THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONSORTIUM RESEARCH IN

SOCIAL CARE DISCIPLINES

Director: Dr Saju MD, Principal and Professor, Department of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences

The International centre for Consortium Research in Social Care Disciplines brings together researchers across the world to design social care practice models, integrate health care systems, promote health and well-being, and develop health policies through evidence-based interventions. It helps bridge the gap between Knowledge and Practice and strengthens Social Care Research. The centre collaborates with experts in diverse disciplines such as medicine, public health, social work, psychology, nursing, and health policy.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CENTRE

• Bringing the researchers in different fields of social care at national and international levels to work on major themes like health, mental health, community health care, and health policy
• Development of relevant research themes each year and carrying out multi-sectorial, multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional, and multi-centred research in collaboration with the consortium members.
• Submitting joint research proposals to national and international funders (agencies and sponsors).
• Development of research competencies among consortium research members through mutual exchange of knowledge and resources.
• Bringing out quality publications in high-impact national and international journals

MAJOR PROJECTS

Major Projects Ongoing

• Prevalence and Risk Factors of Antimicrobial Resistance – A Survey of Outpatients in a Tertiary Hospital in Kerala
• Caregiving together: Optimising the Involvement of Male Caregivers of People with Disability (in collaboration with the University of Melbourne).
• Development of a Comprehensive Intervention to Reduce Behavioural and Emotional Issues of Vulnerable Children living in Children’s Homes in Kerala, India
• Developing and testing the feasibility of a technology-driven community networking intervention for care givers of people with disabilities (CPWD) in India (in collaboration with the University of Melbourne).
• FASE-family and social engagement model for prevention and management of self-harm behaviour (in collaboration with the University of Melbourne).

Major Projects Completed

• Integrating social and health care for improved management of health conditions in India:  International social work paradigm ( in collaboration with York University, UK, and The University of Melbourne)
• Integrating Social and health care for improved management of chronic physical and psychological health conditions in India; testing a technology-infused health intervention strategy
• REaCH-Resiliency Engagement and Care in Health; a befriending intervention to address the psycho-social challenges of vulnerable youth in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Health Services Evaluation Pilot: Promoting an improved patient experience in gynaecological cancer care through supportive care screening and intervention (in collaboration with the University of Melbourne).
• Practice Research in Three Areas of Interest (in collaboration with the University of Melbourne)
  • Suicide prevention and the management of self-harm
  • The needs of the dependent children of people receiving mental health services as the result of a diagnosis of serious mental illness
  • The psychosocial context and needs of elderly people referred to and receiving services from mental health agencies

OUR COLLABORATORS

• University of Melbourne, Australia
• University of Houston, USA
• Nossal Institute for Global Health, Australia
• University of York, London 
• Nazareth College, Rochester
• Catholic Health Association of India

For inquiries or more information, please contact us at: icrsrajagiri@gmail.com