INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG KATTUNAYAKAN: A TRIBE IN TRANSITION

§ Pondicherry University Pondicherry University

Send Message

To: Author

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG KATTUNAYAKAN: A TRIBE IN TRANSITION

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

0A44J

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG KATTUNAYAKAN: A TRIBE IN TRANSITION Banner

AI TAKEAWAY

  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Basque
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Cebuano
  • Chichewa
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Corsican
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Frisian
  • Galician
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Igbo
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Javanese
  • Kannada
  • Kazakh
  • Khmer
  • Korean
  • Kurdish (Kurmanji)
  • Kyrgyz
  • Lao
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Maori
  • Marathi
  • Mongolian
  • Myanmar (Burmese)
  • Nepali
  • Norwegian
  • Pashto
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Samoan
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Serbian
  • Sesotho
  • Shona
  • Sindhi
  • Sinhala
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Sundanese
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tajik
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Xhosa
  • Yiddish
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu
Font Type
Font Size
Font Size
Bedground

Abstract

aimed to document the INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR of kattunayakan of south & north arcot district, Tamilnadu focusing on their utilization of medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge. Five villages were selected out off 65 villages, the participant observation method used for collecting data. Different parts of different Plant are used to treat different ailments ranging from diseases. In an average, the diverse patterns of use of different medicinal plant parts show the considerable indigenous knowledge of kattunayakans.

References

9 Cites in Article
  1. Keith Tones (2004). Health promotion, health education and the public health.
  2. Peter Lurie,Percy Hintzent,Robert Lowe (1995). Socioeconomic obstacles to HIV prevention and treatment in developing countries.
  3. S Rajan,M Sethuraman,K Pulok,Mukherjee Ethno-Medicines used by the primitive tribes of nilgiris: An emerging trend in Phyto-Ethnopharmacological Research.
  4. Vinu W.,Dilshith A. Kabeer (2007). Human Nutrition.
  5. Samira Dasgupta,Amitabha Sarkar (2006). Perception of Indigenous Knowledge for Health care among Bastar Tribes.
  6. Joan Susanna-Muela,Isaac Muela,Nyamongo (1991). Health-seeking behaviour and the health system response.
  7. M Levy,L Fallers (1959). The Family: Some Comparative Considerations<sup>1</sup>.
  8. S Bindu (2007). Sustainable and Traditional Agricultural Practices to Reinforce Income Dynamics Among Tribal Communities in Rural Wayanad, Kerala, India.
  9. M Jain,S K Nandan,Misra (2006). Qualitative Assessment of Health Seeking Behaviour and Perceptions Regarding Quality of Health Care Services among Rural Community of District Agra.

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

Dr. V.Amuthavalluvan. 1970. "INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG KATTUNAYAKAN: A TRIBE IN TRANSITION". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities GJHSS-A Volume 11 (GJHSS Volume 11 Issue A6).

Download Citation

Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

Keywords
Classification
GJHSS-A Classification FOR Code: 160199
Version of record

v1.2

Language
English
Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

Article Matrices
Total Views: 4.9K
Total Downloads: 335
All Trends

Request Access

Please fill out the form below to request access to this research paper. Your request will be reviewed by the editorial or author team.
X

This is the heading

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

High-quality academic research articles on global topics and journals.

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG KATTUNAYAKAN: A TRIBE IN TRANSITION

Dr. V.Amuthavalluvan
Dr. V.Amuthavalluvan Pondicherry University