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Table 1 Clinician reported role congruence and client interest in preventive care for all four behavioural health risks combined: % (n) agree/strongly agree

From: Mental health clinician attitudes to the provision of preventive care for chronic disease risk behaviours and association with care provision

Attitudinal Item

% (n)

Role Congruence

 

 1. My manager believes the provision of preventive care is important.

87.4 % (132)

 2. It is part of my role to provide preventive care to clients.

90.7 % (137)

 3. Addressing health risk behaviours won’t jeopardise my relationship with the client.

86.1 % (130)

 4. Providing preventive care for health risk behaviours leaves me time to provide acute care.

66.2 % (100)

 5. Clients find it acceptable for me to talk with them about their health risk behaviours.

92.7 % (140)

Client Interest

 

 6. Clients I see are interested in changing their health risk behaviours

47.7 % (72)