Digital India eGovernance Initiative for Tribal Empowerment: Performance Dashboard of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Kapoor, Naval Jit; Maurya, Ashutosh Prasad; Raman, Raghu; Govind, Kumar; Nedungadi, Prema

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-0882-7_92

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“…This intervention strategy is supported by research indicating that increased resilience capacity in adolescents is associated with several factors, including family support, peer relationships, and school community involvement [42]. Previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of using mobile apps and educational software for educational support [40,43] and of a digital literacy framework for low-literate and rural settings [44].…”

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“…The Indian Ministry of Social Justice has a program for the prevention, counselling, deaddiction, and rehabilitation of substance users [39]. The Indian Ministry of Tribal Affairs maintains a performance dashboard to visualize and monitor the development program status to support tribal development [40]. Although rural India often requires different and more diverse strategies for addressing substance abuse due to the prevalence of different regional cultures and languages, some of the SAMHSA strategies, especially those related to social influence and peer mediation, may work well in India, as well.…”

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Adolescents as Ambassadors in Substance Abuse Awareness Programs: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Effects

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This study explores an adolescent ambassador program that promotes substance abuse awareness in rural villages, and studies its effects on self-esteem, peer influence, and family communication. This school-based intervention was part of a larger program that mentored adolescent youth as change agents to promote health and social awareness in rural communities in India, in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (good health and wellbeing). One hundred and forty-three ambassadors between 8 and 18 years of age, representing rural communities in 23 economically challenged villages across 11 states of India, participated in the study. Adolescents were mentored to implement substance abuse awareness programs among their peers and the village community. During the training, the ambassadors used a variety of didactic, creative, and technological modalities. Pre- and post-analyses assessed ambassadors’ self-esteem, personal substance use, perceptions of peer substance abuse, comfort with discussing substance abuse, and perceptions of social support. Ambassadors’ self-esteem increased significantly. In addition, positive changes related to the perception of parents’ and friends’ attention, as well as comfort in addressing substance abuse topics with others, were observed.

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