Publications by authors named "Amar Nawkar"
Eval Program Plann
August 2021
Article Synopsis
- Mental disorders significantly burden society, especially in developing countries like India, where 75-85% of individuals affected lack access to specialized mental health care due to a shortage of trained professionals.
- The Indian government launched the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) to aid states in providing mental health services, alongside a pilot initiative known as the Urban Mental Health Programme (UMHP) in Kolkata, aimed at integrating these services into primary health care.
- The evaluation of the UMHP follows a concurrent nested design, emphasizing qualitative data to understand barriers and facilitators in the program’s implementation, and aims to provide insights for future research and evaluations.
