Christina Lee, PhD, associate professor at BU School of Social Work and a licensed psychologist, presented on her model of culturally adapted motivational interviewing at a virtual event hosted by the Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association on November 11, 2020.
Lee’s talk was titled “Using the Stage Model of Behavioral Treatment to Culturally Adapt Interventions That Address Discrimination.” The talk focused on motivational interviewing, a common addiction counseling approach that Lee believes can be optimized by addressing societal stressors like racism and discrimination.
The learning objectives for the talk were to: (1) Explain why cultural adaptation is necessary step between a clinical trial and community adoption; (2) Describe how an evidenced-based treatment was adapted to address stressors and discrimination; (3) Apply the Stage Model theory of treatment development to design a study of cultural adaptation.
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