An exploration of mental health and resilience narratives of migrant workers in India using community theatre methodology

Lead Research Organisation: De Montfort University
Department Name: School of Nursing and Midwifery

Abstract

This highly innovative, interdisciplinary and collaborative global public health partnership aims to explore the mental health challenges and opportunities for resilience for internal migrants in Pune, India using theatre storytelling practices. Our focus is on co-creation of mental health and resilience knowledge for raising mental health awareness and support through community theatre engagement with migrant slum dwellers. This project aims to develop partnerships between UK and India academic researchers, community theatre groups, migrant communities, government agencies and public health NGOs. Our vision is to work towards the UN sustainable development agenda: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals 3, 5, and 10 (Good health and wellbeing, Gender equality, and Reduced Inequalities). There are an estimated 450 million people worldwide with mental disorders and about 75% of them live in developing countries, where insecurity, illiteracy, poverty, and violence increase the prevalence of mental illness. There is the widespread ignorance within society about mental health, which often results in human rights abuses and stigma against people with mental illness. Physical health problems and addictions are also associated with mental health problems. Internal migration is a matter of great importance in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Shrinking agriculture in rural areas and industrialisation and increasing urbanisation leads to ever increasing numbers of internal migrants seeking livelihoods in the cities. Our collaborative research will be in Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. The rationale for this location is due to our academic and NGO contacts and partnerships within this area. In Pune the urban poor make up fifty per cent of the population with about 564 slums as per the Indian census data in 2011.

Mental health interventions are still typically dominated by deficit-based models of theory and practice. Traditionally, many of the human service agencies have focused on trying to better understand the biological/psychological or environmental risk factors that increase the likelihood of the development or maintenance of at risk behaviour and the potential implications for prevention. Interventions that are based on the deficit, problems, or pathologies of individuals tend to direct the attention of professionals to only one view of the person. Supporting resilience requires a shift away from deficit-based models of mental health theory and practice. Our aim is to examine the opportunities presented by theatre practice for exploring and developing resilience at both personal and community level for migrant communities who are marginalised and struggling to meet their basic needs with very little public health support for health and wellbeing. Mental health narratives of internal migrants in India have hitherto tended to focus on the prevalence of psychological distress, anxiety and depression; but we have scant evidence about the resilience of migrant slum dwellers. The psychological distress and experiences as a result of migration can indeed be a risk factor for higher prevalence of mental disorders, but the lack of knowledge on how migrants mediate risk in the midst of adversities and construct resilience for positive living is an untold story.

A key strength of theatre is its capacity to develop narratives capturing, but also powerfully communicating, the whole spectrum of health experiences - exploring not only the crises in people's lives but also asking and answering 'what is the beautiful?' in people's lives (beauty can be a key source of meaning and resilience).With the growing burden of mental ill health among migrant communities this international research partnership adds a new dimension to the co-creation of knowledge and understanding of resilience of internal migrant slum dwellers for developing appropriate public health support and intervention models.

Planned Impact

This project team consists of key individuals with a wealth of experience in interdisciplinary, funded research, publications and networking relevant to humanities, social sciences and healthcare. All the members have delivered a variety of high quality publications relevant to health humanities, bringing together substantial experience of health care policy, education and practice and humanities-based scholarship across narrative research, mental health promotion, community engagement, visual arts, theatre and performance. The team includes members with substantial brokering and knowledge transfer skills. The project will be strengthened by on-going support from the Health Policy Research Unit and Mary Seacole Research Centre, especially in terms of assisting exploitation activities.

This partnership and our scoping study will add a new international dimension to existing AHRC-funded health humanities projects. Its arts and humanities led programme of work incorporates a social sciences layer that seeks to advance transformative impacts in policy, provision and practice by grounding the outputs in first hand experiences of migration. It will link researchers in the arts and humanities, social and health sciences across two countries and third and statutory sector organisations supporting people who have undertaken migration, in order to generate new forms of social and cultural connectedness that can facilitate resilience. This project has a potentially wide impact on public engagement and academic research.

