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(2000 - 2002)
TPED (Targeted Provider Education Demonstration) Project was a three-year
series of HIV/AIDS trainings for non-clinical health and human service
providers in Alaska. Cascade Health Communication Group (then called
MedEd Media) developed a video in each of the project's three years,
as well as an audio CD and promotional materials.
Videos we developed:
Let's Face It: HIV/AIDS and Alaska Natives
Shot in Alaska, this 30-minute video uses Alaska Native/American
Indian voices to share the basic facts about HIV. Three HIV-positive
Natives share their stories of struggling with the virus and with
the medications, while a community educator presents the facts about
HIV transmission and treatment, and explores Alaska-specific issues.
(2000)
The Community Cares: Assessing Alaska Natives for HIV Risk
Intended for community health and social service providers who work
with Alaska Native populations, this video provides guidelines for
determining a client's risk for HIV, and models providing basic
HIV test referral and risk reduction counseling. A historical section
explores the multi-generational traumas that are the root cause
of risk for some Alaska Natives, and details some of the Alaska
specific challenges and barriers to doing HIV prevention and treatment.
(2001)
Listen and Guide: Delivering Mental Health Care in HIV-Affected
Alaskan Villages
Alaska Natives have already survived several catastrophic epidemics,
which have enduring mental health ramifications even now, generations
later. This video travels with itinerant mental health providers
who discuss treatment strategies sensitive to historical trauma,
stigma, cultural taboo, isolation, and the co-morbidity of HIV with
substance abuse and mental illness. (2002)
"In my opinion, the video "Let's Face It: HIV and Alaska Natives"
was by far the most effective strategy employed by our project to
dispel the myths and misconceptions about HIV-infection in Alaska
Native communities."
Bernadette Lalonde, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, Alaska TPED Project,
Research Associate Professor, University of Washington.
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