Longitudinal Mental Health Outcomes for Transitioning OSCYAs in Udayan Care
Longitudinal Mental Health Outcomes for Transitioning OSCYAs in Udayan Care
Project overview
Since 2014, multiple Duke student research teams have collaborated with Udayan Care, a Delhi-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that supports orphaned and separated children and young adults (OSCYAs), to assess mental health within its group home system. Over this past summer, the 2024 SRT team interviewed a total of 144 youth, young adults, and caregivers, administering several mental health assessments, including the DASS-21, GAD-7, PHQ-9, CATS, and TSC-40, along with a motivational qualitative interview on coping strategies for the Aftercare population – those who are transitioning from institutional care to self-sufficiency. Additionally, they conducted a two-part life skills workshop on gender sensitization (covering topics such as gender, equality, and gender inequities) for Aftercare young adults. The team is currently completing data analysis from the summer and drafting their written report for Udayan Care.
Project notes
Project Notes: A huge thank you to Dr. Sumedha Gupta Ariely for her extensive help during this project. Also, thank you to Lysa MacKeen and Emilee Kerr from the Duke Global Health Institute for their support and advice, especially during the visa process. We would additionally like to thank our wonderful interns: Jaya Shekhar, Aishwarya Singh, and Sadia Sultana. We could not have completed the project without them. And finally, we would like to thank our partners at Udayan Care, including Dr. Kiran Modi, Parvinder Udayan, Indrani Sinha, Heena Drabu, and Sahreem Khan.
Additionally, in our media and resources section, we have attached both parts of our gender sensitization workshop that we administered to the Aftercare population as well as the questionnaire that we used for our screenings. These screenings included the quantitative measures and a qualitative interview about coping that we developed.
Media and resources
Last updated on October 3, 2024