Open Door Resource Center, Inc. - Mentally Challenged
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This is a new department established January 2008. ODRC, Inc. will be working hand in hand with organization within the community that caters to the mentally challenged population. This project entitled "One Voice, Many Faces. This project is designed to teach the mentally challenged prevention of HIV/AIDS within their community. This will be done by teaching through materials on their level of understanding.

It is approximated that people with severe mental illness represent 2.6% of the U.S. population.

HIV infection rates are elevated among those with severe mental illness, being 5.2 to 22.9%; whereas, rates in the general U.S. adult population are 0.3 to 0.4%. (Rosenberg, Goodman, Osher, Swartz, Essock, Butterfield, Constantine, Wolford, Salyers, 2001)

Persons with mental illness are also more likely to be poor and live in close proximity to other disadvantaged groups at high risk for HIV infection, such as the homeless, those incarcerated, and impoverished ethnic minorities (Sullivan et al., 1999)

Reference: Information published in the 2007 Epidemiology Profile, HIV & AIDS in Virginia
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