Open AccessPrevalence and dependency of tobacco use among tribal gypsies in Thoothukudi district - A cross sectional study
Author(s) -
Lalitha Rani Chellappa,
L Leelavathi,
Meignana Arumugham Indiran,
Pradeep Kumar Rathinavelu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1344_20
Subject(s) - medicine , smokeless tobacco , cross sectional study , environmental health , population , nicotine , demography , tobacco use , tamil , chewing tobacco , pathology , cancer , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
The Narikuravars or "gypsy" are a semi vagrant groups distributed across borders, but primarily live in Tamil Nadu, India. They are notorious to face discrimination that interprets into low education level, low socio-economic status and lack of pertinent access to health care. The focus of the present study is to determine the prevalence and dependency with tobacco use among tribal gypsies in Thoothukudi district.