'initial counseling' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it when describing a first meeting with a counselor. For example: "I had my initial counseling session with the therapist today."
Initial counseling on risk-reducing behavior can be initiated onsite to provide an immediate intervention strategy to prevent the spread of the disease while follow-up testing with a confirmatory HIV test is completed.
My initial counseling session was detached and informative.
The mean Glaucoma Knowledge Assessment Score (GKAS) improved by 77.6% with the initial counseling intervention (p<0.0001), decreased by 17.4% within a one-month period following initial counseling, and improved by 22.8% (p<0.001) after the second counseling intervention.
In fact, Education Department rules require that the college make someone available to answer questions right after your initial counseling is finished.
All patients used a monophasic 30 to 35 μg pill and underwent an initial counseling visit between December 1993 and October 2000.
Results: Of 318 patients counseled on "extending the number of active pills," 292 (92%) had documented follow-up after the initial counseling session.
Relevant demographic and clinical data were collected at the time of initial genetic counseling and included type of malignancy (based on pathology reports), age at diagnosis, age at counseling, and ethnic origin at least three generations back.
If the selected objective behavior is CS, SWAP-CA proposes SOPs of the initial CS counseling described earlier.
During Baseline Visit 2, each participant will meet with a Registered Dietitian for an initial nutrition counseling session of approximately 1 hour.
Similar tracking and support mechanisms could be used in patients not yet on dialysis serving as an adjunct to initial dietary counseling from providers.
Initial CS counseling applies to high risk farmers defined by the above mentioned rapid and detailed risk assessment (RRA ≥70th percentile of all RRA scores and DRA ≥ 80th percentile of all DRA scores respectively).
