Designing Practical Motivational Interviewing Training for Mental Health Practitioners Implementing Behavioral Lifestyle Interventions: Protocol for 3 Pilot Intervention Studies

Arlene Taylor Dalcin   ^{1, 2} , MS, RD ;   Christina T Yuan   ³ , PhD ;   Gerald J Jerome   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Stacy Goldsholl   ¹ , MS ;   Eva Minahan   ¹ , BS ;   Joseph Gennusa   ¹ , PhD ;   Tyler Fink   ¹ , BS ;   Kimberly A Gudzune   ^{1, 2} , MPH, MD ;   Gail Lois Daumit   ^{1, 2} , MHS, MD ;   Faith Dickerson   ⁵ , MPH, PhD ;   David A Thompson   ⁶ , DNSc ;   Nae-Yuh Wang   ^{1, 2} , MS, PhD ;   Steve Martino   ^{7, 8} , PhD

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health,, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁴ College of Health Professions, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States

⁵ Department of Psychology, Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, West Haven, CT, United States

⁸ VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States