The Health Behavior Change Competency Checklist (HBCCC): Instrument development and psychometric evaluation.

More than half of morbidity and mortality in the United States can be attributed to behavior-related disease, such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, poor diet and alcohol consumption. Given the increased prevalence of behaviorally related medical health concerns, physician competence in the implementation of effective behavior change strategies is quickly becoming an essential skill. However, only recently have primary care residency programs begun to systematically teach and evaluate motivational interviewing skills critical to influencing health behavior, and use of standardized, objective assessment tools to assess skillfulness has been largely absent. This paper reports the development of a checklist, the Health Behavior Change Competency Checklist (HBCCC). The instrument captures the theoretical model of behavior change, motivational interviewing, in a practical and versatile manner. Psychometric evaluation demonstrated moderate efficacy. Namely, results indicated the HBCCC possesses good reliability, as evidenced by high internal consistency, and adequate construct validity. It also displayed considerable utility and practical application. While these results provide several reasons for confidence in the HBCCC, item revision and additional testing are required in order to establish it as a meaningful and valuable instrument.

A Guide to multicultural drug abuse prevention.

Description based on 2.

Water-quality assessment of the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland : sources, characteristics, anaylsis, and limitations of nutrient and suspended-seditment data, 1975-90 /

"National Water-Quality Assessment Program"

Characteristics of lakes in the western United States /

"EPA/600/3-86/054."

Mathematics assessment report, Spring 1977 /

WI docs. no.: Ed.3/2:9320

Big Muddy River area assessment /

Examines a 1,731 square mile area in southern Illinois which has been designated a state Resource Rich Area.

Big Rivers area assessment /

"Critical Trends Assessment Program."--Cover.

Calumet area assessment.

"The Calumet area assessment examines 184.3 square miles (117,961 acres) in northeast Illinois."--P. iii.

Condition rating survey manual : state system condition rating survey (CRS).

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), through the Office of Planning and Programming (OPP), conducts a Condition Rating Survey (CRS) to assess pavement condition on its approximate 16,000 mile state highway system. The CRS is an important tool to assist the Department with its pavement management activities. A CRS value indicates the current condition of a pavement. CRS is a factor in highway program development, provides an opportunity to review the highway network, provides overall condition of the state highway system, gives input into the legislative/budgeting process and allows calculation of pavement needs.

Determination of need, service cost maximum study /

This report was prepared by the Illinois Dept. on Aging and has been submitted to the Illinois General Assembly as required under Public Act 95-565.

Early accounts of the ecology of the Vermilion River Area /

This report is part of a series of reports on areas of Illinois where a public-private partnership has been formed to protect natural resources. The reports provide information on the natural and human resources of the areas as a basis for managing and improving their ecosystems. The determination of resource rich areas and development of ecosystem-based information and management programs in Illinois are the result of three processes-- the Critical Trends Assessment Program, the Conservation Congress, and the Water Resources and Land Use Priorities Task Force.

Growing older in Illinois : needs, challenges, opportunities.

"This report was written by the Heartland Center on Aging, Disability and Long Term Care, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University and the National Center for Senior Living, South Bend, Indiana. May, 1991." Acknowledgements.

Guide to the 1992 Illinois state assessment.

"September 1992."--P. [4] of cover.

Illinois HIV statewide coordinated statement of need /

"December 2005."

Illinois River Bluffs area assessment /

Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP)