Martin Luther Christian University, Meghalaya receives ICMR funds

A Correspondent

SHILLONG: Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) has received three-year funding from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, for a project entitled “Alcohol use among adolescent tribals in three corners of India” under the Principal Investigator, Dr R Jennifer War. The two main objectives of the project are to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use, psychiatric morbidity and related risk factors among 11-19-year-old tribals in three States of India and to conduct a feasibility study of the NIMHANS Life Skills Education model in forestalling alcohol use amongst tribal adolescents.

To implement the second objective of the project, the research team organized focus group discussions with community members in Nongrah in November 2019 and in Mawlynrei in February 2020 to ascertain the need and relevance of the workshop.

Three life skills workshops were conducted from December 2019 to March 2020 for the youth of Nongrahand, Mawlynrei, East Khasi Hills. Around 65 youths between 15 to19 years of age attended the workshop. Community members also participated in the workshops as rapporteurs and observers. The workshop was facilitated by trained faculty from the Department of Psychology, Social Work, Allied Health Sciences, and Centre for GENDER of MLCU.

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