Policy-makers: The project is designed to bring together communities of arts and humanities and social and health sciences scholars, volunteers and stakeholders from migrant communities, and health, social care and education personnel in Britain and India, to respond to contemporary anxieties about the psychological costs of migration health. As such, it is anticipated that research findings generated by the project will stimulate and inform public health debate, particularly as it relates to the development of policies that advance: a. less-centralised resources for responding to the mental health and well-being agenda; b. more co-operative, open and permeable interfaces between diverse social actors and communities of practice in mental health.

Health, social care and education providers in a variety of nations: The project will be of interest to health, social care, education, and community arts organizations involved in mental health and resilience promotion work and the facilitation of more connected and self-caring communities. The interdisciplinary approach and methodology aligns it with the emerging field of health humanities, in this case through a combination of performing arts, narrative and life story work as well as sociology, psychology, psychiatry, social care, nursing, and public health. It will afford knowledge dissemination benefits with regard to the ways in which these fields animate one another. It is hoped that the research findings may ultimately inform organisational culture and practices within India and UK.

Members of the public: We envisage potential social benefits for people who have undergone migration and the general public more broadly, these emanating primarily from the impact of the research on public awareness and understanding of issues pertaining to the experiences of social dislocation and displacement and creative activity in building mental health resilience. It is envisaged that the project will generate public contribution to debate about ways to tackle societal challenges in the area of mental health and migration. We aim to inform attitudes to and/or beliefs about the feasibility of creative practice as a way of facilitating mutual support, being a possible solution to the limitations of biomedical and psychiatric approaches to date to improve the wellbeing, resilience and health of developing
 
Title Song written and recorded for our forthcoming community theatre production 
Description The song is called 'Suno, Suno' ('Listen, Listen') which was written in collaboration with the internal migrant community in Hadapsar and will be the theme song for our forthcoming community theatre production. The recording was produced at world-renowned musical director and composer A. R. Rahman's studios in Chennai, India. 
Type Of Art Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact Too to early to say. 
 
Title Suno Suno long theatre piece 
Description Community theatre co-created with internal migrant community in Pune which reflects their inner strength and resilience - and how they construct resilience in the midst their journeys of migration and settlement for work and living. 
Type Of Art Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact Community engagement for co-creating meaning of resilience by internal migrant community Enabling migrant community to reflect on their journey of migration and building resilience for health and wellbeing 
URL http://mhri-project.org/
 
Title Suno Suno short theatre piece 
Description This is a piece of community theatre (drama) based on the narratives of 32 participants who were involved in our study. Based on themes generated from the we developed a short piece of community theatre ( 20 minutes) with actors from the internal migrant community and our theatre partners in Pune. This was used for community engagement in different locations in the basti ( slum) 
Type Of Art Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact Internal migrant community able to reflect on how they constructed resilience for mental health and wellbeing Enabling migrant community to work together to create their story of resilience 
URL http://mhri-project.org/
 
Description Narrative data on migration and resilience collected from 32 participants covering rich layers of personal stories of resilience in the midst of adversities. Transcribed narratives are currently being translated to English for thematic analysis.

We have developed a script from the narratives for community theatre
Exploitation Route Public health policy in India
Local Government health policy in Maharashtra
Further research
Community engagement
Sectors Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections
 
Description Information to Public Health policy in the State of Maharashtra, India ( through engagement with public health policy makers through reports and dissemination conferences) NGO partner using the findings for training of health workers linking with migrant communities Migrant community engagement - awareness of own resilience and wellbeing activities, understanding of mental health needs.
First Year Of Impact 2019
Sector Communities and Social Services/Policy,Healthcare
Impact Types Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services
 
Description Training of NGO workers
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL http://mhri-project.org/
 
Description 'Mental Neurological and Substance Use (MNS) Disorders in Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs)' research call in 2018 by GCRF.
Amount £686,862 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/S00145X/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 02/2021
 
