Abstract
Migration is an integral part of population dynamics. Migration is a matter of emerging importance for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), with international debate stepping up on the linkages between migration, development, and poverty. Migration is the process of social change whereby an individual moves from one cultural setting to another for the purposes of settling down either permanently or for a prolonged period. India is the nation with the highest proportion of internal migrants among its population, with more than 300 million internal migrants reported in the census of 2001 Our aim is to develop our understanding of how a participatory and coproduction model with internal migrant communities in India can help us to coconstruct knowledge of resilience for mental health and wellbeing in the context of global public health. We draw on the findings from a Global public health research funded by Global Challenges Research Fund. We will explore the stresses of three slum dwelling internal migrants in Pune, India, and the way in which they construct resilience for mental health and wellbeing. We portray how the characters in our three narratives each exemplify the “urge to live” via their ongoing confrontation with mental distresses and their ongoing capacity to construct resilience in the socioeconomic and cultural context of India.
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This research is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) UK. Grant Ref: AH/R006148/1
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Raghavan, R., Coope, J., Brown, B., Sivakami, M., Jamwal, S., Pendse, T. (2021). The Untold Story of Mental Health and Resilience of Internal Migrants in India. In: Moussaoui, D., Bhugra, D., Tribe, R., Ventriglio, A. (eds) Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2366-8_43
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