A Study to Assess the Level of Living and Awareness and Practices Regarding MCH Care in A Remote Tribal Village of Udaipur District
| Autor: | Arun Kumar, Shalabh Sharma, Chandra Prakash Sharma, Suresh Chandra Meghwal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | National Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 02 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0976-3325 2229-6816 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Cultural patterns, lifestyle and health seeking behavior of tribal population observed to vary a lot in previous studies. Health awareness and the level of living observed to be poor among tribal people. Objective: Present study was done in order to assess the level of living with emphasis on awareness and prevalent practices regarding Maternal and Child Health care among the tribal population of a remote village. Methodology: A family based community health survey was done in a tribal village Bakhel of Udaipur. Data collected by observation on a pre designed and pre structured interview schedule of mostly female heads of all the families consented. Results: Only 20% of male heads are literate and female literacy much lower, 60 s% families preferred to deliver at home, 62% of families had no knowledge about child immunization, 61% of children found to have some grade of malnutrition. Conclusion: Most of the tribal villagers are Illiterate; have poor awareness regarding availability of MCH services, routine immunization and family planning methods. |
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