Title Applied theatre engagement 
Description Eight Applied theatre performances created from the interview narratives- and used for engagement with mental health users and their families in 4 rural and 4 urban localities in four districts in Kerala 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact None to report at this stage 
URL https://dmu.figshare.com/
 
Title MHR Narrative datasets 
Description Narrative interview transcripts ( from Hindi and Marathi language) translated to English 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact For further research on (1) resilience for mental health and wellbeing (2) issues of domestic violence (3) migration journeys 
URL https://dmu.figshare.com/
 
Title Narrative data sets 
Description 204 Narrative interview data sets transcribed and translated to English - from urban and rural communities in four districts in Kerala, India . They consists of narrtive interviews with mental health users (patients), their family members, and people from the neighbourhood/ community (general public). In addition to this, we also engaged with over 400 people through applied theatre performances in four districts ( 8 localities) whose views and opinions were collected as data. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Key impacts developed from the MeHeLP project conducted between September 2018 - December 2021 in urban and rural communities in Kerala, India. The key impacts the project has brought to the lives of stakeholders including clinic users, clinicians, policy makers, creative practitioners and the research team. It illuminates these impacts through the following focal lenses: Clinical Practice, Creative Practice, Educational Practice and Interdisciplinary Practice, and considers the environmental, social and personal results of the project. It also outlines the potential pathways for future impact work related to the goals of this project. Impact evidence was collected via testimonials gathered through semi-structured interviews and email questionnaires, through project dissemination pathways such as the Conference and trainings. Impact guiding stars are: engaging in fearless talk and developing collective know how. Background From May 2019 to Feb 2020, the research team with the support of MEHAC and MHAT conducted 214 interviews across 8 sites. Of the interviews collected, 204 met the set criteria. These were thematically analysed to gain understandings of the spectrum of MHL and the use of mental health services in context; data collected from the sites were later used for scripting the clinic plays. In addition, a Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (Campos et al 2016) was adapted for the Indian context by including culturally relevant items. It was rolled out across six months where it was completed by 450 people. The research team on the ground worked with clinic staff, mental health professionals and clinic supervisors. They also worked with the theatre team comprising UK and Indian theatre directors to devise and deliver 8 plays across urban and rural settings in Kerala; post-performance discussions fed back into the data pool. Digital media were also employed in the second half of the project with 18 short films created by 4 four directors and 6 animated digital stories that will facilitate knowledge translation for a broad range of audiences. The MeHeLP short film festival 2020 invited entries from all over Kerala on the topic 'Mental Health Matters' creating understanding of the public's views and opinions on the topic of mental health literacy. The MeHeLP app and the consolidated website aims to reduce the gap in mental health literacy and contains curated content around mental health and illness. The MeHeLP Dissemination conference held in October 2021 received an overwhelming response with over 376 participants including medical, health and social care practitioners, service providers, health and social care researchers including academics, psychiatrists, psychologists, community workers, social workers and students. The MeHeLP Booklet targets organisations working on mental health. Other activities included a two-and-a-half-day session on mental health for teachers and students of community school in the tribal area of Attappadi. Creative Practice Impact in this category was captured across a range of indicators. Many of these predominating around an applied theatre practice realized as a set of community-based performances at clinical settings. New forms of theatre practice that included audience participation in clinical settings were co-created for the region. Through these public health and wellbeing were improved and public awareness of MHL was raised, and much of this was achieved through the level and form of audience participation seen in the performances. Impact statements recorded showed that audience members recognized the stories being told and shared their own experiences as a result of this, thereby breaking previous inhibitory behaviours. Through this reduction of shame, impacts were made on the ways in which audiences gained new understandings on their part in society and the ways in which they communicated this. Underpinning these new forms of theatre were unique collaborations between creative leads and actors which resulted in increasingly expansive artistic expressions previously undiscovered, and the first of their kind in the region. Actors reported impacts including an increased awareness of MHL and sensitivity to the lived experiences of service users. They were able to draw on this to develop deep characterisations that stayed in the minds of audience members long after the plays were completed. The effects on audience members were numerous: someone so affected by the story they were watching comforted a protagonist in the play, those previously reluctant to take their medicines began to do so, and others began to open up to medical staff and support workers. Overall the performances resulted in the amplification of rarely heard voices and experiences and views of clinic users. "As actors we knew that we were able to make an impact on the people who came to see our performances. Historic ways of devising theatre productions were upturned during this process. My practice was extended in the co-creation of theatre practices that developed recognition of local folkloric elements." (theatre actor). An increase in empathy and awareness of