Welcome - India (Mesh-Project)

Published Literature: Reflections on running an International Public Health Film Competition

This paper describes an International Public Health Film Competition held in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and shares learning from the process for future film festivals

Project Report: Understanding silenced and gendered health experiences and the impact on access

This reports on the The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative's community consultation workshop which aimed to contribute to a better understanding of gender contestations with regards to access to health and participation in biomedical research. They describe how they used body-maps, sharing circles and roadblock/hurdle mapping excercises to explore the topics of the workshop.

Published Literature: Actor-doctor partnership for theatre-based public health education

This paper from the Health Education Journal describes an evaluation of the Actors & Doctors: Staging Public Health Matters project. The authors assesed the feasibility, acceptability and impact of the Actor–Doctor project, which was an intervention involving theatre professionals and medical specialists to jointly deliver street theatre based public health education.

Project Report: The PANChSHEEEL Project

PANChSHEEEL (Participatory Approach for Nutrition in Children: Strengthening Health, Education, Environment and Engineering Linkages) is an interdisciplinary cross-sector project designed to explore health, education, engineering and environment  factors that influence infant and young child feeding practices and nutrition in India.

Report: The Explorer Series - Exposing young audiences to the excitement and value of Science in India

The report describes the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance's The Explorer Series project, which was a touring speaker event designed to bring the excitement and value of science to school students. It also shares tools and tips for similar work

Project Report: Talking about Mental Health: a youth mental health project in India

Final report and project reflections from 'It’s OK to Talk', an adolescent and youth-focused programme started in 2016, which aimed to increase awareness about mental health and wellbeing, so that more young people feel able to engage in dialogue on mental health.

Report: Arting Health for Impact: Street art engaging communities in India

Arting Health for Impact: India brought together Artists, Scientists and Communities for health

Report: Superheroes Against Superbugs

Superheroes again Superbugs is a public engagement programme that aims to raise awareness on antimicrobial resistance and promote community action by engaging with students in India

Arting Health for Impact: Street art engaging communities in Botswana, South Africa and India

An international collaborative public engagement partnership using street art to engage local communities in Botswana, India and South Africa.

Inclusion of disabled voices in engagement

Project Report: Actors & Doctors: Staging Public Health Matters

This theatre project aimed to increase awareness of and engagement with complex public health concerns such as mental, environmental and sexual health. Implemented in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, by the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts

Project Report: It's OK to Talk: Insights from a Youth Mental Health Public Engagement Programme in India

It’s OK to Talk is an adolescent and youth-focused programme started in 2016, which aims to increase awareness about mental health and wellbeing, so that more young people feel able to engage in dialogue on mental health, and seek help. The It's Ok to Talk programme comprised three core activities: It's Ok to Talk website, events and workshops, and a social media campaign.

Wellcome Trust International Engagement workshop report: Telling Stories: How the public can engage with science (India 2009)

This report is a synthesis of discussions held at the Wellcome Trust International Engagement Workshop: 'Telling Stories'. Points raised touched upon the practical and theoretical challenges involved in translating science to diverse audiences, using creative methodologies in public engagement, and working with diverse and vulnerable groups. This report is a synthesis of the discussions, key points and key questions raised at the workshop.

Participatory Theatre and Health Behaviours in Informal Settlements, Gujurat, India

An overview of a project which used participatory theatre methods to disseminate messages about health promoting behaviours within informal settlements in Gujurat, India. The project was evaluated using 'quasi-experimental' quantitative methods.

Acting Healthy Project (2007 – 2008)

Project Report: Using Traditional Arts to Engage School Students on Environmental Health Issues in Delhi, India

Our Environment, Our Health was conceived to raise awareness among school students of India’s pressing environmental health challenges. The approach enabled students to learn, discuss and respond to environmental health issues through a process of creative inquiry and puppetry

Project Report: PRIDE: engaging young people with mental health in India

This brief report provides you with an overview of PRIDE’s activities at the Durga Puja Festival in New Delhi, India, to raise awareness among young people about mental health.

Project Report: The Vaidya’s Oath: Public Engagement with Microbial Resistance through Drama

A case study of The Vaidya’s Oath project which engaged audiences and school children with antimicrobial resistance.

Project Report: Dharavi Biennale, Mumbai, India

In 2012 the Wellcome Trust International Engagement Awards supported a project based in the informal settlement of Dharavi in Mumbai, India, one of the largest ‘slums’ in the world. The project gives the local community an opportunity to engage with relevant health issues through a series of art projects, culminating in a large art and health festival in February and March 2015 — the Dharavi Biennale. This work grew out of a successful small award and received £130,000 over three years.