2021
Volume 17, Number 2
Mορμώ δάκνει… Morde il babau! Gli spauracchi femminili della Grecia antica. Storie di donne e di dolore
By: ALESSANDRA ROMEO – Unconscious fears and the desire to fix specific patterns of behavior find their natural outlet in the myth: Lamia, Empusa, Mormolice, Mormò, Accò, Alfitò and Gellò are unmarried female figures, without children and not subject to male authority. These figures find themselves in an almost subversive position of reality, threatening existing…
Beltrami’s Cradleboard and Other Stories. Beltrami’s is the Oldest Preserved Dakota Cradleboard in the World
Beltrami, Bergamo, cradleboard, Dakota, Filottrano, Fort Snelling, Glauco Luchetti, Museo E. Caffi, Santee Mdewakanton, Santee SiouxBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – This is an updated version of the article “La culla di Beltrami e altre storie”, published in Italian in 1991. The Beltrami Collection, made up of the objects he brought back from his travels, has been divided for a long time: a part was kept at the Museum of Natural History…
Small-Scale Tea Economy and Arsla Organic Tea Cooperative A Grassroots Initiative of Khasi Tribes of Meghalaya, North-East India
By: ABDUL HANNAN, NITISH MONDAL – This paper is an attempt to explore the Small-Scale Tea Economies in North-East India. Of late, it is seen that most of the tribes in the North-East have engaged into tea cultivation. As per the Tea Board of India (2019), there are 110,422 Small Tea Growers (STGs) spread over…
Human Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observations from India
By: ATANU GHOSH, FATIK BARAN MANDAL – COVID-19 has changed the everyday life of the human being worldwide with an unprecedented threat. Although medical science has a crucial role in combatting the disease, concerted efforts incorporating the knowledge from social and behavioural sciences are also vital to mitigate the COVID-19 induced crisis. The actions of…
Nutritional status of lactating mothers: a study among the Ahom women of Lakhimpur District, Assam
By: AVIJIT BORUAH – Women are generally susceptible to under-nutrition, especially during pregnancy and lactation period. Effective pregnancy and lactation require changes in the body for the proper functioning of various physiological systems. As such, the nutrient requirement of the body increases during these periods. Poor health and nutritional insufficiency in mothers’ during these periods…
A Comparative study of anthropometry and body composition among male athletes and non athletes of age 18-26 years of Kamrup (M), Guwahati, Assam
By: DHANMANI MEDHI, MOMON HIJAM – The purpose of this study was to describe the anthropometric characters and body composition between athletes and non athletes as well as to make a comparison between them and to assess the nutritional status through BMI. A total of 120 males were enrolled in the study, which were divided…
Prevalence of Undernutrition Based on Thinness among Birhors of Korba District, Chhattisgarh, India
By: DHANSAY, SARVENDRA YADAV, A.N. SHARMA – The rising/ escalating problem of malnutrition, commonly envisioned as double burden due to increasing rate of both under-nutrition and obesity in third world including country like India in which high prevalence of undernutrition, which is assess by thinness more precisely. Thus, the present study aims to assess the…
Immuno-Nourishing Early Cultures: Re-Evaluating Temple Rituals During Covid Pandemic
By: FRESNAL DAS, ANIL JOSE P.S., S. RAJU – People from different walks of life responded differently to coronavirus, with some completely unaware, while some lost their life. The pressing question in this context is, how humans, as a species, can be ready to combat pandemics like that of covid-19. That question as answered by…
Association between Obesity and Blood Pressure with certain lifestyle as risk factors among Chiru Males of Northeast India
By: HOSEA THANGLEN, LORHO MARY MAHEO – Hypertension and obesity are among the most prevalent non-communicable diseases, which significantly and independently increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases causing high morbidity and mortality worldwide. It has become the most neglected blatantly visible health challenge, reducing the overall quality of life. The study was an attempt…
Menopausal Transition and Women Health: A Study among the Mid-life Women of Kolkata, India
Bengali-Hindu community, body compositions, cardiovascular system, India, musculoskeletal system, Peri menopause, post menopause, West BengalBy: SOHELI GUPTA, JOYEETA THAKUR, MONALI GOSWAMI – Women’s mid life through and after menopause is associated with somatic problems like obesity, loss of skeletal muscle and bone mass, cardiovascular diseases and hyperglycemia. The present study is an endeavour to understand the impact of menopausal transition on cardio vascular risk factors and musculoskeletal system among…
Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms among Rural Bengalee Women of North Bengal, India
By: MANJU SARKAR, NITISH MONDAL – Background: Menopause is an important part of a woman’s reproductive life, most of them spend the last third of their life-time after their reproductive period ends, and can cause different awkward side effects. Conclusion: This study showed that the prevalence of menopause symptoms includes hot flashes, body ache, irritability,…
