International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 1 4 2012 April 2 Health Beliefs and Perception of Well-being among the Lois of Thanga in Manipur, India 46 52 EN Pascal C. 1 Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche en Chimie Appiquée (LERCA), Ecoe Poytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Universit� d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, REPUBLIC OF BENIN Agbangnan D. 2 Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l�Environnement et les Mat�riaux (IPREM), Universit� de Pau et des Pays de l�Adour (UPPA), UMR 5254 Technopole H�lioparc, 2 avenue du pr�sident d�Angot 64053 PAU Cedex, FRANCE Christine Tachon 3 Institut des Sciences Mol�culaires (ISM), Universit� de Bordeaux 1, CNRS UMR 5255 Batiment A12, 351 cours de la lib�ration, 33405TALENCE cedex, FRANCE Justine Dangou 4 Anna Chrostowska 5 Fouquet Eric 6 DominiqueC.K. Sohounhloue 7 Srivastava K.P. 1 Ganga Singh College, Jai Prakash University, Chapra-841 301, Bihar, INDIA Singh VikashKumar 2 Balamuralitharan S. 1 Department of Mathematics, Sri Ramanujar Engineering College, Chennai-48, INDIA Rajasekaran S. 2 Professor and COE, Department of Mathematics, BS Abdur Rahman University, Chennai-48, INDIA Nwajei G.E. 1 Dept. of Chemistry, Delta State University Abraka, NIGERIA Okwagi P. 2 Dept. of Chemistry, College of Education Agbor, NIGERIA Nwajei R.I. 3 Dept. of Botany, Delta State University, Abraka, NIGERIA Obi-Iyeke G.E. 4 Yousefi Z 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IRAN VefaAkpinar M. 2 Civil Engineering Department, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TURKEY AntonyRavindran A. 1 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Dept. of Geology, Geophysical Research Lab, V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi, INDIA PebamNganthoiba Mangang 1 School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai-400088, INDIA > Research Paper 2012 3 3 2012 April 2 The concept of well-being and notion of good health varies between different societies. Health beliefs of people in a society are constructed on the basis of culture and tradition. The paper attempts to bring out the health beliefs and perceptions of good health and well-being among the Lois of Thanga Island of Loktak Lake, a fishing community of Manipur. Structured face-toface interviews were conducted among 200 respondents. Majority of the respondents perform religious practices related with supernatural causes of illness irrespective of status of education, religion, standard of living index .The indigenous community,Lois of Thanga has its own understanding of health and well-being as they are bound by the cultural beliefs and tradition with respect to perception of good health and well being. To improve access to health services, policy makers and service providers should understand the health beliefs and practices of the community. Copyright@ International Science Community Association