Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Continuing Challenge of Infectious Diseases in India: Analysis of Socio-Demographic Differentials by Bhed Ram, Ramna Thakur

“…Based on the various socio-economic and demographic covariates, infectious diseases are highly prevalent among individuals with marginalized characteristics, such as individuals residing in rural areas, females, 0–14 age groups, Muslims, illiterates, scheduled tribes (STs), and scheduled castes (SCs), large family households, and economically poor people in the country. …”
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Attitude and determinants of contraceptive use among the Juang tribe: A cross-sectional study in Odisha, India by Prasanna Kumar Mudi, Manas Ranjan Pradhan

“…Background: In India, Scheduled Tribes (STs) often have the lowest performance across various health measures, including contraceptive use. …”
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Effect of social support networks on maternal knowledge of child health in rural Odisha, India by Ranjan Kumar Prusty, Sayeed Unisa

“…Results: Chi square test showed that a low level of maternal knowledge was statistically significant associated with the scheduled tribes/caste, a low level of education, the poorest wealth category, and with early marriage and young maternal age at first birth. …”
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Decomposing rural-urban gap in unsafe disposal practice of child stool in India using nationwide sample survey data by Avijit Roy, Margubur Rahaman, Pradip Chouhan

“…The rural–urban gap in unsafe child stool disposal practices among the study participants was 22.3 percentage points (pp), with a more pronounced gap among the Scheduled Tribes (ST). Notably, the gap was particularly wide in Madhya Pradesh (33.9 pp), Telangana (27.5 pp), Gujarat (26.1 pp), and Rajasthan (25.8 pp). …”
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Data quality of birthweight reporting in India: Evidence from cross-sectional surveys and service statistics by Sayeed Unisa, Preeti Dhillon, Enu Anand, Harihar Sahoo, Praween K. Agarwal

“…In the surveys, the percentage of missing data on birthweight is higher among newborns belonging to poor households, Scheduled Tribes, and Scheduled Castes. Irrespective of whether birthweights are reported from the health cards or from mother's recall, there's a high reporting at multiples of 500g and heaping at 2,500g. …”
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Challenges and possible solutions for ensuring health of urban migrants as a part of India's agenda for a sustainable urban growth story by Borhade, A

“…</p> <p><b>Conclusions</b></p> <p>Internal migration is rising in India mainly from the scheduled tribes and castes. Lack of migration specific data, state specific programmes/policies linked with state citizenship and lack of federal structures are key challenges to meet the unique needs of Indian migrants.…”

Is the burden of anaemia among Indian adolescent women increasing? Evidence from Indian Demographic and Health Surveys (2015-21). by Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Shivani Singh, Sourav Chowdhury

“…Several factors were found associated with anaemia, including having more than one child (AOR: 1.33, 99% CI: 1.16-1.51), having no education (AOR: 1.25, 99% CI: 1.16-1.34), belonging to Scheduled Tribes (AOR: 1.47, 99% CI: 1.40-1.53), being in the lowest wealth quintile (AOR: 1.17, 99% CI: 1.12-1.23), year of survey (AOR: 1.26, 99% CI: 1.23-1.29), and being underweight (AOR: 1.10, 99% CI: 1.07-1.12). …”
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A district-level geospatial analysis of anaemia prevalence among rural men in India, 2019-21 by Aditya Singh, Sumit Ram, Rakesh Chandra, Arabindo Tanti, Shivani Singh, Ananya Kundu

“…The results of SLM revealed significant positive association between anaemia prevalence at the district-level and several key factors including a higher proportion of Scheduled Tribes, men in the 49–54 years age group, men with limited or no formal education, individuals of the Muslim faith, economically disadvantaged men, and those who reported alcohol consumption. …”
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Inequality in Access to Medical Education in India: Implications for the Availability of Health Professionals by Khalid Khan

“…In fact, the probability of attending a medical course is relatively lower for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) and Muslims than Hindu High Castes (HHCs). …”
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Role of socioeconomic markers and state prohibition policy in predicting alcohol consumption among men and women in India: a multilevel statistical analysis by S.V. Subramanian, Shailen Nandy, Michelle Irving, David Gordon, George Davey Smith

“…Men and women living in households at the lowest standard-of-living quintile were more likely to consume alcohol (OR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.81-2.03, and OR, 2.72, 95% CI, 2.18-3.39), respectively, than those classified as living in the top quintile. Members of scheduled tribes and castes and other backward classes were more likely to consume alcohol than members of other caste groups. …”
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Exploring Unknown Predictors of Maternal Anemia Among Tribal Lactating Mothers, Andhra Pradesh, India: A Prospective Cohort Study by Gupta A, Kollimarla M, Reddy B V, Noorani Shaik Y, Kakkar R, Aravindakshan R

