Tribal Study Group, Indian Council of Medical Research-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Med Res. 2022 Aug;156(2):186-190. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3271_21.
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: The tribal population in India is considered as one of the vulnerable groups with respect to their achievements in health and other developmental issues. In this context, this mapping review attempted to understand the health profile of the Tharu tribal community residing in the northern State of Uttar Pradesh, India through literature mining. Tharu tribe is one of the indigenous groups living in the Terai plain on the Indo-Nepal border. In 1967, this tribe was documented as a Scheduled Tribe by the Government of India. The present review aimed to map the health-seeking behaviour of the Tharu population and review other factors pertaining to their health such as socioeconomic, developmental, employment, education, etc.
Online data search was carried out on PubMed and Google Scholar using search terms 'Tharu' AND 'India'. In addition, official reports avaibale in public domain and grey literature was also searched.
Twenty seven studies including reviews, articles, books/book chapters were evaluated along with 13 reports (including reports from government organizations and grey literature) were retrieved and analyzed. Of the 27 published reports, 16 were found relevant to Tharu tribe in India. A total of 29 (16 articles + 13 reports ) were included in this review.
INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS: This mapping review highights the health seeking behaviour of the Tharu tribe in India that can help inform future interventions to improve the health status of the Tharu tribe as well as other aspects of their development.
印度的部落人口被认为是在健康和其他发展问题方面取得成就的弱势群体之一。在这种情况下，本映射综述试图通过文献挖掘来了解印度北方邦北部居住的塔鲁部落社区的健康状况。塔鲁部落是生活在印度-尼泊尔边境的特赖平原上的土著群体之一。1967 年，该部落被印度政府列为在册部落。本次综述旨在绘制塔鲁人群的寻医行为图，并审查与他们的健康相关的其他因素，如社会经济、发展、就业、教育等。
在 PubMed 和 Google Scholar 上使用搜索词“Tharu”和“印度”进行在线数据搜索。此外，还搜索了公共领域的官方报告和灰色文献。
共评估了 27 项研究，包括综述、文章、书籍/章节，以及检索并分析了 13 份报告（包括政府组织和灰色文献的报告）。在已发表的 27 份报告中，有 16 份与印度的塔鲁部落有关。共有 29 项（16 篇文章+13 份报告）被纳入本次综述。
本次映射综述强调了印度塔鲁部落的寻医行为，这有助于为未来的干预措施提供信息，以改善塔鲁部落的健康状况以及他们发展的其他方面。
