Nathan Grills
Biographic Data
| ID | 4211140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Grills |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Grills |
| SIGNATURE | GRILLS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1228-3047 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The only option? Distance learning in North India during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most Indian schools were closed for nearly two years, despite extensive evidence showing most children could not access online learning. In our interviews with those affected by school closures in North India, teachers and parents who could access online learning described it as ‘the only option’. This aligns with the dominant framing of EdTech, both nationally and globally, as a positive and inevitable feature of le…
Does the Nae Umeed group intervention improve mental health and social participation? A pre–post study in Uttarakhand, India
There are few evidence-based interventions to support caregiver mental health developed for low- and middle-income countries. Nae Umeed is a community-based group intervention developed with collaboratively with local community health workers in Uttarakhand, India primarily to promote mental wellbeing for caregivers and others. This pre-post study aimed to evaluate whether Nae Umeed improved mental health and social participation for people with …
Scaling a group intervention to promote caregiver mental health in Uttarakhand, India
Caregivers are integral to health and social care systems in South Asian countries yet are themselves at higher risk of mental illness. Interventions to support caregiver mental health developed in high-income contexts may be contextually inappropriate in the Global South. In this mixed-methods study, we evaluated the implementation and scaling of a locally developed mental health group intervention for caregivers and others in Uttarakhand, India…
We’ve got through hard times before”
People intersectionally disadvantaged by their social identity experienced high levels of mental distress during the COVID-19 crisis, yet did not collapse, and instead described diverse and innovative strategies which enabled them to cope through the COVID-19 lockdown. This study illustrates that research using an intersectional lens is valuable to design equitable policy such as the need for access to digital resources, and that disaggregated da…
Disabled People’s Organisations increase access to services and improve well-being
ISRCTN36867362, 9th Oct 2019 (retrospectively registered)
Improving Social Inclusion for Young People Affected by Mental Illness in Uttarakhand, India
Promoting social inclusion for young people affected by psycho-social disability in India – a realist evaluation of a pilot intervention
India has 600 million young people, more than any other country in the world. Mental illness is the leading burden of disease for young people, and those affected experience restrictions in social participation that compromise recovery. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a peer-led, community-based, participatory group intervention on social inclusion and mental health among 142 young people affected by psycho-social disability (PS…
Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in rural Tehri Garhwal, India
HbA 1c and FBG/PBG have similar diagnostic performance for diabetes in this population. However, many individuals were diagnosed with pre-diabetes by HbA 1c but not FBG/PBG. The relative excess diagnosis of pre-diabetes with HbA 1c does not appear to be explained by anemia, an endemic condition in India. The prognostic significance of diagnosis of pre-diabetes by HbA 1c but not FBG/PBG remains unknown, but merits investigation
Community Health Global Network
Background: Community Health Global Network (CHGN) is a collaborative network, founded to strengthen collaboration between community-based health programs - many of which are faith based initiatives. It seeks to address this in two ways: through its global network of players in community health and in the formation of “Clusters.” CHGN Clusters are networks of community health programmes and individuals in specific geographical locations. This cas…
The Paradox of Multilateral Organizations Engaging with Faith-based Organizations
Multilateral organizations, such as the World Health Organization, have traditionally not closely engaged with faith-based organizations. However, more recently, there has been a growing willingness among MOs to engage with FBOs. Factors promoting this engagement have included the rise of economic neoliberalism and participatory paradigms, a realization that FBOs may enhance program effectiveness, and a need for greater cooperation to respond to …
Does a linear-received policy of condom promotion result in a myopic approach to HIV prevention
This commentary discusses how linear models have been utilised to produce HIV-prevention policies that promote condoms. I examine how discourse on condom policy has been used to depict condom-promotion policies as inherently simple and rational, scientifically and economically sound, and, by implication, neutral and unobjectionable. However, I argue that such policy discourse has produced a myopic approach to HIV prevention, wherein the complex r…
The Paradox of Multilateral Organizations Engaging with Faith-based Organizations
