EP85: How To Reach Special Populations with Motivational Interviewing

NASW Social Work Talks Podcast

Mary Velasquez and Gwen Bouie Haynes

In this episode, we talk about how social workers can talk to harder-to-reach special populations about vaccines and use motivational interviewing to inform people about vaccines. 

Our guests are NASW Mississippi Chapter Executive Director and Special Populations Coordinator Gwen Bouie Haynes, PhD, LMSW, and Mary Velasquez, PhD, professor and director of the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

Posted May 26, 2022

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Connect to End COVID-19

Connect to End COVID-19 is a national CDC-funded initiative that helps social workers and their clients to make informed decisions about life-saving vaccines. NASW and the NASW Foundation are partnering with the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work on this campaign.

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