the community affected by mental health issues was also reported by local filmmakers who gained an increased awareness of the discourses and conditions of mentally unwell members of the local community, through their interaction with the project. They co-produced new cultural artefacts in the form of 18 short films; the dissemination of these has led to increased cultural participation. For example, the short film "The Tree" was reported as being relatable and the film as delivering a positive message about the better treatment of them. One director stated that the project will act as a catalyst for a wave of films about mental health in the region. Clinical Practice "The most important positive outcome of the clinic play conducted here was that the visuals and characters of the play are still fresh in people's minds and they have understood the messages conveyed better. We noticed that passing on information through a drama or a visual medium is more effective than taking a class." (clinician) The inclusion of creative modalities in this project created a paradigm shifting view of local clinical practices: more people understood that those with mental problems should not be shunned or isolated and that treatments were available. It was reported that members of the community were trying to spread awareness by advising their relatives and talking about the importance of medical assessment, and as a result there were people visiting clinics requesting treatment. In this way treatments that went beyond local cultural practices such as witchcraft were sought at clinics after members of the community had seen the theatrical performances. A strong impact message has been the need to interface with key ecosystems systems that span religious practices, community clinics and Ayurveda clinics; the micro, meso and macro. People are approaching us (for treatment) after this program. (clinical practitioner) Interdisciplinary Practice The intersectionality of the project disciplines provided rich ground for colleagues to report impact statements relating to the growth and widening of professional practice and process. For example research specific skills were developed as well as broader conceptual notions of how mental health literacy could be understood. The project offered some the opportunity to test out their approaches in the interdisciplinary field of health humanities. This provided them with rich insights both around collaboration in international research settings and of the lived experiences of the local service user community. "it' s been a space of learning, unlearning and relearning." (Research team member, Kerala). MeHelp was not just a project for team members, it was an opportunity to kick start and facilitate a process and discussion on mental health literacy and a platform for new connections and friendships to be cultivated. Team members were highly supported in their navigation of these fresh opportunities as they emerged; many reported the mutual information exchange as a major impact to their professional growth. "The interdisciplinarity impact is learning how to work with teams and going into the nuances of lived experiences, this is important because at times policy is silent on this." (policy maker) Education and Training / Events MeHelp's research-led engagement with marginalised audiences has led to increased cultural and educational participation where public awareness of MHL has been raised. The conference facilitated conversations across many stakeholders in the mental health ecosystem to capture maximum diverse voices from the state. Previously help understandings were extended with some people commenting on the impact that participating in training had on their confidence to practically implement approaches in their early careers. There was a clear impact in terms of students wanting further instruction in the area and in their willingness to disseminate messages more broadly within the local and wider communities. "Although I am educated, my knowledge of mental health was very low. This workshop has enabled me to gain a lot of knowledge and understanding about Mental health. I strongly believe that I can effectively make use of this information not only in my life but also in the lives of people around me." (Attappadi champions project) Future pathways captured through impact analysis Community Theatre There is a great deal of potential in continued direct creative engagement in clinical settings and raw material from MeHeLP to work with. Creative outputs could be devised with actors as interventions that allow for follow up discussions in these settings; any interventions need to be ongoing rather than one-off. Audio-visual methods have been established as powerful modes of conveying MHL messaging as people are highly receptive to such mediums. Whilst the pandemic limited the potential for live performance, future modelling should be conducted in order to ensure that performances have more reach. Academic Programmes There is scope for further educational resources and training to be developed from the creative and academic outputs developed during MeHelp. The workshops that have already been run have been received enthusiastically and with great interest. Developing Agency / Understanding Social Impact for Service Users and Communities The conference has supported people to talk about their experiences and this momentum could be catalysed in the future through strong relationship building with various organisations and compassion based-empathy driven activities. Some early ideas are to support agency building for service users through creative modalities which enable them to open up about the mental health problems they are facing. Community plays a key role in developing retaining remission and rehabilitation of people with mental health issues and awareness in society has to be generated for a better and more supportive community. Future research could ask what the quality of change is that we bring in for users' lives across different sections of society in Kerala. Programmes on a regular basis could be conducted targeting different focus groups. Films The film archive created during MeHelp could be interrogated for themes as a way of developing future public messaging on MHL in Kerala. It could be impactful to have public screenings of the films followed by detailed discussions about them. 
URL https://dmu.figshare.com/
 
Title Visual datasets 
Description Photos and videos of community engagement processes undertaken for data collection, community theatre making and 'suno suno' community theatre show 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact community engagement responses, theatre performances 
URL https://dmu.figshare.com/
 
Description Gender Based Violence in India: Building resilience through applied theatre (GenViR India) 
Organisation Cesvi
Department Cesvi, India
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution NGO - Research partner for GenViR India reserach grant application
Collaborator Contribution Reserach partner
Impact na
Start Year 2020
 
Description Gender Based Violence in India: Building resilience through applied theatre (GenViR India) 
Organisation National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Country India 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Reserach partnership -Research grant application - for GenVIR India project -
Collaborator Contribution Dr. Vrinda Narasimha - Co-investigator for GenViR India research grant application for AHRC conflict and Violence research call in 2020
Impact NA
Start Year 2020
 
Description Gender Based Violence in India: Building resilience through applied theatre (GenViR India) 
Organisation Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research collaboration for GenViR India Reserach grant application for AHRC conflict and Resilience call in 2020
Collaborator Contribution Dr. Selina Busby - Co-Investigator for the above application
Impact None
Start Year 2019
 
Description Gender Based Violence in India: Building resilience through applied theatre (GenViR India) 
Organisation Swadhar
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Reserach partner for GenViR India Application
Collaborator Contribution Research partner - NGO
Impact NA
Start Year 2020
 
Description Perspectives of slum dwelling internal migrant women on gender based violence: An interdisciplinary approach using street theatre methodology 
Organisation Centre For Mental Health Law And Policy
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Submitted a collaborative research grant application to the British Academy call on Dignity Heritage and Violence call in 2019 - on Perspectives of slum dwelling internal migrant women on gender based violence: An interdisciplinary approach using street theatre methodology
Collaborator Contribution Research collaboration, Co-applicants, Access to community
Impact None
Start Year 2019
 
Description Perspectives of slum dwelling internal migrant women on gender based violence: An interdisciplinary approach using street theatre methodology 
Organisation Institute of Health Management, Pachod
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Submitted a collaborative research grant application to the British Academy call on Dignity Heritage and Violence call in 2019 - on Perspectives of slum dwelling internal migrant women on gender based violence: An interdisciplinary approach using street theatre methodology
Collaborator Contribution Research collaboration, Co-applicants, Access to community
Impact None
Start Year 2019
 
Description Perspectives of slum dwelling internal migrant women on gender based violence: An interdisciplinary approach using street theatre methodology 
Organisation Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Submitted a collaborative research grant application to the British Academy call on Dignity Heritage and Violence call in 2019 - on Perspectives of slum dwelling internal migrant women on gender based violence: An interdisciplinary approach using street theatre methodology
Collaborator Contribution Research collaboration, Co-applicants, Access to community
Impact None
Start Year 2019
 
Description 'Urge to live', 'optimism' - Pune migrants show high resilience to cope with challenges 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Professional/ Public awareness of resilience for mental health and wellbeing. 10 internal migrants attended the conference at Pune
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/urge-to-live-optimism-pune-migrants-show-high-resilien...
 
