Sahayog society for participatory rural development
Mental health and well-being of adolescents in rural communities (Nainital district, India).
2022
INDIA
Evaluation of adolescents' mental health via a questionnaire and the WHO-5 wellbeing index, and use of communication tools, activities and a help desk to reduce stigmatisation.
Support
€ 11,300The project will be implemented in 10 villages in the Nainital District of Uttarakhand, India. The intervention will reach out to 500 boys and girls between the age of 10-19 years through community meetings, and another 1000 boys and girls through anti-stigma campaigns, special days, help desks, individual contacts, extracurricular activities and peer learning groups. Forty active adolescents will be empowered as peer leaders to form "peer health groups".