MENTAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES

拟议的项目将编制和制作三套教育材料——录像带和配套小册子——以教育患者和护理人员了解感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的成人、青少年和儿童的心理健康问题。这些录像带和小册子将侧重于这种疾病直接造成的心理健康问题，例如：抑郁、焦虑、适应障碍、与艾滋病毒有关的痴呆、与艾滋病毒有关的轻微运动/认知障碍，以及生活在城市和农村环境中的艾滋病毒感染者特有的心理社会压力间接造成的问题。这些材料将讨论精神健康与坚持联合药物治疗的问题之间的关系。该系列将满足关键的社会和医疗需求，并提供商业上可行的产品。在接近完成的状态下，这些材料将由我们的顾问委员会进行审查，以确保事实的准确性和对当前艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究趋势的关注。我们将通过焦点小组对这些材料进行测试，以确保这些材料是我们与目标受众有效沟通的工具。最后的研究将是对成品进行定量测试，以确定这些材料在多大程度上提高了对精神健康护理人员及其护理人员的理解和行为结果。整套教育包将通过艾滋病服务组织、诊所、心理健康专业人员和专门从事艾滋病媒体的视频发布者向个人和家庭销售。“艺术之国”已成功地向这个市场推销了其他几套录像带/印刷品，并已建立了协助推销的联系和关系。

The proposed project will develop and produce three educational packages - videotape with companion brochure - to educate patients and caregivers about mental health issues for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). The videotapes and brochures will focus on mental health issues caused directly by the disease such as: depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, HIV-assoicated dementia, HIV-associated minor motor/cognitive disorder, as well as issues caused indirectly by the psycho-social pressures unique to PLWHAs living in both urban and rural settings. The materials will address how mental health relates to the issue of adherence to combination drug therapies. This series will meet critical social and medical needs, as well as offering commercially viable products. In a near-finished state, these materials will be reviewed by our Board of Advisors to ensure factual accuracy and attentiveness to current trends in HIV/AIDS research. They will be tested through focus groups to ensure that the materials are effective communication tools with our target audiences. The final research will be quantitative testing of the finished products to determine the extent the materials have improved the understanding and behavioral outcomes of PLWHAs and their caregivers with respect to mental health. PROPOSED COMMERICIAL APPLICATION The complete educational packages will be marketed to individuals and families through AIDS service organizations, clinics, mental health professionals, and video distributors who specialize in AIDS media. State of the Art has successfully marketed several other videotape/print packages to this market and already has contacts and established relationships to assist in the marketing.