Born Twins: Fascinating Fact of Nature
By: PAVAN TERDAL, JAI S.C. PRABHAKAR – Although twins born are occurring in all societies, its study continues to fascinate just because, we are not sure about the reasons for its occurrence. Therefore, right understanding of its typology, factors responsible for twinning, monozygotic and dizygotic multiples, occurrence and their distribution become prime requisite for the…
Nutritional status and parental socio-economic conditions among the adolescent boys and girls of Sombaria village of West Sikkim, Northeast India
By: PRIYASHREE GOGOI, MAIBAM SAMSON SINGH – Adolescence is a nutritionally vulnerable developmental stage. The nutritional requirements of the body during the adolescent stage increase tremendously due to rapid physical and mental growth. Poor nutritional status can make an individual susceptible to various health problems. The objective of the present study is to examine the…
Covid-19 Riddle Exacerbating Gender (in) Equalities
By: SUJATA DAS, SUMITA SAHA, NITISH MONDAL, AMLAN KANTI RAY – There are clusters of evidence of gender-based violence (GBV) have been happening across the world for more than a year or so due to the effects of restricted movement of people due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It turns out that women specially Health Care…
Stunting and its association with predictor variables among Tibetan adolescent girls of North India
By: SHWETA SINGH, NEELAM SINGH, GAUTAM KUMAR KSHATRIYA – In India, malnutrition is a major public health problem among adolescents. Amongvarious parameters of malnutrition, stunting is comparatively ignored among adolescents asits severity was thought to be limited in children up to 5 years of age, with minimal potentialfor recovery in later life. However, recent evidence…
Attitudes towards Menopause and Menopause related symptoms: A cross sectional study among the Mising Tribal women of Majuli River Island, India
By: PARISMITA SAIKIA – The main aim of the present study is to understand the attitudes of Mising menopausal women toward menopause and menopause related symptoms. For the purpose of the study, Majuli, one of the greatest river islands in the world is selected as the study area. The present study is a cross sectional…
Health Care system among the Gond Tribes of Tarandul village, Chhattisgarh, India
By: OINAM HEMLATA DEVI, RAHUL TIWARI – Health care system in India provides the facilities of public and private sectors. The services of public sector are mainly accessible to all. Tribes of India in majority rely on traditional medical practices, whereas public hospitals or services are mainly available at primary health care services level. This…
Health, social life and impact of COVID-19 lockdown: A case study among the BPO employees in Gurugram, India
By: PRITAM DAS, VIVEK NEWARC – The majority of the International BPOs in India function at night. Working on the night shift ends up in serious health issues like sleep disorder, musculoskeletal discomforts, eye strain etc. The job stressors also significantly impact social life, and the COVID-19 lockdown in India had an adverse effect on…
Socio-demographic correlates of psychological morbidity: A community based cross-sectional study among the rural elderly of North 24 Parganas
By: SAMARPITA DEBNATH – Psychological and physical health are influenced by a battery of socioeconomic, behavioural and psychosocial determinants. The purpose of this study was to look into the sociodemographic factors that influence psychological health among the rural elderly aged 60 years and above residing under the jurisdiction of Charghat and Machlandapur II Gram Panchayat…
Sex Variation of Chronic Energy Deficiency among Adult Asian Indian Indigenous Population: A Systematic Review and Meta analysis
By: SARNALI DUTTA, SADARUDDIN BISWAS, SAMIRAN BISAI – The nutritional status of an adult individual is significant for the better upbringing of their future generations. Notwithstanding, the nutritional status of the adult tribal population of India is not palatable. Consequently, an endeavour has been made in this review to get an impression of overall chronic…
Skinfolds, Behavioural and Socio-economic Risk Factors in Hypertension among the Hill and Valley Tangkhuls of Manipur
By: URAPAM ZIMIK, SOROJINI H. DEVI – Hypertension is a medical term used when blood pressure is higher than the normal level. It is a major cause of mortality in underdeveloped, developing, and developed countries causing a significant public health problem. This study investigates hypertension-associated risk factors among the Tangkhuls in Manipur. The cross-sectional study…
Anthropometric Somatotype among the Adolescent Boys of a Tribal Population in India
By: NUTSOLU LOHE, THEJAZHANO NAGI, NGARANMI MAREI, VIVOTO TSUKRU – This study aimed to determine the somatotype and BMI, as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation with age and BMI among the adolescent boys of Mising tribe. A cross-sectional sample of 278 adolescent boys was collected from five villages of Dhemaji district of…