Socio-Demographic Profile of Schedule Tribes of Five Integrated Tribal Development Agency Spots at Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh in India

Jawadul Haq; M Ramesh; M Nizamuddin Ansari; M Komala; Shagufta Parveen; Tamanna Nazli; Abdul Raheem

Jawadul Haq Research Officer, Clinical Research Unit, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M Ramesh Research Officer, Clinical Research Unit, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M Nizamuddin Ansari Research Associate, Clinical Research Unit, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M Komala Research Associate, Clinical Research Unit, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Shagufta Parveen Research Associate, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, India.
Tamanna Nazli Research Officer, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, India.
Abdul Raheem Research Officer, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, India.

Keywords: Tribal, Household Survey, Mobile Medical Camps, Scheduled Tribes, Unani

Abstract

Background: Tribal population is the second largest in India next to Africa, constituting 8.6% of total India population. Tribal population have unique physical, socio-economic and cultural environment but most deprived from health care facilities and vulnerable to malnutrition and diseases.

Objective: To study the living condition of tribal people which includes socio-economic, demographic and health status profile along with providing health care facilities to tribes.

Methods: Five Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) spots which belongs to Chenchu tribe of Kurnool district Andhra Pradesh were adopted. Data was collected through house-to-house survey and in Mobile medical camps in a pre-tested questionnaire provided by CCRUM.

Results: A total of 3174 patients were screened among them 584 person of 130 families were selected for data collection. Majority (93.07%) were Hindu in the age group 21-30 years (31.6%), with male preponderance. Education status was fair (42.63%) population were illiterate. The basis amenities were good, (93.84%) use piped drinking water, all had open drainage system, (91.53%) use LPG, (89.23%) household surveys have pucca house, and (77.69%) use pit toilet. More than half of them (54.79%) were married, (70.16%) adopted permanent sterilization for family planning, 107 females registered when pregnant, majority delivered at hospital (53.44%), mostly (93.91%) visited family welfare center, 117(90%) household donâ€™t have government health facility other than PHC or MCH.

Conclusion: Low-income status, less literacy rate, and unhygienic sanitary conditions were common among Chenchu tribe of Andhra Pradesh. Majority of them (25.87%) suffered from Musculoskeletal diseases reported to OPD of mobile medical camps.

How to cite this article:
Haq J, Ramesh M, Ansari MN, Komala M, Parveen S, Nazli T, Raheem A. Socio-Demographic Profile of Schedule Tribes of Five Integrated Tribal Development Agency Spots at Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh in India. Int J Preven Curat Comm Med. 2021;7(2):14-19.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2454.325X.202108

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