Which of the following could an occupational therapist working in primary care provide as a brief office intervention for the purpose of changing a health behavior?

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Brief office interventions are short, targeted interactions between patients and health-care professionals for the purpose of changing health behaviors. They are practical and cost-effective and can be implemented by a variety of health-care professionals, including occupational therapists (Moyers & Stoffel, 2001). The Counseling and Behavioral Interventions Work Group of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) evaluated the features of six models of behavior change and recommended an adaptation for brief office interventions in primary care settings. The model, briefly described in Table 25-1, is based on the five A's: Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist, and Arrange (Jaen, 2003).
Medication adherence is a significant concern in primary care practice that can be addressed by occupational therapists through brief office interventions. Barriers to medication compliance, which are magnified with advancing age and increased medical, cognitive, and psychiatric problems, include multiple drugs, multiple doses per day, problematic side effects or interactions, and a lack of family/social support. Even a change from one medication to another, or from one dosing schedule to another of the same medication, may be confusing to some patients and present a challenge to adherence. Effective motivational strategies to improve medication adherence include using daily reminder charts and daily pill holders, packaging medications in combination, training in self-determination, enlisting social/family support, and offering phone calls from nurses and phone-linked computer counseling (Domino, 2005).

Which of the Following Could an Occupational Therapist Working in Primary