International Journal of Advances in Social Sciences

Jitendra Kumar Premi ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur-492010 CG, IN

Abstract

The Concept of reproductive health advocated at the international conference o population and development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994 is first of all discriminatory in nature owing to over enthusiasm resulting out of family planning and women's development programs, this concept focused mostly on women belonging to the reproductive period. The specific objectives of the study are: to assess the reproductive health and nutritional study of tribal reproductive women of Gidhpuri village of Chhattisgarh, to explore the reproductive behavior and their social-cultural causes, to find at health seeking behavior regarding child health. 50 pregnant and lactating women of different groups residing in Gidhpuri village- Savara, Binjhwar, Gond and other were randomly selected for collecting information about women empowerment and for assessing the reproductive and contraceptive behavior, age at menarche age at marriage etc through structured interview schedule. 50.06% families were nuclear and 43.04% were joint families followed by 78.72% illiterate and 18.28% literate. Mean age at marriage of adolescent Savara girls is found 13.9 ±4.5 years. In Binjhwar it is found 12.7 ±2.84 years and in Gonds 10.2±3.0 years. 10 % women used to go to the government hospital followed by 90 % women they don't go anywhere; they birth their children at home by traditional midwife. On the above findings it is concluded that reproductive health conditions of tribes of Gidhpuri village is very worse in affirm and inadequate.

Keywords

Reproductive and Child Health, Tribe, Chhattisgarh.

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Jitendra Kumar Premi ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492010, IN

Abstract

Gender violence defines: it is a pattern of behavior which involves violence or other abuse by one person in a domestic context against another, such as in marriage or cohabitation. Intimate partner violence is domestic violence by a spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner. Domestic violence can take place in heterosexual or same-sex relationships. "Reproductive health is state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes". The reproductive health statuses of any community, in its determination are involved three dimensions. In their order they are: status of reproductive health services, status of child health services and status of reproductive and sexual health. Apart from these three, another determining dimension is related to gender issues or women empowerment issues, which indirectly influence the entire gamut of the reproductive health process. Two very important points in the measurement of women empowerment need special mentioning. First is the woman's right accrued to them in social, civic matters. The second is the power of self - determination - their rightful participation and involvement in domestic and social decisions and affairs of life. Apart from these another determining dimension is related to gender issues or women empowerment issues, which have point out in this paper should be cover on the study of gender related violence.

Keywords

Issue, Measure, Gender Violence, Reproductive Health.

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Jitendra Kumar Premi ¹, Mitashree Mitra ²

Affiliations
1 School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shula University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India-492010, IN
2 School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shula University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492010, IN

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Introduction: Anthropological principles, in the study of the family certain paradigms provide the base. Among such paradigms, one that plays a key role is the number of members in that family. Baiga is one of the five identified primitive tribes of Chhattisgarh. They are mostly inhabited in Kabirdham and Bilaspur districts of Chhattisgarh. Baigas could consider themselves a Narotrias, Barotrias, Binjhwars, or Bhumias-all endogamous Baiga group names- Bhumia had other meanings. Baiga considered themselves Bhumia or "lords of the soil. Objectives: Objectives of the present study were to explore the type of families on the various theoretical bases and to know how the families structure of the Baiga help their "primitive" aspects of life.

Methodology: The universe of our sample is 400 married Baiga males belonging to age 18-49 year from Bodla and Pandariya tehsils of Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh, India. In the present study multi-stage and stratified random sampling method were followed. Data were collected through structured interview schedule and focused group discussions. The results were analyzed using the 16.0 SPSS package.

Results: As per the findings the 400 respondents' families, out of them the majority (90.2%) of families pertain to nuclear type. In a Baiga family the mean number of family members comes to 5.23 ± 1.955. The mean number of male members was 2.64 ± 1.360, whereas, the mean number of female members was 2.61±1.293. Between the two the estimated sex ratio was 988.66/1000. In Baiga, two main residential patterns are prominently noticed. Out of the two, the Neolocal residential pattern was the greater number (53.8%) whereas the second, patrilocal residential pattern was 43.8% - a lesser number.

Conclusion: The result makes the point clear that from structural perspective the Baiga families are nuclear families even to this new millennium, which characterize 'primitiveness' as one of their main features, as post marriage neolocal residence pattern is found. On the basis of number of family members, the Baigas' families were found moderate size. The observation confirms that the sex ratio in Baiga family is good.

Keywords

Structure, Family, Baiga Tribe, Chhattisgarh, India.

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Jitendra Kumar Premi ¹, Mitashree Mitra ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shula University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492010, IN

Abstract

Reproductive health is to be seen in the perspective of the process of structural- functional approaches, and accordingly, solutions are to be evolved, so that, Baiga community's reproductive health status and the Baiga males' involvement in it, could be consolidated. At the same time, their economic, mental, and physical dimensions of life are strengthened and developed. As human reproductive health constitutes a holistic structural- functional perspective, to improve it also is mandatorily needed a need-based holistic intervention, so that first the Baiga community's structural position is strengthened. Thereafter, the strengthened structural position might find impetus for functions so that for all the time the holistic progression of the society is multiplied. In this regard, to meet from my doctoral research work among the Baiga tribe of Chhattisgarh, India, the three major structural needs, in Baiga community, three different kinds of interventional developmental activities have to be carried out on the following model, which, to enumerate ; 1.Infrastructural interventions 2.Structural intervention and 3.Super structural interventions.

Keywords

Need Based Interventions, Improvement, Reproductive Health, Male Involvement, Baiga Tribe, Chhattisgarh and India.

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