This evaluation assessed the community health outcomes and health-seeking decisions in Satara, Maharashtra and provided recommendations for future health interventions. Background India has made significant progress in the healthcare sector in terms of developing vaccinations and ensuring that healthcare is … Read More
Health Systems and Quality of Life
Take-home Rations in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): Study of Coverage and Uptake in Tamil Nadu
Sapna Nair, Sattvika Ashok, Purnima Menon, Rasmi Avula
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), a flagship program of the Government of India, offers nutrition services to support child development. One major component of ICDS is the Supplementary Nutrition Program (SNP), which provides take-home rations for all children under 6 … Read More
Impact of Community-Based Depression Treatment
LEAD at Krea University and Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development
This infographic offers a snapshot of depression in India and highlights findings from a community-based cluster cross-randomized trial in a peri-urban region near Bangalore, India and suggests that combined pharmacotherapy, livelihoods assistance interventions and community-based treatments using local resources may … Read More
Impact of Community-Based Depression Treatment – Evidence from India
LEAD at Krea University and Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development
Globally, depression affects an estimated 3.8 percent of the population. It is the fourth largest contributor to the global burden of disease and the third largest source of years lost to disability. Estimates from the National Mental Health Survey 2015-16 … Read More
COVID-19 and Adaptation to Mental Health Services
Sapna Nair and R Padmavati
COVID-19 caused disruptions in services to those with mental illness in several countries across the globe. While these disruptions have been well-documented, few studies have looked at the service provider perspective. A recent study by LEAD at Krea University and the Schizophrenia … Read More
Landscaping the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Adolescents
Diya Ahuja, Twinkle Juneja and Sapna Nair
Seeta* is a teenager in rural Uttar Pradesh. Harassment by boys from the village had become an ordinary spectacle that relentlessly continued every day as she traced her steps to school. Despite her fears, a wary Seeta chose to not confide … Read More
The COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Mental Health Services: The Provider Perspective
Sapna Nair, Preethi Kannan, Kaustav Mehta, Ananya Raju, John Mathew, Padmavati Ramachandran
This exploratory study supported by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, at the University of Oxford, provides insight into Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF)’s experience in providing mental health services to communities in Tamil Nadu, in the Covid-19 context. … Read More
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness among Youth: Evaluation of the Kissa Kahani Program
This study examines the impact of a community-based multi-media intervention that aims to improve sexual and reproductive health awareness among youth. … Read More
Impact Assessment of Infosys Foundation’s Grants
As part of this project, the Infosys Foundation engaged LEAD to undertake impact assessments of its grantee portfolio. … Read More
Tamil Nadu Socioeconomic Mobility Survey
This panel survey was initiated to understand the long-term pathways that influence socio-economic development. … Read More