scholarly journals Influence of socio-economic status and environmental factors on serologically diagnosed Japanese encephalitis cases in the state of West Bengal, India during 2005-2010

Health ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 6-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Sarkar ◽  
Debjani Taraphdar ◽  
Bansi B. Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Manish Kumar ◽  
Subhra K. Mukhopadhyay ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rima Das ◽  
Souvik Raychaudhuri

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder prevalent in population across the world including India. In the present study we investigated OCD patients from Urban, Semi- rural and rural population in the state of West Bengal, India. Patients were evaluated for severity of OCD using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and Socio-Economic status using standard Indian scale. No positive correlation was found between the socio-economic status and severity of OCD.


Author(s):  
Darshan J. Patil ◽  
Maheshkumar M. Shindhe

Background: Worldwide elderly population is rapidly increasing. This is posing many challenges in elderly population. Malnutrition in them is one of the major problems but ignored component. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors are those greatly influence their nutritional status. Hence the present study was undertaken to assess the effect of socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors on nutritional status of elderly.Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study which included 545 elderly population of Uchagaon subcentre and was carried out over a period of 1½ years. After selecting Uchagaon subcentre by simple random sampling technique and house to house survey was carried out to select eligible elderly participants who met the selection criteria. Data was collected from eligible elderly by using pretested questionnaire and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool.Results: 65.1% were between the age group of 60-69 years. 55% were females, 66% were currently married, 60% had no formal schooling, 67.2% were belongs to socio-economic status of either class IV/V. 23.5% were malnourished and 49% were at risk of malnutrition. There was association found between nutritional status of elderly with increase in age, marital status, educational status, occupation, socio-economic status, type of family and housing condition.Conclusions: In the present study majority of the elderly were at risk of malnutrition. The nutritional status of elderly was associated with increase in age, marital status, educational status, occupation, socio-economic status, type of family and housing condition of rural elderly and subsequently modify those factors to improve the nutritional status of elderly and this can be a scope for further study in future. 


Author(s):  
Elisabet Sánchez-Rodríguez ◽  
Alexandra Ferreira-Valente ◽  
Filipa Pimenta ◽  
Antonella Ciaramella ◽  
Jordi Miró

Research has shown that the confinement measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19 can have negative effects on people’s lives at multiple levels. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to better understand the mental, physical, and socio-economic status of adults living in Spain during the late stages of the state of emergency caused by COVID-19. Five hundred and forty-four individuals responded to an online survey between 3 June and 30 July 2020. They were asked to report data about their mental and physical health, financial situation, and satisfaction with the information received about the pandemic. Means, percentages, t-test, ANOVAs, and logistic regressions were computed. A third of the participants reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, and worries about their health and the future. Participants also described mild levels of fatigue and pain during lockdown (66%), and a reduction in household income (39%). Respondents that were female, younger, single, and with lower levels of education reported experiencing a greater impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data showed that the negative effects of lockdown were present in the late stages of the state of emergency. The findings can be used to contribute to the development of programs to prevent or mitigate the negative impact of confinement measures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 785-793
Author(s):  
Sanjukta Mudgal ◽  
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J.V. Sharmaa

The Parliament, on 29 December 2006, passed a historic legislation called The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, popularly called FRA, 2006, to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs). One of the objectives of the Act is to strengthen the conservation regime of the forests while ensuring livelihood and food security of the forest dwellers. While recognizing and vesting various rights in forest dwelling STs & OTFDs several welfare schemes to improve the productivity of forest land recognized and thereby to uplift the socio-economic status of forest dwellers have been carried out. Besides, the development rights provided under Section 3(2) for creation of infrastructure etc. in the villages also play an important role in this direction. A study was conducted to assess the FRA’s impact on socio-economic status of the forest dwellers in Madhya Pradesh considering that the State has got extensive forest areas, large forest dwelling tribal communities, presence of diverse agro-ecological zones, and being pioneer in the implementation of FRA. Survey was carried out in six districts viz. Chhindwara, Mandla, Badwani, Khargone, Shahdol and Sidhhi and the result reveals that different welfare schemes implemented for the benefits of forest dwellers and recognized forest land have created overall positive impacts on their socio-economic status, post implementation of FRA 2006.


Author(s):  
Dr. Akhil Sharma ◽  
Dr. A. S. Prashanth ◽  
Dr. S. G. Chavan

All the functions of the body are controlled by three fundamental factors called Tridosha. As per Ayurveda, these are considered as ‘the pillars of the body’. Dosha’s in the state of equilibrium perform the normal functions of the body but when they get vitiated, they cause diseases. Urustambha is a lifestyle disorder and it is commonly seen in the higher socio-economic status. Sushrutha Acharya named this disease as Adhyavata. Urustambha is a grave condition, in which the patient’s thighs become painful, numb and immobile. In this disease, deranged Vata due to intake of Apathya Ahara Vihara sub-charged with the Meda and Kapha settle down into the lower limbs which gives rise to painful and immobile condition of the lower limbs.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Keshab Dhara ◽  
Nita Ray ◽  
Arunasish Goswami ◽  
Prabir Bandopadhyay

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Mousumi Dey Sarkar (Das) ◽  
Manjusha Tarafdar

This study was conducted in two blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal to find out any difference exist in certain socio-economic status of the tribal families like retention and dropout of tribal students. Since Dakshin Dinajpur is a district consisting of a large tribal population was selected for study. According to 2011 census the tribal population was 16.48% and the tribal literacy rate was 57.04%. This study compared the retention and dropout statistics from 2013 to 2018 in two blocks at elementary level in order to find out any difference existed or not. Accordingly a sample of 750 tribal students and their family were surveyed in Gangarampur and Tapan blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur. The socio-economic status of head of the families of tribal students of these two blocks were also compared to find out whether any gap existed at each socio-economic status level.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Esita Sur

Dominant discourses on Muslim women have revolved around their marginal locations in commu-nity as well as in society. It has mainly been subjected to socio-economic and political structures and conditions as well. However, it is worth mentioning that marginality is not only a lived experi-ence but it also has metaphoric dimensions. The state of marginality relates not only to the poor socio-economic status of Muslim women but the politics of representation of their identities like veiled, passive as well as meek victims in various discourses also constructs the core of their mar-ginal location in the larger society. Therefore, the marginalisation of Muslim women seems to be visible in various discourses in India. Briefly, the paper will attempt to comprehend the undercur-rents functioning behind the construction of the very concept of marginality and locate Muslim women in popular and academic discourses on marginality.


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