Empower India
A Sangath Initiative
Using Technology to build India’s Mental Health Workforce
EMPOWER aims to enhance the capabilities of the healthcare system in addressing mental health issues through prevention and care. The primary goal of the initiative is to utilize digital training tools for educating and assisting frontline health workers in administering evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Additionally, the project aims to leverage emerging data to assess the consequences of scaling up and to contribute new insights into the effective elements of psychological interventions.
- Studies indicate that one in ten individuals experiences common mental health issues, such as depression. Additionally, one in five women encounters perinatal depression during both pregnancy and the post-delivery period.
- There exists a treatment gap for mental health issues in both rural and urban areas of India, predominantly attributed to the “unavailability” and “inaccessibility” of services.
- In order to bridge the gap in mental health services, Empower has implemented a task-sharing strategy. This involves training community health workers to provide counseling for both depression and perinatal depression.
Empower India
A Sangath Initiative
Using Technology to build India’s Mental Health Workforce
EMPOWER aims to build the capacity of health system for the prevention and care of mental health problems. The core objective of the project is to deploy digital training tools to train and support frontline health workers in delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions, use emerging data to evaluate the impact of the scaling up and generate new knowledge on the effective components of psychological interventions.
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Fact about depression:
Solution:
Studies show a growing prevalence of depression among the youth in India, with rates above 50%.
And about 60% of individuals experiencing depression do not seek professional assistance.
The quantity of mental health professionals remains critically low.
A small step to address the gap in mental health services, we implemented digital training initiatives for ASHA workers across three districts in Madhya Pradesh. (Raisen, Narmadapuram & Vidisha.) This training will help the ASHAs to gain a new life.
WE CARE
Fact about depression:
Studies show a growing prevalence of depression among the youth in India, with rates above 50%.
And about 60% of individuals experiencing depression do not seek professional assistance. The quantity of mental health professionals remains critically low. A small step to address the gap in mental health services, we implemented digital training initiatives for ASHA workers across three districts in Madhya Pradesh. (Raisen, Narmadapuram & Vidisha.) This training will help the ASHAs to
The quantity of mental health professionals remains critically low.
A small step to address the gap in mental health services, we implemented digital training initiatives for ASHA workers across three districts in Madhya Pradesh. (Raisen, Narmadapuram & Vidisha.) This training will help the ASHAs to
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Impact in Mental Health
Digital system oriented approach to deliver Mental Health service globally.
Make change happen !
Contribute your share towards mental well-being of the community.
Join us to make change happen !
Contribute your share towards mental well-being of the community.
Come, let’s make mental health accessible for all!
For the past 26 years, Sangath has been working to improve access to mental healthcare in India.
Be a part of an exciting journey.
We are working to make mental healthcare accessible for all and fight the stigma around mental health.
Get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
Feel free to get in touch for any queries, feedback about the program or instructions for joining us.
Notable projects
Empower Projects
Healthy Activity Program
Promoting Effective Mental Healthcare Through Peer Supervision (PEERS)
Neurodevelopment and AutisM in South ASia Treatment and Evidence (NAMASTE)
PracticePal
ASPIRE
PRIDE
THPP
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ASPIRE
PRIDE
Voice Of The Asha's
I really enjoyed doing the online training on mental health designed by Sangath Bhopal. The audio-visual content used in the training programme helped in retaining the content and I was able to abosorb it. I think the module has really beneficial for all of us
This training has been really significant for us. It has improved our understanding of mental health. Through this training we will now be able to understand the depressive symptoms and be able to help such individuals
Contentused in HAP is really easy to access and understand. I feel really good to be a part of this training
Mental health is major issue which needs to focused and prioritized. Training has helped us in understanding that mental health issues are common and treatable. We don't need to stigmatize it. Early identification and treatment is the key.
Join us to make change happen !
Contribute your share towards mental well-being of the community.
Come, let’s make mental health accessible for all!
For the past 26 years, Sangath has been working to improve access to mental healthcare in India.
Be a part of an exciting journey.
We are working to make mental healthcare accessible for all and fight the stigma around mental health.
Get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
Feel free to get in touch for any queries, feedback about the program or instructions for joining us.
