MENTAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES

拟议的项目将开发和制作三个教育包--录像带和配套小册子--以教育患者和照顾者有关成人、青少年和艾滋病毒/艾滋病儿童(PLWAs)的精神健康问题。录像带和小册子将侧重于由疾病直接造成的精神健康问题，例如：抑郁、焦虑、适应障碍、艾滋病毒相关性痴呆症、艾滋病毒相关性轻微运动/认知障碍，以及由生活在城市和农村的艾滋病患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如何与坚持联合药物治疗的问题有关。该系列将满足关键的社会和医疗需求，以及提供商业上可行的产品。在接近完成的情况下，我们的顾问委员会将审查这些材料，以确保事实的准确性和对艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究当前趋势的关注。它们将通过焦点小组进行测试，以确保这些材料是与我们的目标受众的有效沟通工具。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改善了PLWHA及其照顾者在心理健康方面的理解和行为结果。建议的商业应用完整的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行商向个人和家庭销售。最先进的技术已经成功地向这个市场销售了其他几个录像带/印刷品包装，并已经有了帮助营销的联系人和建立的关系。

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.