Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

HEALTH DISORDERS OF URBAN, RURAL AND TRIBAL WOMEN WORKING IN FARMING AND ALLIED FIELDS

Dr. Chitra M. Bellurkar

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The study was carried out from two agro–climatic zones of Maharashtra. Nanded district was selected from Central Maharashtra Plateau zone and Nagpur district was selected from Central Vidarbha zone. This research consist sample of six hundred farm women 200 each from urban, rural and tribal areas. In the present study, anthropometric measurements, health problems and occurrence of chronic diseases of the women working in farming and allied fields were studied. Average height, weight and average BMI of the urban women were more than that of rural and tribal women. Except acidity, the occurrence of digestive disorders among the respondents from all the three areas was almost same. Occurrence of respiratory disorders among the tribal women was slightly more than other two areas.Rural and tribal women were facing more to the general disorders like pain in different body parts, weakness and general fatigue than that of urban women. Occurrence of gynic disorders was more in urban women than that of rural and tribal. Occurrence of chronic diseases was more in urban women.

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Dr. Chitra M. Bellurkar, HEALTH DISORDERS OF URBAN, RURAL AND TRIBAL WOMEN WORKING IN FARMING AND ALLIED FIELDS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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