BRAINTOOLS

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Sangath’s Braintools project is aligned with the international priority of ensuring that all children thrive and achieve their full developmental potential. Braintools has been conceptualised as the first step of an integrated long-term program for research to identify the infant brain markers that predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC).

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Braintools

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LOCATION

Delhi, New Delhi

PROJECT DURATION

1st March 2018 – 28th February 2019

PROJECT GOAL

Aim

To assess early childhood brain development in low-resource settings.
To collaboratively develop a protocol for assessing targeted features of human functional brain development in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) settings.
To bring Brain Science to the LMIC community through the identification of resources for adaptation of new intervention tools targeted at infants and young children.

Outcomes

Protocol for assessing human functional brain development
Portable electroencephalography (EEG) to measure the a) social brain and b) attentional control in preschool children
40 typically developing children assessed twice each using EEG and eye-tracking
Interviews conducted with families to assess the acceptability of the Braintools toolkit

KEY IMPACT

We demonstrate for the first time the acceptability of conducting neurodevelopmental assessments using concurrent EEG and eye-tracking in preschool children in uncontrolled community LMIC settings. This kind of research appears to be acceptable to the community and we identify potential barriers and facilitators of this research, thus allowing for future large scale research projects to be conducted investigating neurodevelopment and risk factors for suboptimal development in LMICs.

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TEAM

For further details please write to gauri.divan@sangath.in or

supriya.bhavnani@sangath.in

Braintools 1

Braintools 2

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From the lab to the field: acceptability of using electroencephalography with Indian preschool children

Georgia Lockwood Estrin, Supriya Bhavnani, Amy Goodwin, Rashi Arora, Gauri Divan, Rianne Haartsen, Luke Mason, Vikram Patel, Mark H. Johnson, Emily J.H. Jones

Wellcome Open Research,

2022

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“We are everyone’s ASHAs but who’s there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ritu Shrivastava, Lochan Sharma, Mehak Jolly, Romi Ahuja, Radhika Sharma, John A Naslund, Jyotsna Agrawal, Rahul Shidhaye, Seema Mehrotra, Steve D Hollon, Vikram Patel, Deepak Tugnawat, Ananth Kumar, Anant Bhan, Ameya P Bondre

Soc Sci Med,

2023

Determinants of alcohol use among young males in two Indian states: A population-based study

Jan M. Heijdra Suasnabar, Abhijit Nadkarni, Benjamin Palafox

Wiley Online Library,

2023

Stress Alleviation Methods for community-Based Health ActiVists (SAMBHAV): Development of a digital program for stress reduction for community health workers in rural India

Ritu Shrivastava, Abhishek Singh, Azaz Khan, Shivangi Choubey, Juliana Restivo Haney, Eirini Karyotaki, Deepak Tugnawat, Anant Bhan, John A. Naslund

SSM-Mental Health,

2023

Closing the treatment gap for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Abhijit Nadkarni, Yashi Gandhi, Urvita Bhatia and Richard Velleman

Cambridge University Press, Global Mental Health,

2022

A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ameya P. Bondre, Ritu Shrivastava, Harikeerthan Raghuram, Deepak Tugnawat, Azaz Khan, Snehil Gupta, Mohit Kumar, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Matcheri Keshavan, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Prabhat Kumar Chand, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Vikram Patel, John Torous, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, John A. Naslund, Anant Bhan

SSM - Mental Health,

2022

A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting

Kendra S. Knudsen MA, Kimberly D. Becker PhD, Karen Guan PhD, Resham Gellatly PhD, Vikram H. Patel MD, Kanika Malik PhD, Maya M. Boustani PhD, Sonal Mathur PhD, Bruce F. Chorpita PhD

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,

2022

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