Psychiatric & Psychosocial Conditions of HIV/AIDS Patients: An e-Learning Course

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• 批准号: 7554605
• 负责人: Catherine Bruss
• 金额: $ 9.56万
• 依托单位: TERRA NOVA LEARNING SYSTEMS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2009-08-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7554605
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The rate of HIV/AIDS infection is higher in rural America than in urban areas. Unfortunately, the number of behavioral health providers who practice in rural communities is disproportionately small. Moreover, these rural health care providers are often not adequately trained to address the needs of their HIV/AIDS patients. The goal of the proposed research is to develop a distance education course titled Psychiatric & Psychosocial Conditions of HIV/AIDS Patients: An e-Learning Course for Rural Behavioral Health Providers that will provide rural practitioners with a convenient, online method to acquire basic education on the critical topic of HIV/AIDS. The course will include specific information on: a) the importance of prevention and treatment adherence, b) identification and treatment of co-occurring mental health and neurological disorders, c) unique challenges within rural communities, such as heightened stigmatization, d) addressing HIV/AIDS-related emotional issues, e) understanding ethical issues, and f) strategies for assisting HIV/AIDS patients and their families, partners, friends, and caregivers in coping with this distressing diagnosis. The proposed course directly addresses the priorities of the NIMH Division of AIDS and Health and Behavior Research by providing practitioner training that offers knowledge, tools, and strategies to help prevent further HIV/AIDS transmission, promote understanding of neuropsychiatric consequences related to HIV/AIDS infection, and reduce the burden of mental illness from medical co-morbidities, non- adherence to treatment, stigma, and health disparities. The Psychiatric & Psychosocial Conditions of HIV/AIDS Patients course will be delivered through the Terra Nova e-Learning Center, an existing, multifeatured, web-based training environment. The course will provide practitioners with CME/CEU credit opportunities, and will also be suitable for a secondary audience of masters- and graduate-level students of behavioral health disciplines. During Phase I, Terra Nova will research and outline the entire Psychiatric & Psychosocial Conditions of HIV/AIDS Patients course and develop a single web-based Prototype Module to establish proof-of- concept for the final Phase II end-product. Terra Nova will also produce a Sample Patient Brochure, one in an eventual series of informational, outreach materials for providers to disburse directly to patients. Both the Prototype Module and ultimate course will include rigorously researched and tested content, assessment instruments, compelling case examples, personal reflections from practitioners, and innovative multimedia components. Funding for this project is being sought through the NIH SBIR program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE Rural behavioral health providers generally have insufficient knowledge about HIV/AIDS, and find it challenging not only to treat their HIV+ patients but also to acquire training to improve their understanding of this complicated disease. Psychiatric & Psychosocial Conditions of HIV/AIDS Patients: An e-Learning Course for Rural Behavioral Health Providers will provide psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, alternative/complementary medicine practitioners, and counselors with much-needed knowledge on a variety of critical HIV/AIDS topics in a convenient, distance learning format. The course will offer practical strategies and skills that mental health professionals can implement to: a) help prevent spread of HIV infection in their communities, b) assist in their identification and treatment of mental health-related conditions that co-exist with HIV/AIDS, c) help patients and their families deal with stigma and many emotional issues inherent with the HIV/AIDS diagnosis, and e) help address the unique health disparities that exist in rural environments.

描述(申请人提供)：美国农村地区的艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染率高于城市地区。不幸的是，在农村社区执业的行为健康提供者的数量少得不成比例。此外，这些农村保健提供者往往没有得到足够的培训，无法满足其艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的需求。拟议研究的目标是开发一个题为“艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的精神病学和心理社会状况：农村行为保健提供者的电子学习课程”的远程教育课程，将为农村从业者提供一种便利的在线方法，以获得关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病这一关键主题的基本教育。该课程将包括以下方面的具体信息：(A)坚持预防和治疗的重要性；(B)确定和治疗共存的精神健康和神经疾病；(C)农村社区内的独特挑战，如更严重的污名化；(D)解决与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的情感问题；(E)了解伦理问题；以及(F)协助艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者及其家人、伴侣、朋友和照顾者应对这一令人痛苦的诊断的战略。拟议的课程直接针对NIMH艾滋病与健康和行为研究司的优先事项，提供从业人员培训，提供知识、工具和战略，以帮助预防艾滋病毒/艾滋病的进一步传播，促进对与艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染有关的神经精神后果的了解，并减少因医疗并存、不坚持治疗、耻辱和健康差距而导致的精神疾病负担。艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的精神病学和心理社会状况课程将通过Terra Nova电子学习中心提供，这是一个现有的、多功能的、基于网络的培训环境。该课程将为从业者提供CME/CEU学分机会，也将适合行为健康学科的硕士和研究生水平的次要受众。在第一阶段，Terra Nova将研究和概述艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的整个精神病学和心理社会状况课程，并开发一个基于网络的单一原型模块，为最终的第二阶段最终产品建立概念验证。Terra Nova还将制作一份样本患者手册，这是最终一系列信息性、外展材料中的一种，供提供者直接支付给患者。原型模块和最终课程都将包括经过严格研究和测试的内容、评估工具、引人入胜的案例示例、从业者的个人反思和创新的多媒体组件。该项目的资金正通过NIH SBIR计划寻求。 公共卫生相关性农村行为保健提供者普遍缺乏关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识，不仅发现治疗艾滋病毒阳性患者具有挑战性，而且还发现接受培训以提高他们对这种复杂疾病的理解是具有挑战性的。艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的精神和心理社会状况：农村行为保健提供者电子学习课程将以方便的远程学习形式，向精神病学家、心理学家、社会工作者、护士、替代/补充医学从业者和咨询师提供各种关键艾滋病毒/艾滋病主题亟需的知识。本课程将提供心理卫生专业人员可以实施的实用战略和技能，以：a)帮助防止艾滋病毒感染在其社区传播，b)协助他们识别和治疗与艾滋病毒/艾滋病共存的心理健康相关疾病，c)帮助患者及其家人处理与艾滋病毒/艾滋病诊断有关的耻辱和许多情感问题，以及e)帮助解决农村环境中存在的独特健康差距。