PDF] HEALTH STATUS AND DISEASES IN TRIBAL DOMINATED VILLAGES OF CENTRAL INDIA

How Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh react to both indigenous and exogenous health management practices is analyzed to help capacitate the traditional healers by linking them with modern health institutions. Health is one of the important indicators of social development. Health of indigenous or tribal people is the perception and conception in their own cultural system with less awareness of the modern health care and health sources. The article analyzes on as to how Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh react to both indigenous and exogenous health management practices? What are the facilitating and inhibiting factors in their health management? How their health and diseases shall be managed in a sustainable manner? The study was conducted in a tribal dominated panchayat of Schedule V area. Interview schedule, case study, observation, group interview and documentary sources were the tools used for data collection. Historically, tribals have followed traditional healing practices. But today, not only the number of those who were not attending to any healing method have decreased significantly but also their dependence on modern health practices have increased. Villager’s dependence on state initiated health management mechanisms like PHC and CHC have significantly increased. There is a need to capacitate the traditional healers by linking them with modern health institutions. If properly linked and managed, they can be an integrating force between tribal masses and the modern health practices. Also, the health centres need to be fully equipped round-the-clock with doctors and medicines.

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