Adolescent girls' health, nutrition and wellbeing in rural eastern India: a descriptive, cross-sectional community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India is home to 243 million adolescents. Two million (9%) of them belong to Scheduled Tribes living in underserved, rural areas. Few studies have examined the health of tribal adolescents. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the health, nutrition and wellbeing of adolescent girls in rural Jharkhand, eastern India, a state where 26% of the population is from Scheduled Tribes. We aimed to identify priorities for community interventions to serve adolescents and their families.

Methods

Between June 2016 and January 2017, interviewers visited all households in 50 purposively sampled villages of West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. They aimed to interview all girls aged 10-19. Interviewers conducted face-to-face interviews with girls to administer a survey a

SUBMITTER: Rose-Clarke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544920 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature