Open AccessIntervention on malaria awareness among 'Bedia' tribal community in West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Uttam Kumar Paul,
Ranabir Pal
Publication year - 2019
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_554_19
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , intervention (counseling) , poverty , psychological intervention , health education , environmental health , medical education , nursing , public health , economics , immunology , economic growth
Tribals have a vulnerable health status because of malarial morbidities, yet they ignore their illnesses and do not go to physicians during sickness for several reasons including poverty.