

Motivational interviewing

The MISA website is intended to connect and inform practitioners, trainers and resarchers who share a common interest in the application of motivational interviewing to the challenges of behaviour change in South Africa.

Counselling behaviour change using Motivational Interviewing. Read more. (pdf format, 187 kb).
University of Western Cape, School of Public Health, Winter School brochure. (pdf format, 61 kb)
22 - 26 June 2009
Cost: R2500 for 5 days
R2000 for 3 days
Members of MISA were involved in training of counsellors for the Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Study in the Western Cape. The project is a collaboration between the University of New Mexico and Stellenbosch - for more information contact Anna-Susan Marais asmarais@sun.ac.za
16th Congress of the South African Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions 11 September 2007 to 14 September 2007
Counselling behaviour change using motivational interviewing. Read more
28th Annual Conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of South Africa 4 - 7 September 2007
Theme: Convergence of Research, Education and Practice. Read more.
MISA Meeting
10th August 2007
Meeting for the members of the MISA network on Friday 10th August 14h00-16h30 at the Division of Family Medicine, Tygerberg Campus. Read more ...
Counselling behaviour change using motivational interviewing (4 days), UWC Winter School
25 - 28th June 2007

To train health workers in basic skills or improve their existing skills in motivational interviewing as a form of health behaviour change counseling. Read more ...

MI Training in Botswana
8 - 9 November 2006

On Nov 8 - 9, we conducted a training for healthcare workers and trainers to introduce them to a brief screening tool that they can use to address alcohol use with all of their patients, many of whom are being tested or treated for HIV.  Read more ...

Practitioners workshop
11-12 September 2006

A 2-day practitioner workshop was held at the Lanzerac Conference Centre in Stellenbosch with 40 new practitioners on 11-12th September.  Read more ...

Practitioners workshop
July 2006
A successful 3-day practitioners workshop was held at the University of the Western Cape, Winter School in July 2006. Read more ...
Training of New Trainers
13-15 September 2006
A very successful training of new trainers in MI was held and all the participants are now official MINTies. Read more ...
MISA meeting
24 February 2006
The next MISA meeting is planned to be a 1-day event on Friday 24th February at the Department of Family Medicine, Stellenbosch University. The focus will be on developing locally relevant training materials for MI
MISA meeting
29 July 2005
The group of MI trainers and researchers in Cape Town will meet on Friday 29th July 2005. 14h00-16h30 to practice skills in the use and training of MI. Read more ...
    
John Martin - Visiting trainer and researcher
July - August 2005
John Martin PhD is Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and a faculty member of the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology since 1986. Read more ...
    
International Training of New Trainers in MI (TNT) 2006   
11-12 September 2006
This international training event will be held outside of Europe and the USA for the first time in 2006. Read more ...
    
Infant Feeding Research Project
July and August
The project has developed a training manual for the training of nurse and lay counselors in MI and woman-centredness. Read more ...
    
Training in the use of The Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Code: Version 2.0
25 August 2005
Visiting professor John Martin will train researchers in the use of this tool for assessing audio or video tapes of MI Read more ...
    

    

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07-Apr-2011

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