Health Status of Marginalised Tribal Women –Concerns and Future Directions

Health Status of Marginalised Tribal Women –Concerns and Future Directions

By

-Dr.Alok Chantia-Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, Sri Jai Narain Post Graduate College, Lucknow
-Dr.Preeti Misra- Lecturer, Dept of Human Rights, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

Abstract: Health is defined as social, physical and mental well being of a person. Health is also one of the indicators of national development .Besides medicine culture is also responsible for the well being and health of an individual. Culture basically develops and maintains its structure by women. Woman is the axis of any society, but society does not provide adequate health care for women. Tribal women are mostly illiterates and suffer from sterility, STD and STI besides poor nutrition. Maximum tribal women are suffering from multiple health problems. Despite the availability of doctors they prefer to go to local quacks for the treatment. The present paper examines why tribal women are sufferers of many health problems? Whether their culture is responsible for their poor health and how their condition can be improved?

Keywords: Health, Culture, Inbreeding, Nutrition, STD, Medical facilities