From engagement to competency: The pathway to making disability naïve frontline workers competent in the delivery of an evidence-based autism intervention in New Delhi, India.

Background: As countries like India improve access to maternal and infant care, the health systems need to develop services that enable all children to thrive. A key demographic which needs to be supported are children with disabilities, such as autism. With an estimated prevalence of one percent, there are over five million young children who need services to support their needs.

Care at Doorsteps for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses as a Part of District Mental Health Program (DMHP): A Qualitative Needs Assessment and Psychosocial Framework.

Care at Doorstep (CAD) is a home care service that includes medical and social care by skilled professionals. The purpose of this paper is to explore the need for CAD among users of the district mental health programme (DMHP) in Ramanagaram, Karnataka, India who have severe mental illness. The design of this study was descriptive where a qualitative inductive methodology was adopted.