telephone vs. face-to-face counseling/assessment

[Julianne Seiber]

>An issue that has surfaced as we work with managed care is the debate of

>using the telephone over face-to-face interaction for nutrition, health

>education and pyschosocial counseling/assessment.  Does anyone have any

>information/research which shows the effectivenss of one method over the

>other?

>

>

>Cara Mai, MPH, RD


Health Partners, a big HMO, here in Minnesota has been doing telephone
counseling and I believe is evaluating the effectiveness.  You could
contact Jackie Labatt at Jackie.B.Labat at HealthPartners.Com

Julianne Seiber

Public Health Nutritionist
St. Paul-Ramsey Co. Nutrition Program
1954 University Ave., Room 12
St. Paul, MN 55112

Phone:  612-292-7071
FAX:   612-292-7589