Nutritional Profile of Children Under 5 Years of Age in a Tribal Community in the District of Maldah, West Bengal

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnadas Bhattacharyya ◽  
Tapas Kumar Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Nutritional Profile ◽  
Children Under 5

Mother Tongue in Indigenous Script as Medium of Instruction

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-89
Author(s):  
Ruchira Das
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Olchiki is the indigenous script of Santals, a dominant tribal community of West Bengal, formulated to promote and represent ‘adi’ cultural heritage and traditions in their mother tongue Santali. The script was recognised by the Government of West Bengal in 1978 and was introduced at the primary level of education. However, there have been contestations around its appropriateness as the medium of instruction for the migrant tribal community in the emerging context of the city and globalisation. These discourses have led to the formation of two distinct groups—those who support the introduction of Santali language in Olchiki as a means to formal education and those who resist usage of its script for schooling. In my article, I will present these conflicting views prevailing among the migrant Santals of a settlement called Santragachi, in Kolkata.

scholarly journals Risk correlates of diarrhea in children under 5 years of age in slums of Bankura, West Bengal

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gautam Sarker ◽  
Avisek Gupta ◽  
Tanushree Mondal ◽  
Ranabir Pal ◽  
ArupJyoti Rout
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Children Under 5

scholarly journals LIFE IN A BHUMIJ VILLAGE DURING LOCKDOWN: AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmed ◽  
Biswajit Goswami ◽  
Swami Tattwasarananda
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Indian State ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Bankura District ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

Since midnight of March 25, 2020, India's 1.3 billion people had gone under total lockdown to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and this prolonged countrywide lockdown has a serious impact on the life of the Indian tribes like their income, occupation, social life, personal life etc., as they are the most vulnerable and poor marginalized people of India, having neglected through the ages in every aspect of their life and livelihood. Bhumij tribe is one of them. They mainly reside in the Indian state of Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Lutia is a typical Bhumij concentrated village in the area of Simlabandh under Hirbandh community development block of Khatra sub-division in the district of Bankura of the Indian state of West Bengal. By maintaining proper social distance and wearing face mask we have taken in-depth interview of 25 villagers of different age group and gender belong to Bhumij tribal community in this village on the various aspects of their day to day life, their education, their health awareness especially about the awareness regarding COVID-19, their culture, religious and supernatural beliefs, etc. by adopting purposive sampling technique method along with tried to know their opinion and views regarding the impact of countrywide lockdown to their daily life. Therefore, in this paper, an attempt has been made to explore their life during the lockdown. KEY WORDS: Bhumij tribe, Life of Bhumij, Lockdown, Covid-19, Lutia Village of Bankura district.

scholarly journals Impact of Environmental Sanitation and Hygienic Practices on Nutritional Status of Lodha Women and Children of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Prasanta Sabud ◽  
Tarapada Ghosh ◽  
Arup Dhar ◽  
Sarnali Dutta ◽  
Samiran Bisai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Child Undernutrition ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Aim To assess the sanitation and hygienic practices of women and its effects on the nutritional status of the mother and preschool children of the Lodha tribal community in two districts of West Bengal. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted during November, 2014 - December, 2018 of 941 Lodha mothers and 1043 of their preschool children in Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts. All information was collected by using KAP questionnaire following interview and group discussion. Mother nutritional status was assessed based on body mass index (BMI) and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC). A child was classified as underweight, stunting and wasting as weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-of -height Z-score below -2 standard deviation of WHO standard. Results This study found 35% of the households used safe drinking water. Almost 97.2% of the mother had the low hand wash score and about 67.1% of them had an average WaSH score. Overall, 41.6% and 1.6% mothers were suffered from undernutrition (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) and overweight/obesity (BMI≥25kg/m2). Whereas, 48.9% women were undernourished based on MUAC<22.0cm. Moreover, the overall prevalence of wasting, stunting and underweight of preschool children was 31.9%, 62.1% and 61.3%, respectively. The WaSH score of family was significantly associated with child stunted and underweight. Conclusion There is a good association between poor household WaSH practices with child undernutrition and morbidity. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop the comprehensive knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) guidelines in their language to educate them about appropriate water storage, retrieval methods, sanitation and hand washing practices.

scholarly journals Perceptions about malaria among the Bedia tribal people in Uttar-Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uttam Kumar Paul ◽  
Pramukh Bhattacharyya ◽  
Rituparna Bhattacharyya ◽  
Arup Bandyopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Tropical Country

Background: In a tropical country like India, malaria is a major vector borne disease ranging from highly urbanised to deep rural areas. Though lots of health activities are going on against it in urban areas it is difficult to penetrate the deep rural areas particularly the tribal based interior villages because of lack of initiative, huge illiteracy, gross poverty and language problems. Therefore, a study was ventured in a rural community in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India occupied by members of scheduled tribe called 'Bedia' whose mother tongue is a tribal language called 'Nagori'- to understand their knowledge and perceptions about malaria so that future actions can be taken to uplift their health status and awareness particularly in relation to malaria.Methods: Present study have conducted three focus group discussions (FGDs), one with male participants, one with females and the third one involving both the sexes. There were 9-11 participants per FGD and total of 28 participants were included in the study.Results: The transcripts were at first coded and then categories were framed. Total six categories, which are: perceived causes of malaria, perceived features of malaria, mode of spread, treatment, difficulties and modes of prevention. After the content analysis of the transcripts conclusion was drawn.Conclusions: Through our field work and the focus group discussions on the Bedia tribes we understood several misconceptions and lack of awareness of the tribal community about malaria. However, it was possible to create awareness and confidence among them that they could take all preventive measures and positive approaches towards malaria.

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