Map-Well (Mental Health Promotion and Psychosocial Wellbeing

Undergoing Project

Integration of Behavioral Medicine in Health Profession Education

Coordinators :
Dr Sanghamitra Pati, Dr Soumyakanta Das, Dr Jayanti Mishra, Mrs Nivedita Das, Dr Meenkshi Panda, Dr Sandipana Pati, Dr P.K Rathor, Dr Sonali Kar , Dr Sutapa Biswas , Dr Jyoti Prakash Mishra, Mrs Surama Mohanty, Mrs B.P Tripathy.

Research Projects (completed)

Heal (Healthy Behavior and Life style)

Effect of Meditation on respiratory and cardiovascular system

Nutria (Nutrition and Health)

Research Project

Share (Society for Harm reduction)

Promoting Harm reduction through community-academic partnership ...

Project Undergoing

Integration Harm reduction into Primary Care

PI : Sanghamitra Pati

Coordinators: Dr Soumyakanta Das, Dr Jayanti Mishra, Dr Sonali Kar, Dr Sandipana Pati

This project is aimed towards integration of Harm reduction services at the primary care level, the back bone of Indian health care system.

Completed Projects

Harm Reduction in HIV/AIDS: Promoting Safe Behavior among Alcoholics in Street and Homeless Group

Cordinators: Sanghamitra Pati, Meenakshi Panda, Sandipana Pati

Various studies suggest the association between alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV infection. Unsafe sexual behavior is augmented by alcohol use particularly among vulnerable populations. In India, the mutually reinforcement of alcohol addiction and risky sex is most evident among the pavement dwellers. Although in our community alcohol abuse contributes to large proportion of heterosexual transmission of HIV, it has not been addressed so far. Keeping this in view, a project was initiated last year that aimed at prevention of risk behavior among alcoholics by psychosocial intervention and limit the spread of HIV/AIDS through transmission among pavement dwellers of Bhubaneswar &Cuttack, Orissa. The results of this pilot project indicate that HIV risk behavior can be reduced after intervention among alcohol abusers in high-risk group. It also suggests that HIV/STD prevention programs that include an alcohol harm reduction component may be more effective in reducing risk behaviors.

Input (Injury Prevention Unit)

This initiative is concerned with prevention of road traffic accidents and unintentional injuries and violence in the community through information, education, creative communication, community awareness campaigns and advocacy.

Ocean (Occupational & Environmental Health)

Undergoing Project

Diabetes Education at the workplace

Coordinators:
Dr Sanghamitra Pati, Dr Jayanti Mishra, Dr Sonali Kar, Dr Sandipana Pati, Dr P.K.Rathor

Projects Completed

PI: Dr Sanghamitra Pati