Participatory community-based interventions for substance use - CTRITH
Project duration - 2021-2026
Program Brief
The team in IPH is utilising theory-driven (realist) approaches for developing and implementing the interventions. Hosa Jeevana is focused on addressing harmful substance use among adults through a combination of clinic and community-based package of care. One All is a sports-based intervention aimed at improving mental health resilience and promoting positive mental health among the Adivasi youth. Through implementing these interventions CTRITH hopes to develop models that can be replicated in other settings by generating evidence on what works, for whom, and under what conditions. The realist approach is being implemented in collaboration with the team from Realist Evaluation Advancement Lab for Implementation Strategy Explanations (REALISE).
Research Questions
What capacities are required by tribal community-led platforms to effectively engage in health governance processes, and how can these capacities be developed through collaborative approaches with collective platforms of tribal communities?
How do contexts, pathways, and social mechanisms shape the engagement of tribal communities in health governance processes?
Research Team
Prashanth NS
Principal Investigator, Senior Fellow, IPH Bengaluru
Rahul Amruthapuri
Program Head-CTRITH, IPH Bengaluru
Ramyashree TS
Research Associate, IPH Bengaluru
Alen Chandy Alexander
Clinical Research Training Programme Scholar, IPH Bengaluru
Nanjegowda
Community Health Worker, IPH Bengaluru
Shekar P
Field Supervisor, IPH Bengaluru
Bhagya V
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Kavitha B
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Ramyashree TS
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Nagendra N R
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Siddamma
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Basavaraju M
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Nanja M
Field Investigator, IPH Bengaluru
Collaborators - Hosa Jeevan
Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS)
https://cimscrnagara.karnataka.gov.in/english
District Mental Health Programme
https://cimscrnagara.karnataka.gov.in/englishNational Tobacco Control Programme
https://cimscrnagara.karnataka.gov.in/english
Collaborators - One All
Shylaja Devi Purushotham
ASHWINI, Gudalur
Smitha Mohanraj
ASHWINI, Gudalur
Varadharajan Srinivasan
ASHWINI, Gudalur
Varsha Yaswanth Kumarm
One All Trust
Smitha Deshpandey
Independent
Kaaren Mathias
Independent
Funding agency
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance
https://www.indiaalliance.org/Scientific Engagements
| Type | Engagement |
|---|---|
Workshops | Prashanth NS co-organised and was a speaker at the Early Career Researchers' Grant Writing Workshop organised by Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, Sangath and IPH Bengaluru at Goa in June 2024 |
Workshops | Prashanth NS co-organised an Implementation Research workshop along with the University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia & WHO-TDR in December 2023. |
Workshops | Prashanth NS conducted a workshop at the Leadership in Mental Health course organised by Sangath, Goa. |
Webinars | Prashanth NS presented as a part of the ICMR Webinar Series on Implementation Research Explained: Evidence to Action in November 2024. Session 7: Application of Frameworks, Some real-world examples. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mIDYwG5c8 |
Webinars | Inside Implementation: REALISE Webinar Series Episode 1: Panel discussion on the use of Realist Methods with Dr. Bruno Marchal, Dr. Sara Van Belle and Dr. Prashanth NS, moderated by Dr. Upendra Bhojani. |
Conference presentations / Outreach activities | The team implementing One All attended the Asia-Pacific Conference on Adolescent Mental Health (Thriving Minds: Fostering Adolescent Wellbeing) in November 2024 organized by the Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal as part of the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) Project in collaboration with the University of South Australia, Australia and James Cook University, Australia. At the conference, Ramyashree TS presented on One All and displayed a video based on One All implementation. |
Outreach activities | Participants and facilitators of the One All intervention visited ASHWINI, Gudalur in February 2025 for cross learning, exploring partner organisation, and interacting with One All participants in Gudalur. |
Training | Ramyashree, Siddamma, Bhagya and Kavitha participated in Game Changers Training held in Chennai in August 2024. This training was exclusively held for women facilitators on teaching frisbee in communities and the technical skills for playing frisbee. |
Publications
Prashanth, N. S, Ulahannan, S. U.*, Juneja, A., Seshadri, T., Mahadeva, C., Venkategowda, M., Gowda, C. M., George, M. S., Kane, S., Michielsen, J., & Belle, S. V. (2025). Reimagining Innovation in Health Equity: Making a Case for a Community- embedded Participatory Learning Site for Adivasi Health Research. Journal of Community Systems for Health, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.36368/jcsh.v2i1.1102. Published: 23 March 2025