BAP Publications
Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Brief Action Planning (BAP): Two Independent or Synergistic Approaches to Health Behavior Change
A chapter from Springer Nature Reference: Living Edition – Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health, 2024
BAP in Health & Healthcare: A Scoping Review
Medical Clinics of North America, November 2023
Using Motivational Interviewing and Brief Action Planning for Adopting and Maintaining Positive Health Behaviors
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, February 2023
Brief Action Planning to Facilitate Behavior Change and Support Patient Self-Management
Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, January 2014
Note: This publication (2014) is particularly useful because it reviews the evidence-base in detail for each of the 8 skills of BAP, along with examples of clinical application. Learners should be aware, however, that this 2014 article organizes the 8 core competencies in a slightly approach (“3 questions + 5 skills”), than the way we have streamlined the current approach for teaching and learning BAP (Five Foundational Skills & Three Stepped Care Skills 2024-r).
Motivational Interviewing, (BAP), and Psychiatry: Use in Addiction Treatment, Risky Drinking and Routine Practice
FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, September 2011 (300KB)