Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Neurodisorders

Editor Name: Anita Victorina Rego

Country: India

University: Bangalore University

Educational Qualification:Â

Designation: Consultant and Director

Department: Doctor of Philosophy

Email:Â anitarego77@gmail.com

BIOGRAPHY:Â

Short paragraph of key experience and qualificationsÂ

â€¢ Public Health Professional of 30-years long standing experience of working with several health themes that includes research on models of care in maternal and child health, mental health and HIV & AIDS, longitudinal studies and Random Control Trials, epidemiological studies, qualitative and quantitative studies.Â

â€¢ Provided leadership and direction to the programs through the promotion of services uptake and vulnerability reduction programs.Â Â She has provided strategic direction and oversight to operations, managed teams, worked in multi-speciality national and international teams and developed program proposals and budgets.Â Â

â€¢ Themes of expertise for long and short-term technical advisory and support includes, leadership for programs and innovation, advocacy, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, community empowerment, mapping and addressing inclusion and exclusion, partnership building, documentation and dissemination and carrying out studies and researches.Â Some of my work could be accessed at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-rego-59195113/ and https://independent.academia.edu/Pearlss4DevelopmentÂ

â€¢ Trained Professional social worker with a M. Phil and Ph. D from NIMHANS, Bangalore and a Certified Post Graduate in Business Management Program from MICA, Ahmedabad

EDUCATION

â€¢ Certified Post Graduate Program in Business Management, MICA, 2017-2018

â€¢ Doctor of Philosophy, Dyadic Adjustment Among Neurotic Women, Psychiatric Social Work, as University Grants Commission-Junior Research Fellow (UGC-JRF), NIMHANS, Bangalore University, June 1994.Â Â

â€¢ Master of Philosophy in Dyadic Adjustment Among Neurotic Women, Psychiatric Social Work, 67%, 3rd Place, NIMHANS, Bangalore University, September 1989.

â€¢ Master of Social Work, 69%, I Class, 4th Rank, Mangalore University, June 1986.

Membership of Professional Associations

â€¢ Common Health

â€¢ Evaluation Community of India

â€¢ Feminist Evaluation

â€¢ Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security, India

â€¢ Indian Association of Professional Social Workers

Other Training

â€¢ Narrative Practice, Umeed Training Centre, Mumbai, December 2018

â€¢ Policy analysis & program Evaluation Certificate course, ILR School, Cornell university USA & GRAAM, Policy and Policy perspectives and theory in policy analysis, Qualitative and quantitative methodology for evaluation, May 2018

â€¢ Training on Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013, UNWOMEN, July 2018

â€¢ Gender Equality and Mainstreaming, IPPF, Srilanka, 2013

â€¢ CITI Certification for Ethics in Social and Behavioural Research Basic/Refresher Course - Human Subjects Research, December 2008.

â€¢ Basic knowledge on Statistical analysis software Atlas Ti, SAS, Epi-info and SPSS

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Rego A, Ramamurthy C., Menezes C. When death seems suddenly appealing, defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, Vol.5. No.2 June, 2017, pp. 43-47

2. Rego. A, Letting Go and Taking Claim: Exploring Holistic Based Interventions in Suicide Prevention. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies and Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2016

3. Nadkarni V.V. and Rego, A. HIV/AIDS in India: Challenges for Professional Social Work, in Social Work in a Global Context, Issues and Challenges, Ed by Palattiyil G., Sidhva D.,Â Chakrabarti M. Published by Routledge, 2016.Â

4. Rego A., Dabir N., Kapadia K. Locating spaces for standards and competencies in care: Evaluating child care and protection services. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, Vol.2. No.6 Dec, 2014, pp. 256-263

5. Dabir, N., Rego, A., Kapadia, K. Rainbow Homes, Sunbursts in the Lives of Vulnerable Girls, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2011.

6. Rego A, Gandevia K Y. Sexuality and substance use, The Indian Journal of Social work, 66(4), 527-542, 2005.

7. Juvva S, Biswas B, Rego A. Sexuality in adolescents with visual disability, The Indian Journal of Social work, 66(4), 543-557, 2005.

