The Clin Comm Podcast

Episode 6: Vaccine Hesitancy conversations [motivational interviewing, with Prof Stephen Rollnick]

Season 1 Episode 6

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In this episode we explore how to have helpful and effective conversations with people who are hesitant to take a Covid vaccine [or any other vaccine]. We focus on Motivational Interviewing - a hugely influential and evidence-based counselling approach that health professionals use to help people change unhelpful behaviours.  

[First broadcast January 14th, 2021]

 

Guests: Stephen Rollnick - a clinical psychologist and Honorary Distinguished Professor in the School of Medicine in Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Prof Rollnick has long been interested in the issue of vaccine hesitancy. He was also a co-developer of motivational interviewing. His daughter, Maya Rollnick [a medical student], also contributes.

 

Presenter: Prof Graham Easton