BACKGROUND Tribal people in India, as in other parts of the world, reside mostly in forests and/or hilly terrains. Water scarcity and health problems related to it are their prime concern. Watershed management can contribute to resolve their health related problems and can put them on a path of socio-economic development. Integrated management of land, water and biomass resources within a water...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES An increase in prevalence of hypertension has been observed in all ethnic groups in India. The objective of the present study was to estimate prevalence and determinants of hypertension among tribals and their awareness, treatment practices and risk behaviours in nine States of India. METHODS A community based cross-sectional study adopting multistage random sampling p...

conclusions religiosity has been used as a coping mechanism among blacks. religiosity may also be related to stress regulation among black youth. future studies need to test complex associations between race, sex, religiosity, chronic stress, coping, and function of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (hpa). it is not known whether male black youth who are and those who are not religious differently ...

Work and Money: Payoffs by Ethnic Identity and Gender Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states – assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to parameterize a person’s ethnic identity, using ind...

OBJECTIVES We aim to develop robust estimates of disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) for ethnic groups in England and Wales in 2001 and to examine observed variations across ethnic groups. DESIGN DFLE and HLE by age and gender for five-year age groups were computed for 16 ethnic groups by combining the 2001 Census data on ethnicity, self-reported limiting ...

There is extensive literature on the relationship between Ottoman central government and tribes in XIX. century Empire. In this article, I aim to make a summary of significant studies literature. Tribal groups are taken hand different roles within their with government. will examine selected works under three headings. first group these studies, focused as partners A scholars has addressed issu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glycemia (IFG) in a tribal population of Bangladesh. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A cluster sampling of 1,287 tribal subjects of age > or =20 years was investigated. They live in a hilly area of Khagrachari in the far northeast of Bangladesh. Fasting plasma glucose, blood pressure, height, weight, waist girth, and hi...

Naturopathy has gained popularity in recent years for the treatment of various health diseases, due to numerous adverse side effects synthetic medications. Assam North-Eastern part India is a great treasure bio-resources, particularly plant diversity and animal diversity, become source hundreds medicinal herbs. Different tribal non-tribal inhabitants this area have knowledge about using plants ...

BACKGROUND Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among poor Black African and Coloured women in South Africa compounds their sexual risk for HIV. Given South Africa's history of ethnic disparities, ethnic differences in sex risk profiles may exist that should be taken into account when planning HIV risk reduction interventions. This paper aims to describe ethnic differences in AOD use and AOD-relate...

BACKGROUND According to the Office for National Statistics, approximately a quarter of women giving birth in England and Wales are from minority ethnic groups. Previous work has indicated that these women have poorer pregnancy outcomes than White women and poorer experience of maternity care, sometimes encountering stereotyping and racism. The aims of this study were to examine service use and ...