8. Rego A. Management of hysteria, Physicians Digest, Aug-Sept, 8(3), 1998

9. Rego A, Nadkarni V.Â Looking Back: Gender reflections in social science research.Â In Building Capacity for Social Sciences and Health Research: summary Reports of Research Studies, Centre for Health Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2002.Â

10. Nadkarni V., Juvva S., Rego A.Â Sexuality in persons with visual disability. In Building Capacity for Social Sciences and Health Research: summary Reports of Research Studies, Centre for Health Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2002.Â

11. Juvva S, Biswas B, Rego A. Sexuality in adolescents with visual disability, The Indian Journal of Social work, 66(4), 543-557, 2005

12. Rego A, Nadkarni V.Â Status of HIV/AIDS counselling in India. In Building Capacity for Social Sciences and Health Research: Summary Reports of Research Studies, Centre for Health Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2002.

13. Mahajan PP, Rego A, Jerajani RN, Mehta S, Menon S. Health Problems in Industrial City. HIV /AIDS/ Addiction: A study in Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Beliefs regarding HIV/AIDS among youth in Mumbai city. Indian Journal of Occupational Health. Indian Association of Occupational Health Mumbai, Vol 44. No.4, ISSN 0019-5391, Page 193-194, 2001.

14. Uzgare S, Rego A, Jerajani RN, Mehta S, Menon S. Health Problems in Industrial City â€“ HIV /AIDS/ Addiction: A study of perception of Sero Positive individuals after counselling in hospital setting. Indian Journal of Occupational Health, Indian Association of Occupational Health Mumbai branch. Vol 44. No.4, ISSN 0019-5391, Page 194-195, 2001.

15. Joanna Pereira, Rego A, Jerajani RN, Mehta S, Menon MS. Health Problems in Industrial City â€“ HIV /AIDS/ Addiction: A comparative study of the â€œLocus of Controlâ€ and â€œSelf-esteemâ€ of chemical abusers and non-abusers. Indian Journal of Occupational Health, Indian Association of Occupational Health Mumbai, Volume 44. No.4, ISSN 0019-5391, Page 195-196, 2001

16. Lalmawipui R, Rego A, Jerajani RN, Mehta S, Menon MS, Problems in Industrial City â€“ HIV /AIDS/ Addiction: Awareness of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS among sports personnel. Indian Journal of Occupational Health, Indian Association of Occupational Health Mumbai, Vol 44. No.4, ISSN 0019-5391. Page 196 â€“ 197, 2001Â

17. Rego, A and Nadkarni, V. HIV/AIDS in India. An annotated bibliography & selected studies (1990-2000). The gender and reproductive health research in India. (Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action, New Delhi, 2000) (NHRC), 170-188.

18. Rego A., Nadkarni V. Gender reflections in social science research in HIV /AIDS. The Gender and Reproductive Health Research in India, CREA Publications, 2002.Â

19. Rego A., Nadkarni V. HIV/AIDS in India, Annotated bibliography of selected studies (1990-2000). The Gender and Reproductive Health Research in India, CREA Publications, 2002.Â

20. Rego. A, Dabir. N and Kapadia, N. Giving a positive twist to the lives of street and vulnerable girls: Individual home reports for the nine Rainbow Homes, 2010.

21.Scoping study for the new campus at Hyderabad for Tata Institute for Social Sciences at Hyderabad, October 2008

22. Rego A and Madhavi. Best practice paper on â€˜Crisis intervention centreâ€™, CCDT, Mumbai, 2003

23. Nadkarni V., Rego A. and Chitale V. Planning needs assessment for strengthening HIV/AIDS counselling in Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka.Â Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Family Health International/USAID, 2001:Â

24. Nadkarni. V. and Rego, A. Recommended standards of practice, the best practice document on HIV/AIDS counselling, Technical Resource Group on Counselling, TISS-NACO-UNAIDS, 2000.