tribal health : kottiyur experience. tribal in kannur district kannur district has a tribal...
Post on 27-Dec-2015
219 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
TRIBAL HEALTH :KOTTIYUR EXPERIENCE
Tribal in Kannur district
Kannur district has a tribal population of around 38,000 distributed in 200 tribal hamlets.
Peravur, Irikkur and Iritty block panchayat abodes around 70 % of tribes in Kannur
Tribal sects in Kannur include Paaniyan, Kurichiyan, Mavilan, Karimpalan, Malavettuvan and Kanikaran
In order to assess the condition of tribal’s in Kannur, a Prilimnery health assessment survey was carried out in a Paaniya tribal colony near Kottiyoor on 16.06.13
The tribal hamlet had 33 houses in 3 clusters by the side of Kottiyoor River.
]T\kwLw hnhctiJcWw
General information
Number of house holds were visited-33 Number people were enlisted- 170 ( 87
females , 83 males) Number of under five children -14
children (5 females 9 males)
Housing condition
Positives Majority owned houses Most were made of stones and bricks with
concrete roof Floor- 50% cementNegatives Overcrowding – 45% (12 out of 27 houses) Fuel used- wood Traditional cooking place mostly inside House very near to river- more prone to flash
floods and landslides
hoSpw ]pgbpw
eIvjvan ]Wn Xocm¯ hoSv
Water and sanitation
Drinking water source – Up hill cluster – spring Downhill cluster- a ditch dug out in opposite river bank
Latrines less than 50% houses has latrine only 2 uses it All practice open defecation in river
I¡qkpIfpS D]tbmKw 1 I¡qkpIfpS D]tbmKw 2
tIcf imkv{X kmlnXy ]cn-jXv
tIcf imkv{X kmlnXy ]cn-jXv
Processions
Telephones in 17 houses 7 houses have television
18 (54.5%) houses don’t have electricity 12 (33.4%) families don’t have ration
cards Only 2 houses subscribe news paper No Bank account for 17 (51.2%) families
saUn¡Â ]cntim[\ sshZypXn AIse
Education and occupation
The education status of the community was found to be was poor particularly of the women. 41% of the population are illiterate
All tribal in the colony are manual laborers and they depend on forest resources for their daily living.
The daily wages were lower than the norm in the area.
Child health
Majority of under 5 children had low birth weight.
Under nutrition among under 5 years
No of children
Under nourished
Severely under weight
Stunting Severe stunting
Males 8 5 (62.5%) 2(25%) 4(50%) 3 (37.2%)
Females 3 3 (100%) 1(33.3%) 2(67%) 1 (33%)
Total 11 8 (74%) 3 (27%) 6 (55%) 4 (36.3)
Child health
The immunization coverage was found to be good. There is a practice of delayed breast feeding at
time of birth was not observed Exclusive breast feeding is practiced for 6 months
at least by most women. However the weaning is often delayed because of
the postponement of a cultural ritual associated with weaning due to financial constraints.
Even though children are enrolled in anganwadi, the utilization is irregular due to distance
Anemia was prevalent among under 5 children and adolescent girls
Maternal health
Child marriage is common (3 out of 12 mothers)
The pregnant women do not increase their food intake during pregnancy.
Non utilization of supplementary nutrition through anganvadi
Maternal health
Utilizes the antenatal care services provided through PHC which is about 8 Km from the hamlet.
They are taking iron folic acid tablets regularly
Most of the deliveries in past 5 years were hospital deliveries
No Maternal deaths were reported in past 5 years.
Diseases
Diarrheal episodes are common
At least 3 families had members suffering from hepatitis
Anemia is prevalent among children and mothers
Skin diseases like pyoderma is common
There is one case of mental retardation and one case of psychiatric disease
Addictions
Alcoholism is prevalant among males
Use of smokeless tobacoo is seen among males females and adoloscents
Summary of health problems Childhood protein energy malnutrition Anemia Sanitation Safe drinking water Prone to disaster like land slides and flash flood Prone to epidemics like hepatitis and other
water borne epidemics Lack of education Lack of health awareness Addictions
Thank you
top related