MENTAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES

拟议的项目将开发和制作三套教育材料-录像带和配套小册子-以教育病人和护理人员了解感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的成年人、青少年和儿童的心理健康问题。 录像带和小册子将侧重于这种疾病直接引起的心理健康问题，如抑郁、焦虑、适应障碍、艾滋病毒相关痴呆、艾滋病毒相关轻微运动/认知障碍，以及生活在城市和农村环境中的艾滋病毒携带者和艾滋病患者特有的心理社会压力间接引起的问题。 这些材料将解决心理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，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艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究当前趋势的关注。 将通过焦点小组对这些材料进行测试，以确保这些材料是与我们的目标受众进行有效沟通的工具。 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改善了艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者及其护理人员对心理健康的理解和行为结果。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分销商销售给个人和家庭。 最先进的国家已成功地销售了其他几个录像带/打印包到这个市场，并已接触和建立关系，以协助营销。

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.