Keywords
Mental Health
Gender Health
Anthropometric Measurement
Reproductive Health
Morbidity
Intellectual Disability
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities
PVTC
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Abstract
The present paper is an analytical study of Physical & Mental health status of tribal girl children in Keonjhar district of Odisha. Data has been collected from different schools of Bansapal block of Keonjhar district. Keonjhar is the homeland of four different tribal races that include Juanga, Munda, Pradhan tribes. Girl children constitute the most vulnerable segment of any community. The objective of the paper is to assess the physical and psycho social development of well nourished and malnourished tribal girl children in the study area. The main objective of the paper is to identify the micro environmental factors influencing their growth and development of well nourished and malnourished tribal girl children within the age group of 5-15. The paper seeks to identify the physical and psycho social perspective of tribal girl children. The paper examines that how childhood physical and mental health of the tribal girls impacts their health status in adulthood and their reproductive health.
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