{"id":73707,"date":"2026-01-05T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/?p=73707"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:30:36","slug":"professor-lees-book-on-motivational-interviewing-wins-national-award-from-the-american-journal-of-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/professor-lees-book-on-motivational-interviewing-wins-national-award-from-the-american-journal-of-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor\u00a0Lee\u2019s\u00a0Book on Motivational Interviewing Wins National Award from\u00a0the American\u00a0Journal of Nursing\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/ajnonline\/fulltext\/2026\/01000\/book_of_the_year_awards_2025.33.aspx\">The American Journal of Nursing\u2019s annual book awards<\/a> &#8211;one of th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">e most respected honors in nursing and healthcare publishing\u00a0\u2013\u00a0has\u00a0awarded first place\u00a0to\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/searchworks.stanford.edu\/view\/in00000303392\">Motivational Interviewing Across Cultures<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201d<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">authored by\u00a0Professor\u00a0Christina Lee from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW)\u00a0in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing category.\u00a0The annual awards recognize books that make an exceptional contribution to nursing\u00a0and\u00a0clinical care.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMotivational Interviewing Across Cultures\u201d\u00a0introduces\u00a0c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ulturally adapted motivational interviewing\u00a0(CAMI), offering practical\u00a0guidance\u00a0on\u00a0how\u00a0to ask about\u00a0culture without stereotyping,\u00a0and how to\u00a0explore\u00a0experiences of stigma and discrimination in\u00a0ways\u00a0that\u00a0enhance\u00a0motivation to change.\u00a0The book emphasizes\u00a0MI\u2019s humanistic roots\u00a0by\u00a0prioritizing\u00a0client\u00a0autonomy and\u00a0understanding individuals as whole people,\u00a0rather\u00a0than as\u00a0problems\u00a0to\u00a0be fixed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Professor Lee\u00a0illustrates\u00a0how\u00a0CAMI\u00a0optimizes\u00a0MI\u00a0by\u00a0integrating\u00a0culture into\u00a0the\u00a0clinical\u00a0conversation \u2013 an approach that can meaningfully improve client engagement and outcomes.\u00a0\u00a0The book\u00a0includes\u00a0sample clinical dialogue\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0how\u00a0core\u00a0MI processes:\u00a0engaging, focusing, evoking, and\u00a0planning\u00a0are\u00a0optimized,\u00a0along with practical tips\u00a0and insight into the\u00a0scholarly foundations of the approach.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This\u00a0work has been\u00a0shared with practitioners\u00a0across disciplines\u00a0through\u00a0webinars\u00a0hosted by the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Motivational Interviewing Center for Change\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">invited\u00a0continuing education talks at institutions including\u00a0the\u00a0University of\u00a0North Carolina School of Social Work\u00a0and\u00a0Columbia University School of Social Work. Dr. Lee\u00a0also\u00a0writes an invited blog for Psychology Today\u00a0called,\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Connecting Across Divides: Building Therapeutic Bridges in a Fractured World\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/profile\/christina-lee\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learn\u00a0More\u00a0About Professor\u00a0Christina Lee\u2019s Research<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book highlights culturally adapted motivational interviewing (CAMI) and how integrating culture into MI can enhance engagement and outcomes across diverse communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14505,"featured_media":73721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7547,7517,7427,4057],"tags":[],"profile-tax":[7813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73707"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73735,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73707\/revisions\/73735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73707"},{"taxonomy":"profile-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile-tax?post=73707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}