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The Health Behavior Research and Training Institute
The Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) specializes in the development and implementation of interventions to address health behaviors and in the training and supervision of providers in the field who address behavior change on the front lines. Our theoretical framework is based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). Through funding primarily from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our intervention research focuses on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; alcohol, cocaine, smoking, and other substance disorders; STI testing; HIV and safer sexual practices; and screening and brief motivational interventions in medical settings. The HBRT Institute has a history of providing training, supervision, and coaching on the TTM, MI, and evidence-based intervention and prevention approaches, with a recent emphasis on teaching health care providers to use brief motivational interventions in medical settings. Collaborators include state, federal, and international governmental agencies.
