Health & Aging: Understanding Alcohol Use (NIAAA)

描述（由申请人提供）：特拉诺瓦学习系统公司热切期望研究、开发、生产、测试和营销本提案中概述的健康与老龄化：了解酒精使用计划。这套协调的材料既将解决NIAAA的优先事项，即向“老年人通报与年龄有关的酒精问题的具体风险”，又将满足公共部门日益增长的重要教育需求。为了有效解决老年人饮酒问题，泰若之家认为，教育是关键的第一步，需要采取多层次的办法。这里提出的最终产品包括教育工具，旨在满足各种用户的需求、理解水平和学习风格。将为医疗保健提供者和参与老年人护理和治疗的其他专业人员以及相关学科的学生开发一门在线课程。该课程将提供继续教育学分，并为社区外展和服务学习机会提供以下工具。外展工具包括信息丰富的DVD、幻灯片演示和印刷材料，不仅可以教育老年人，还可以教育家庭成员、朋友、照顾者和其他可能发现老年人日常生活或行为变化的人。据报道，在老年人群中诊断酒精问题有困难，经常与这一群体成员互动的有爱心的人可以在识别酒精相关症状方面发挥关键作用。此外，将制作一份公共服务公告，以便广泛传播关键资料。通过使用不同的图像，严谨的内容和多媒体格式（DVD，网络，印刷，音频），教育组件将被设计为满足不同产品最终用户群体的独特需求和能力。第一阶段的工作将包括与专家顾问合作，开发详细的大纲和单一主题的原型如下：1)在线课程的原型模块，上传到特拉诺瓦电子学习中心，2)描述外联DVD的元素、顺序和设计的故事板，3)幻灯片演示的原型部分，4)老年人和关心他人的信息小册子的原型部分，以及5)海报。最终产品的主要购买者包括医疗保健实体、医生和其他提供者、辅助生活设施、养老院、图书馆、药剂师、当地卫生部门和药物滥用中心。Terra Nova希望在以下环境中为这一创新的最终产品找到一个强劲的市场：专业人员寻求有关老年人关注的问题的培训，学生寻求与老年人群体进行服务学习的培训，老年人和关心他人的人将受益于有关老年人饮酒相关风险的信息。公共卫生相关性：教育项目健康与老龄化：了解酒精使用将直接解决NIAAA的优先事项，即告知“老年人与年龄相关的酒精问题风险”。最终产品将提供一项重要的公共卫生服务，向从卫生保健专业人员和学生到家庭成员和老年人等关键人群通报酒精使用对年龄的负面影响。通过一套协调的材料，以各种形式提供给用户，并特别考虑到每个目标受众的理解水平，该计划将创建一个知情的、支持的个人网络，通过分享信息，将帮助提高老年人对酒精使用和老龄化的认识，帮助促进知情决策和更好的生活质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Terra Nova Learning Systems enthusiastically anticipates researching, developing, producing, testing, and marketing the Health & Aging: Understanding Alcohol Use program outlined in this proposal. This suite of coordinated materials will both address NIAAA's priority of informing "the elderly about specific age-related risks for alcohol problems" and serve an important and growing educational need in the public sector. In order to effectively address problems of older adults using alcohol, Terra Nova believes that education is a critical first step, and that a multi-tiered approach is required. The end-product proposed here consists of educational tools designed to meet the needs, comprehension levels, and learning styles of a variety of users. An online course will be developed for healthcare providers and other professionals involved in the care and treatment of older adults, as well as students of related disciplines. The course will offer continuing education credits, and provide the tools noted below for community outreach and service learning opportunities. Outreach tools will include an informative DVD, slide presentation, and print materials to educate not only the older adult but also family members, friends, caregivers, and others who may detect changes in an older adult's routine or behavior. With reported difficulties in diagnosing alcohol problems in older adult populations, caring individuals who regularly interact with members of this group can play critical roles in identifying alcohol-related symptoms. In addition, a public service announcement will be produced for broad dissemination of key information. Through the use of varied images, circumspect content, and multimedia formats (DVD, web, print, audio), the educational components will be designed to meet the unique needs and abilities of the diverse group of product end-users. Phase I work will include developing, in collaboration with expert consultants, detailed outlines and a single- topic prototype as follows: 1) a prototype module of the online course, uploaded to the Terra Nova e-Learning Center, 2) a storyboard depicting the elements, sequence, and design of the outreach DVD, 3) a prototype section of the slide presentation, 4) a prototype section of an informational booklet for older adults and caring others, and 5) a poster. Primary purchasers of the end-product include healthcare entities, physicians and other providers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, libraries, pharmacists, local health departments, and substance abuse centers. Terra Nova expects to find a robust market for this innovative end-product in settings where professionals seek training about concerns in older populations, where students seek training on service learning with older groups, and where older adults and caring others will benefit from information about the risks associated with alcohol use among the aging. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The educational program Health & Aging: Understanding Alcohol Use will directly address the NIAAA priority of informing "the elderly about specific age-related risks for alcohol problems." The end-product will provide a critical public health service by informing key individuals, from healthcare professionals and students to family members and older adults, about negative, age-related effects of alcohol use. Through a suite of coordinated materials, delivered to users in a variety of formats and developed specifically with the comprehension level of each target audience in mind, the program will create a network of informed, supportive individuals who, by sharing information, will help raise the awareness of older adults about alcohol use and aging, helping to promote informed decision-making and a better quality of life. .