Description Academic seminar presentation at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Academic seminar on social psychiatry and the cultural dimensions of mental health resilience of (low socio-economic background) internal migrants in India.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Community engagement 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Applied theatre show and discussion with patients and carers, community members in 8 localities ( 4 urban and 4 rural ) in four districts in Kerala. Applied theatre show developed from interview narratives of patients and carers for engagement and discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Engagement with Universities and Colleges 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Invited presentation to Psychology postgraduate / research students at one university Centre ( University of Calicut) and two University colleges (U.C. College Alwye, and Providence Women's College, Calicut ( Kerala) - on 3, 10 and 11 February 2019.
Discussions with students about mobilising mental health literacy activities in Kerala
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Engagement(s) with internal migrants in slum-dwelling community (Hadapsar) in Pune, India 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Engagement activities with slum dwelling community in co-producing our research.
24 May, 2018- First Ice-break activity at the basti (slum dwelling community in Hadapsar, Pune) with Swatantra theatre group, to introduce project and make community understand purpose of the study.
01 June, 2018-Meeting with people of the community along with the link worker and took their suggestions on which topic they would like to watch the play next time, their participation and involvement.
19 June, 2018-Second Ice-break activity at the basti with Swatantra theatre group , for the community people to clarity about the project, also covered areas of the basti that were not covered in the last ice-break activity.
29 June, 2018-Meeting with developing steering committee (community members from the basti) , and follow up of the 2nd ice-break activity. 12 July, 2018-Meeting with the Steering Committee (to develop one, and explain them their roles and responsibilities). 17 July, 2018- Meeting with Steering committee to explain about the Project, their roles and responsibilities.
31 July, 2018- First Play at the basti using informal narratives with the oral consent of participants. ('Dagle Play'). Also started identifying the participants who are willing to share their stories for the project.
9 Januray 2019- A theatre workshop took place especially for the children and young people, wherein theatre actors taught these children different theatrical games. At the end of this activity, they also had small skit performances.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018,2019
URL http://mhri-project.org
 
Description Interview and publication in a National Newspaper in India 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This was an interview and article in the Deccan Herald national daily newspaper in India (Kerala edition).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/201118/mental-health-via-theatre.html
 
Description Interview for national newspaper in India 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This was an interview and article in the Indian Express national daily newspaper in India (Pune edition).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/migrants-in-slums-experience-higher-burden-of-depressi...
 
Description Media News on mental health 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Applied theatre community engagement in Calicut, Kerala -Play and discussions with patients/ carers/ public - TV news
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://mehelp-india.org/blog-post/mehelp-on-janam-tv-kerala/
 
Description Migrants in slums experience higher burden of depression but show resilience - News 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Press release and media engagement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/migrants-in-slums-experience-higher-burden-of-depressi...
 
Description Press Interview Media publication 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Media interview by online news media in South India - thenewsminute.com
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/uk-india-collective-using-theatre-create-mental-health-awarene...
 
Description Press Interview and Print media publication 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact TV news publication by Mathrubhumi TV in Kerala - on community engagement through applied theatre ( engagement activity at Calicut, Kerala)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Mathrubhumi+TV+news+on+mental+health+&view=detail&mid=2B33DBA6A...
 
Description Print Media - Pune Play to fight anxiety amonmg slum dwellers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact National print media report on the community theatre performances in Pune
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-play-to-fight-anxiety-among-slum-dwellers-5675806...
 
Description Project Press Release 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Press release about MeHeLP India project at the Cochin Press Club in Kerala
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Theatre makeers workshop in Pune 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Conducted a workshop with theatre makers in the State of Maharashtra on the use of community theatre for health research in September 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Workshop on idioms of resilience for World mental Health Day 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact 200 Post graduate Research students in India attended online workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021