“…The study aimed to identify unknown risk factors for anemia among tribal lactating mothers.Methodology: It was a mixed method prospective cohort study for 10 months carried out among 340 scheduled tribes (ST) mothers in 10 clusters in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. …”
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Patterns in the prevalence and wealth-based inequality of cervical cancer screening in India by M. R. Muthuramalingam, V. R. Muraleedharan

“…Significantly lower prevalence is found among Muslim women, women from scheduled tribes, general category castes, non-Government health insurance coverage, high parity, and those who use oral contraceptive pills and tobacco. …”
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Knowledge and practice of family planning among pregnant tribal women in Southern India: an observational study by Kiranmayee Muralidhar, Holly Nishimura, Kate Coursey, Karl Krupp, Poornima Jaykrishna, Vijaya Srinivas, Purnima Madhivanan

“…Abstract Background There are over 700 Scheduled Tribes (ST) living in 30 Indian states. As with other indigenous groups across the world, Indian ST have some of the poorest infant and child health outcomes of any communities in India. …”
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Wealth inequalities in nutritional status among the tribal under-5 children in India: A temporal trend analysis using NFHS data of Jharkhand and Odisha states - 2006-21 by S. Rekha, P. Shirisha, V.R. Muraleedharan, Girija Vaidyanathan, Umakant Dash

“…Background: Undernutrition remains a major public health concern in India, especially among children belonging to the Scheduled Tribes (ST). In this study, we analyse wealth inequalities in nutritional outcomes within ST communities in two tribal-dominated states of India, namely, Odisha and Jharkhand. …”
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Exclusive breastfeeding practices and its determinants in Indian infants: findings from the National Family Health Surveys-4 and 5 by Samarasimha Reddy N, Aravind Dharmaraj, Jovis Jacob, Kulandaipalayam Natarajan Sindhu

“…In NFHS-5, infants of scheduled tribes (aOR 1.5; 95% CI 1.2, 1.9) and mothers who delivered at public health facilities (aOR 1.3; 95% CI 1.1, 1.5) showed an increased odds of being exclusively breastfed at 6 months of life compared to their counterparts. …”
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Decomposition of caste differential in life satisfaction among older adults in India by T. Muhammad, Ronak Paul, Trupti Meher, Rashmi Rashmi, Shobhit Srivastava

“…However, changing age dynamics (growing older) and definition of life among people presses the need to understand whether the additional years of life in older adults are manifested with the disparity in life satisfaction among the Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST) and non-SC/ST social groups in recent years. …”
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Who are the vulnerable, and how do we reach them? Perspectives of health system actors and community leaders in Kerala, India by Jaison Joseph, Hari Sankar, Gloria Benny, Devaki Nambiar

“…During COVID, the government prioritized access to COVID-19 testing and vaccination among marginalized population groups like palliative care patients, the elderly, migrant labourers, as well as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes communities. Livelihood support like food kits, community kitchen, and patient transportation were provided by the LSGs to support these groups. …”
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Determinants of neonatal mortality in rural India, 2007–2008 by Aditya Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Amit Kumar

“…The odds decreased if neonates belonged to Scheduled Tribes (O R = 0.72, p = 0.00) or ‘Others’ caste group (O R = 0.87, p = 0.04) and to the households with access to improved sanitation (O R = 0.87, p = 0.02), pucca house (O R = 0.87, p = 0.03) and electricity (O R = 0.84, p = 0.00). …”
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A community based study on haemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency among particularly vulnerable tribal groups in hard-to-reach malaria endemic areas of Odisha, India: implications... by Sujata Dixit, Arundhuti Das, Ramakanta Rana, Hemant K. Khuntia, Akhil B. Ota, Sanghamitra Pati, Madhusmita Bal, Manoranjan Ranjit

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Study of epidemiological behaviour of malaria and its control in the Purulia district of West Bengal, India (2016–2020) by Sayantan Pradhan, Samrat Hore, Suman Kumar Maji, Simi Manna, Abhijit Maity, Pratip Kumar Kundu, Krishna Maity, Stabak Roy, Saptarshi Mitra, Paulami Dam, Rittick Mondal, Suvankar Ghorai, Junaid Jibran Jawed, Subhadeep Dutta, Sandip Das, Sukhendu Mandal, Sanjib Mandal, Ahmet Kati, Sangram Sinha, Amit Bikram Maity, Tuphan Kanti Dolai, Amit Kumar Mandal, İkbal Agah İnce

“…Malaria was highly prevalent among Scheduled Tribes (48.44%). Six blocks were reported in Category 3 (high risk) and none in Category 0 (no risk) in 2016, while no blocks were determined to be in Category 3, and three blocks were in Category 0 in 2020. …”
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