Serial Passage: AIDS, Race, and Culture Phase II

描述(申请人提供)：连续通行证：艾滋病、种族和文化。是一部3-4小时的系列纪录片和课程增强片，考察了关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病起源的连续通道/受污染针头理论的发展过程中的科学探索过程，以及这一流行病对非洲人和非裔美国人的不成比例的影响。纪录片系列/课程改进的长期目标是在非洲裔美国人，特别是青少年中提高对艾滋病毒预防必要性的认识，他们感染艾滋病毒的风险很高，而且往往对传统的艾滋病毒预防信息反应迟钝。非洲裔美国人占美国人口的12.1%，但占新增艾滋病毒/艾滋病病例的近50%。这部纪录片系列是由宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡20名市中心的非裔美国高中生组成的小组拍摄的。学生们在纪录片系列中担任镜头评估员、电影学徒，最终将成为其叙事声音。他们也是研究对象。一份中期评估报告显示，学生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的认知大幅增加，而他们报告的性行为大幅减少。将通过对非裔美国青少年(高中生)和匹配的对照组进行前后匿名调查，对该项目进行广泛的、具有科学意义的第二阶段评估。ABC和PBS电视网已经同意放映这部纪录片系列，以供播出。第二阶段的申请建议1)完成纪录片系列的编辑和后期制作，2)与课程编写者和一家教育视频发行公司合作，开发和传播纪录片系列/课程改进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Serial Passage: AIDS, Race, and Culture. is a 3-4 hour documentary film series and curriculum enhancement that examines the process of scientific inquiry in the development of the serial passage/contaminated needle theory of the origin of HIV/AIDS as well as the disproportionate impact of the pandemic upon Africans and African-Americans. The long term objective of the documentary film series/curriculum enhancement is to foster a heightened awareness of the need for HIV prevention among African-Americans, particularly teenagers, who are at high risk for contracting HIV, and who have often proved unresponsive to traditional HIV prevention messages. African-Americans constitute 12.1 % of the US population but account for almost 50% of the new HIV/AIDS cases. The documentary film series is being made with a small cohort of 20 inner-city African-American high school students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The students work on the documentary series as footage evaluators, apprentice filmmakers, and will ultimately be its narrative voice. They are also research subjects. An interim evaluation report showed a dramatic increase in the students' perceived knowledge of HIV/AIDS, and a substantial decrease in their reported sexual activity. A widespread and scientifically significant Phase II evaluation of this project would be conducted via pre and post anonymous surveys administered to African-American teenagers, (high school students), and matching control groups. The ABC and PBS networks have already agreed to screen the documentary series for broadcast consideration. The Phase II application proposes to 1) complete editing and postproduction of the documentary series, and 2) work with curriculum writers and an educational video distribution company on the development and dissemination of the documentary series/curriculum enhancement.