A mentored hands-on training model for scaling up implementation and intervention research in India: "connecting the dots".

ABSTRACT: Despite the high burden of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), less than 25% of those in need have access to appropriate services, in part due to a scarcity of locally relevant, evidence-based interventions and models of care. To address this gap, researchers from India and the United States and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) collaboratively developed a "Grantathon" model to provide mentored research training to 24 new principal investigators (PIs). This included a week-long didactic training, a customized web-based data entry/analysis system and a National Coordination Unit (NCU) to support PIs and track process objectives. Outcome objectives were assessed via scholarly output including publications, awards received and subsequent grants that were

SUBMITTER: Ransing R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature