Notice Number: NOT-MH-21-105 NIMH is issuing this Notice to highlight interest in research applications to optimize health communication strategies that advance HIV prevention, treatment and cure.
Health communication science has made pivotal contributions to HIV prevention and treatment efforts. HIV and mental health research are knowledge-driven and require public health professionals to continuously learn, make informed decisions, and communicate rapidly evolving clinical information. The advent of social media and global use of smartphones encourages real-time consumer health engagement through instant messaging, social networking, and mobile health apps. However, a proliferation of misinformation, poor-quality information, and siloed communication channels, has the potential to negatively impact mental health and HIV-related decision-making, stoke medical distrust, promulgate discrimination and health inequities, and thwart current and future scientific advances in HIV prevention, treatment and cure. There is also a need to optimize patient-provider communication in HIV care settings – including cultivating acceptance and building trust between providers, people with HIV, and their families. Ineffective patient-provider communication contributes to dissatisfaction with healthcare systems, widens health disparities, and leads to poor mental health and HIV-related outcomes. To improve HIV clinical outcomes, innovative approaches to care that integrate ethical and culturally sensitive communication strategies that prioritize respect for people with HIV are necessary. There is also a need to create sustainable, multidisciplinary partnerships between people with HIV, practitioners, community members, scientists, policymakers, and other key stakeholders that leverage evidence-based communication approaches for effective information dissemination and knowledge sharing.
To address knowledge gaps that will improve HIV outcomes, NIMH calls for research that will improve scientific understanding of health communication as it relates to ongoing HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure efforts, as well as research on communication, dissemination and implementation factors that are required for successful public understanding, acceptance and uptake of HIV-related interventions. Key Dates
First Available Due Date: May 08, 2021
Expiration Date: May 09, 2024 | 
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