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标题：Nutritional status among the Shabar tribal children living in urban, rural and forest habitats of Orissa, India
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作者：Suman Chakrabarty ; Premananda Bharati
期刊名称：Italian Journal of Public Health
印刷版ISSN：1723-7815
出版年度：2012
卷号：7
期号：3
DOI：10.2427/5714
语种：English
出版社：PREX
摘要：Background : The current trend towards increasing urbanization due to urban migration among the scheduled tribes in developing countries like India should be reflected in differential nutritional outcomes and its associated factors. The aims of the present study are to investigate the nutritional status amongst Shabar children living in urban, rural and forest habitats and factors associated to nutritional state. Methods : This cross sectional study was conducted among 577 Shabar children (boys and girls) aged 5 to 19 years (258 urban, 195 rural and 124 forest). The anthropometric nutritional indices, socio-economic condition and disease prevalence were used to evaluate the present conditions. Results : The results revealed that children from forest regions had the highest prevalence of under-nutrition followed by their rural and urban counterparts, 33.87%, 24.62% and 20.16%, respectively. Malaria prevalence in forest areas and economic conditions in rural and urban habitats might have been significantly related to underweight and stunting. Conclusions : To reduce the prevalence and the extent of under-nutrition, it is essential to improve the economic conditions and to simultaneously carry out measurements for reducing malaria specifically in forest habitats.
关键词：Under-nutrition;children;socio-economic factors;tribe;habitats;India