How can care teams encourage patients to open up about sensitive social determinant of health (SDOH) factors? By employing motivational interviewing to establish a respectful partnership, advises Cindy Buckels, TAV Health director of population health. In this HealthSounds episode, Ms. Buckels explains why motivational interviewing is more effective than the usual Chunk-Check-Change approach in transforming patient ambivalence and effecting the kind of behavior change that improves health.