Assessment of demographic attributes and health profile of schedule caste of 5 villages of Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India

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dc.contributor.authorAkhtar, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMudassir, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFaiz, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhan, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAfza, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, N. Z.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T06:59:09Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T06:59:09Z
dc.date.issued2024-06
dc.description.abstractBackground: Demography is the scientific study of human populations. It takes into account the quantitative aspects of their general characteristics. In this paper health profile and different attributes of demography like age, gender, caste, marital status, educational status, temperament and occupation etc of scheduled caste people of 5 villages of Aligarh district were assessed and documented. Methods: A pretested, predesigned questionnaire containing the demographic attributes was filled by researchers by face-to-face examination of the population through scheduled caste sub plan mobile health care OPD’s. Surveys were conducted from 2nd June to 25th September 2022. Results: Collected and analyzed data exhibits that there were marked difference with the age groups 0-15, 26-45 and 66-85, gender, caste, with religion of Hindu (90.83%) and Muslim (7.33%), educational status regarding illiterate (59.81) and graduate or above (1.65%), Mizaj, dietary habit and there were no significant differences regarding marital status, occupation and addiction behavior were noticed. Conclusions: It can be concluded that majority of the scheduled caste population was living in interiors of rural areas with low socio-economic and health status. Most visited gender were females which indicate poor nutrition, lack of immunity and excessive burden on them. Majority of the population belongs to Balghami Mizaj. Most preferred diets were mixed and main occupation of the scheduled caste population was agriculture. This study will make policy makers and health workers derive practical conclusions which will help in the upliftment of the scheduled caste populations.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsRRIUM, Aligarh under CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsRRIUM, Aligarh under CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsRRIUM, Aligarh under CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsRRIUM, Aligarh under CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsRRIUM, Aligarh under CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsCCRUM, New Delhi, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsCCRUM, New Delhi, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAkhtar S., Mudassir M., Faiz A., Khan P., Afza S., Ahmad F., Ahmad N. Z.. Assessment of demographic attributes and health profile of schedule caste of 5 villages of Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2024 Jun; 11(6): 2373-2379en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/228139
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20241502en_US
dc.subjectUnani system of medicineen_US
dc.subjectDemographyen_US
dc.subjectMizajen_US
dc.subjectHealth profileen_US
dc.subjectScheduled caste sub planen_US
dc.titleAssessment of demographic attributes and health profile of schedule caste of 5 villages of Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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