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Tribal health Care in India: A systematic Review of Practices and Beliefs

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, India
  • 2Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, India

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 12, Issue (3), Pages 61-65, October,14 (2023)

Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the health status and medical practices of Indian tribal people. The factors influencing the tribal people’s health & attitudes about health care in India were examined & identified, and the patterns of all of these practices & beliefs were examined through a systematic examination of the literature. One of the crucial stages of tribal development, tribal health has long been neglected and misused. Without giving their beliefs and traditions in healthcare the appropriate consideration, tribal development cannot be realized in its purest form. Using Google Scholar and PubMed, a variety of electronic databases were searched, and the studies carried out and released between 2000 and 2021 were examined. Specific keywords were used to look through the published research. Both qualitative as well as quantitative studies were incorporated into the current study after conducting a systematic evaluation. The analysis's observations highlight the tribal people's poor state of health. The data also shows that tribal people's use of traditional medical practices is declining while contemporary healthcare systems have not yet been adopted.

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