Multilateral organizations, such as the World Health Organization, have traditionally not closely engaged with faith-based organizations. However, more recently, there has been a growing willingness among MOs to engage with FBOs. Factors promoting this engagement have included the rise of economic neoliberalism and participatory paradigms, a realization that FBOs may enhance program effectiveness, and a need for greater cooperation to respond to …
Improving Social Inclusion for Young People Affected by Mental Illness in Uttarakhand, India
Does a linear-received policy of condom promotion result in a myopic approach to HIV prevention
This commentary discusses how linear models have been utilised to produce HIV-prevention policies that promote condoms. I examine how discourse on condom policy has been used to depict condom-promotion policies as inherently simple and rational, scientifically and economically sound, and, by implication, neutral and unobjectionable. However, I argue that such policy discourse has produced a myopic approach to HIV prevention, wherein the complex r…
The Paradox of Multilateral Organizations Engaging with Faith-based Organizations
Multilateral organizations, such as the World Health Organization, have traditionally not closely engaged with faith-based organizations. However, more recently, there has been a growing willingness among MOs to engage with FBOs. Factors promoting this engagement have included the rise of economic neoliberalism and participatory paradigms, a realization that FBOs may enhance program effectiveness, and a need for greater cooperation to respond to …
Community Health Global Network
Background: Community Health Global Network (CHGN) is a collaborative network, founded to strengthen collaboration between community-based health programs - many of which are faith based initiatives. It seeks to address this in two ways: through its global network of players in community health and in the formation of “Clusters.” CHGN Clusters are networks of community health programmes and individuals in specific geographical locations. This cas…
Promoting social inclusion for young people affected by psycho-social disability in India – a realist evaluation of a pilot intervention
India has 600 million young people, more than any other country in the world. Mental illness is the leading burden of disease for young people, and those affected experience restrictions in social participation that compromise recovery. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a peer-led, community-based, participatory group intervention on social inclusion and mental health among 142 young people affected by psycho-social disability (PS…
Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in rural Tehri Garhwal, India
HbA 1c and FBG/PBG have similar diagnostic performance for diabetes in this population. However, many individuals were diagnosed with pre-diabetes by HbA 1c but not FBG/PBG. The relative excess diagnosis of pre-diabetes with HbA 1c does not appear to be explained by anemia, an endemic condition in India. The prognostic significance of diagnosis of pre-diabetes by HbA 1c but not FBG/PBG remains unknown, but merits investigation
We’ve got through hard times before”
People intersectionally disadvantaged by their social identity experienced high levels of mental distress during the COVID-19 crisis, yet did not collapse, and instead described diverse and innovative strategies which enabled them to cope through the COVID-19 lockdown. This study illustrates that research using an intersectional lens is valuable to design equitable policy such as the need for access to digital resources, and that disaggregated da…
Disabled People’s Organisations increase access to services and improve well-being
ISRCTN36867362, 9th Oct 2019 (retrospectively registered)
Improving Social Inclusion for Young People Affected by Mental Illness in Uttarakhand, India
Does the Nae Umeed group intervention improve mental health and social participation? A pre–post study in Uttarakhand, India
There are few evidence-based interventions to support caregiver mental health developed for low- and middle-income countries. Nae Umeed is a community-based group intervention developed with collaboratively with local community health workers in Uttarakhand, India primarily to promote mental wellbeing for caregivers and others. This pre-post study aimed to evaluate whether Nae Umeed improved mental health and social participation for people with …
Scaling a group intervention to promote caregiver mental health in Uttarakhand, India
Caregivers are integral to health and social care systems in South Asian countries yet are themselves at higher risk of mental illness. Interventions to support caregiver mental health developed in high-income contexts may be contextually inappropriate in the Global South. In this mixed-methods study, we evaluated the implementation and scaling of a locally developed mental health group intervention for caregivers and others in Uttarakhand, India…
The only option? Distance learning in North India during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most Indian schools were closed for nearly two years, despite extensive evidence showing most children could not access online learning. In our interviews with those affected by school closures in North India, teachers and parents who could access online learning described it as ‘the only option’. This aligns with the dominant framing of EdTech, both nationally and globally, as a positive and inevitable feature of le…
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Intervention (counseling (4 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)