Dr. Henna Budhwani holds the endowed Michael and Paula Read Phelan Professorship in Obstetrical Nursing at Florida State University (FSU) College of Nursing, Institute on Digital Health and Innovation (IDHI). Within the IDHI, she directs the Institute’s Intervention Research and Implementation Science Hub. Dr. Budhwani conducts studies to address the causes and consequences of poor health among stigmatized populations that experience adverse health outcomes in resource-constrained settings. Dr. Budhwani’s research is informed by sociological constructs and adopts a multidimensional view of addressing public health and clinical care gaps. She has methodological expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods research, community-engaged scholarship, digital health interventions, and pragmatic clinical trial design.
Select contributions to the practice and implementation of Motivational Interviewing:
Budhwani H, Naar S. Training Providers in Motivational Interviewing to Promote Behavior Change. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2022 Aug;69(4):779-794. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2022.04.008. PMID: 35934499.
Budhwani H, Naar S. Preliminary Findings from Three Models of Motivational Interviewing Training in Jamaica. Health Equity. 2020 Oct 7;4(1):438-442. doi: 10.1089/heq.2020.0034. PMID: 33111029; PMCID: PMC7585604.