Socio-economic factors associated with malaria in a tribal area of Orissa, India.

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, S Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorPradhan, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorPadhi, D Men_US
dc.date.accessioned2001-07-29en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T10:58:04Z
dc.date.available2001-07-29en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T10:58:04Z
dc.date.issued2001-07-29en_US
dc.description.abstractStudy on the socio-economic factors and human behaviour in a cross-section of tribal communities in Sundargarh district, Orissa revealed that poor socioeconomic status and socio-cultural factors play important role in maintaining high degree of malaria transmission. Human behaviour such as location of hamlets, type of housing, sleeping habits, outdoor activities after dusk, poor knowledge about the disease and treatment seeking behaviour are of great significance as determinants of malaria transmission. All these factors need to be considered before planning community health programme. Estimation of economic loss due to malaria showed an average loss of 8.96 mandays per malaria patient with an average loss of 3.84 mandays to other family members. Mean total loss per malaria episode comes to Rs.334.91. The study showed that malaria is one of the major disease affecting the tribals to the greatest extent and putting a lot of burden on the economic upliftment of these communities.en_US
dc.description.affiliationMalaria Research Centre (ICMR), Rourkela-769 004, Orissa.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSharma SK, Pradhan P, Padhi DM. Socio-economic factors associated with malaria in a tribal area of Orissa, India. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2001 Jul-Sep; 45(3): 93-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/110247
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Behavior --ethnologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMalaria, Falciparum --economicsen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk-Takingen_US
dc.subject.meshRural Populationen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factorsen_US
dc.titleSocio-economic factors associated with malaria in a tribal area of Orissa, India.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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