ABO and Rh (D) Blood Group Polymorphms in Soliga Tribal Population of Tamil Nadu, India

Background: Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India. Tribal population constitutes about 8% of the total population in India. They are particularly vulnerable to under nutrition, because of their geographical isolation, socio-economic disadvantage and inadequate health facilities. The objectives of this study were to assess the Nutritional status of children under five years in a Tribal area of Jawadhu hills under Puthurnadu PHC Sub-center and to find the associated risk factors accompanying the under five children.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in a tribal area of Jawadhu hills Puthurnadu PHC sub-center. A total of 316 children participated in the study. A predesigned, pre tested questionnaire was used to collect data on socio demographic profile (age, sex, religion, education, income) from the Mother/Guardian and measured all possible anthropometric measurements.Results: The overall prevalence of under nutrition was 26.9% in which Severely under nourished were 9.2%, the overall prevalence of stunting was 55.4% in which severely stunted were 23.4% and the overall prevalence of wasting was 10.4% in which severely wasted were 1.9% respectively. Male children were found to be more malnourished than Female children in our study. Children from joint family are more prone to get malnourished than Nuclear families.Conclusions: The overall prevalence of stunting was higher (55.4%) which is greater than the cut-off point stated by the World Health Organization to indicate that the severity of malnutrition. Adequate measures to be made to overcome malnutrition.

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Tobacco usage among tribal population of Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu - a cross sectional study

Tobacco Induced Diseases ◽

10.18332/tid/84588 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vikneshan Murugaboopathy

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Tribal Population ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tobacco Usage

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The genetic structure of a tribal population, the Yanomama Indians: II. Eleven blood-group systems and the ABH-Le secretor traits

Annals of Human Genetics ◽

10.1111/j.1469-1809.1957.tb01400.x ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 261-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

H. GERSHOWITZ ◽

M. LAYRISSE ◽

Z. LAYRISSE ◽

J. V. NEEL ◽

N. CHAGNON ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Structure ◽

Blood Group ◽

Tribal Population

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Hazardous use of alcohol among men in the tribal population of Jawadhi Hills, Tamil Nadu: Nature, prevalence, and risk factors

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care ◽

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1354_20 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 481

Author(s):

Anuradha Rose ◽

VenkatRaghava Mohan ◽

Amala Vinodh ◽

SamMarconi David ◽

Kuryan George ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Tribal Population ◽

Hazardous Use

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CUSTOMS, ETIQUETEE AND MANNERS OF IRULA TRIBES IN VILLUPURAM DISTRICT

International journal of multidisciplinary advanced scientific research and innovation ◽

10.53633/ijmasri.2021.1.7.02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (7) ◽

pp. 125-128

Author(s):

Lathakumari A ◽

Iyyappan A

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Groups ◽

Life Style ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Total Population ◽

The Other ◽

Tribal Population ◽

A Minor

This article mainly focused on the customs and manners of Irula Tribals in Villupuram District. India has consisted second largest tribal population next to Africa. Moreover, the fifty percent of the tribal population lived in India. The Census of 2011 has authenticated the above statement that around 8.6 percent of total population is tribals. There are 537 ethnic groups were lived in India, and 75 are declared as primitive tribals. Among them 449 tribals were lived in the forests and forest fringes and linked with the forest economy. The Irulas are speread over entire Tamil Nadu, and their profession belongs to the region where they lived. Tribals were lived both plains areas and Hilly regions in Tamil Nadu. On the path, the Irula tribals were lived both forms. The villupuram district has consisted Irulas in plain areas. Being a minor tribals groups were faced some constrains through education, job, and settlement. They are aboriginal’s faced lot of difficulties from the other communities. They are neglected and had lack of awareness, illiteracy lead their life style into hell. The tribals are the aboriginals who lived in the separate settlements in Villupruam District. They are migrated from the hills for the life and livelihood. Irulas worked the traditional ways, however, they lifestyle and their job has been changed by the modernization. Keywords: Aboriginals, Irulas, Customs and manners, lifestyle, Primitive tribals, Villupruam District

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Retroanalytical Study of Epidemiological Factors of Rhinosporidiosis

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1718526 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sairah Mathew ◽

Ripu Daman Arora ◽

Neel Prabha ◽

Payal Kamble ◽

Satish Suresh Satpute ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Blood Group ◽

Low Socioeconomic Status ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Neck Surgery ◽

Head And Neck Surgery ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

History Of ◽

Case Institute

Abstract Introduction Rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous disease of humans and animals that is caused by Rhinosporidium Seeberi. This disease is endemic in certain states of India, like Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, and eastern Madhya Pradesh. We conducted a retrospective, record-based study in the department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery of a tertiary case institute in Chhattisgarh. Objective To study the epidemiology of rhinosporidiosis, especially host risk factors. Methods We conducted a retrospective, record-based study in the department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery of a tertiary case institute in Chhattisgarh, India. A total of 55 histologically proven rhinosporidiosis patients who were surgically treated in the department over a period of 2 years from November 2014 to November 2016 were included. Results This study involved 55 histologically proven rhinosporidiosis cases. There were 87% males and 12% females. Most of the cases belonged to lower socioeconomic status (92.73%). All the cases had history of pond bathing. Of 55 cases, 27 cases (49.09%) had O+ blood group followed by A+ in 10 (18.18%), B+ in 9 (16.36) and AB+ in 9 (16.36%). Conclusion The results of the study showed that the disease was associated with the male gender, young and middle age, low socioeconomic status, rural background, pond bathing and O+ blood group.

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Status of Tribal Women in Tamil Nadu, India

Asian Review of Social Sciences ◽

10.51983/arss-2021.10.1.2677 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 16-21

Author(s):

V. Karthihai Selvi ◽

Muthupandi .

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Forest Products ◽

State Governments ◽

Tribal Population ◽

Education Access ◽

Tribal Communities ◽

Tribal Women ◽

Economic Decision Making ◽

The Nilgiris

In Tamil Nadu, there are six tribal communities according to the Tamil Nadu forest department website, namely, Toda, Kota, Kurumbas, Irulur, Paniyan and Kattunayakan. They are identified as Primitive Tribal Communities. These six tribal groups are natives to the Nilgiris. The members of this community are short, have black skin, and have protruding foreheads. They are hunting and collecting forest produce for their means of living. They usually never mix with other tribal groups. They still follow black magic and sorcery. They speak mixture of Dravidian languages. Kattunayakans are experts in collecting honey. The Paniyas worked as agricultural labourers. The Paniyas have only a crude idea of religion. They worship deity ‘Kali’ and banyan tree. They speak Paniya language, which belongs to the Dravidian family. They used to marry more than one woman provided if they can afford them. Another tribes, Irulas are collecting minor forest products. Some of them are also involved in looking after the cattles of others. They speak Irula, which belongs to the Dravidian family. Irulas are involved in healing practices and they are specialists in traditional herbal medicines. Traditionally, Irulas involved in snake and rat catching. Education and economic empowerment of tribal women can be measured through the power they have over financial resources to earn income and their per capita income, access to education, access and availability of professional opportunities and participation in economic decision making and their access to political opportunities. In Tamil Nadu, nearly 50% of the tribal population are illiterate. Among the literate groups, women constitute more percentage compared to men. This shows the positive turn towards the efforts on tribal women education. But efforts must be taken to make the entire population literate. Hence, it is essential for the central and state governments to concentrate their efforts more towards the illiterate group of the tribal population for ensuring overall development of the economy.

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