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Why Tribal Children Look Differently? An Empirical Analysis of Health and Nutritional Status of Tribal Children in Kerala
Prevalence of hunger and malnutrition among the tribal children children below age group five are always there in their hamlets for years together because of the forest habitats, extreme poverty and taboos. `The study was conducted during 2013-14 in the forest belt of Thirunelli Panchayath in Wayana...
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| פורמט: | Printed Book |
| יצא לאור: |
Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
2014
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| גישה מקוונת: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006307.pdf |
| סיכום: | Prevalence of hunger and malnutrition among the tribal children children below age group five are
always there in their hamlets for years together because of the forest habitats, extreme poverty and
taboos. `The study was conducted during 2013-14 in the forest belt of Thirunelli Panchayath in
Wayanad District in Kerala where 203 children belongs to 100 households below the age of 5
years
from four major tribal groups. A sample survey was conducted for collecting their
anthropometric measurement, diet, health checkup and family history and also a medical camp was
organized to get clear cut measurement of basic chronic and communicable health problems and
also to measure the hemoglobin level of the children. The study shows that health and nutrition
status of tribal children is very poor and it is mainly due to lack of nutritional and health
awareness, bad perception about health followed by them, non-availability of health services,
worst infrastructure facilities in the existing health centers. |
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| תיאור פיזי: | pp. 196-204. Vol. 4, No. 10, October 2014, |