Human Diversity in North-east India: Bio-Anthropological Approaches

ABOUT THE BOOK:- The essays incorporated in this compilation– Human Diversity in North-east India, quite a few areas of contemporary biological anthropological studies in Northeast India are covered: demography, genetics, human growth and nutrition, somatotype, ageing, reproductive health and disease, metabolic syndrome. We expect that these articles will be able to attract due attention to those who matter. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Sarthak Sengupta is a former Professor and Head of the Department of Anthropology; and Director (i/c), Centre for North-east Studies, Dibrugarh University, Assam. He received his M.Sc (1977) and Ph.D. (1983) degrees in Anthropology, from Dibrugarh and Gauhati University respectively. He worked with the AnSI (1983-1989) and NEHU, Shillong (1995- 1996) for quite some time and has published around 300 research articles in various reputed national and international journals besides several chapters in edited volumes and twenty-five books on people of Northeast India. He has mentored fourteen number of Ph.Ds and completed several major research projects. He is an active life and executive member of several professional anthropological bodies and member of editorial advisory boards of The Indian Journal of Anthropology, West Bengal; Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics, Lucknow; Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata; and Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh nUniversity, Dibrugarh. At present, he is Vice- Chairperson of the Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA), Kolkata. Dali Dutta completed her M.A. (2008) and received the Ph.D. degree (2013) in Anthropology from Dibrugarh University. Atpresent she is attached with the Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University. She was awarded the UGC-NET for Lectureship (2008) and has three years of research experience as a Project Fellow in a UGC-sponsored major research project. To date, she has to her credit one edited book besides forty research papers in reputed journals and as book chapters. Her special areas of interest are human growth and nutrition, demography, and health. CONTENTS:- Preface . 9 Acknowledgements . 13 List of Tables . 15 List of Figures . 21 Contributors . 23 1. Nutritional Status of Scheduled Tribe Women of North-east India . 27 Sreeparna Banerjee, Shimul Roy, Manoranjan Pal, Subir Biswas and Premananda Bharati 2. Patterns of Growth and Maturity Gradient among the Aka Adolescent Boys of Arunachal Pradesh . 41 Gulrukh Begum and Pritam Das 3. Operation of the Determinants of Healthy Ageing in a Tribal Context: A Study among the Karbis of Morigaon District, Assam.55 Chandana Sarmah 4. Factors Determining the Choice of Place of Delivery among the Mishing Mothers of Dhemaji, Assam: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.73 Maitreyee Sharma 5. Prevalence and Determinants of Leucorrhea among Dibongiya Deori Women of Assam. 87 Juri Borah and Sarthak Sengupta 6. Assessment of Health Status of Female Tea Garden Workers in Dibrugarh District of Assam. 97 Bhaskar Das, Rumi Deori, and Anju Barhai Teli 7. Hypertension and its Behavioural Risk Factors among Tea Garden Workers of Assam. 109 Anand Sharma and Prasanta Kumar Borah 8. Anthropometric Somatotypes among the Pre-adolescent Ahom Children of Upper Assam . 119 Dali Dutta 9. Food Security and Coping Strategies among the Mishing Residing in flood-affected regions of Lakhimpur District, Assam. 125 Nitamoni Bharali and Nitish Mondal 10. Teenage Pregnancy: An Increased Risk of Prenatal and Infant Mortality Rate among the Aimol Tribe of Manipur . 143 Khangembam Somibabu Meitei 11. Maternal Genetic Structure among the Manipuri Population Reflected through Mitochondria DNA Sequence . 153 S.Y. Meitei, K.S. Meitei, N. Achoubi Devi, M.P. Sachdeva, K.N.Saraswathy 12. ACE Gene Polymorphism among the Rongmei and Inpui Tribes of Manipur . 163 Gangaina Kameih and Gautam K. Kshatriya 13. Indigenous Health Care Practices: A Case Study of Hilghat Village, Manipur . 169 Malvika Yumnam and Huidrom Suraj Singh 14. Health and Nutritional Status among the Hmar Children of Churachandpur District, Manipur . 181 J.W.Dkhar and Nancy Malsawmkim 15. HIV and Tribal Youths: A Study in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya . 193 Roumi Deb 16. Prevalence of Dental Caries among the Mizos of Aizawl Town, Mizoram. 201 Dhruba Kumar Limbu and C. Lalrammuana 17. Anthropometric Assessment in Identifying Risk Factors in Metabolic Syndrome . 213 Moajungla Longkumer and B. T. Langstieh 18. Age Changes in Somatotypes among the Chakhesang Naga Boys of Dimapur District, Nagaland . 227 Vivoto Tsukru and Johnsly Well Dkhar 19. Determinants of Fertility in North-eastern India: A Case of the Lepchas . 239 A.K. Gyanendra Singh Wahengbam and Benrithung Murry 20. A Multidisciplinary Approach to COVID-19 with Special Reference to North-east India: Genetic Factors and Beyond. 249 Kusum Ghosh, Abhishikta Ghosh Roy, Diptendu Chatterjee, Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay Index . 259 The Title 'Human Diversity in North-east India: Bio-Anthropological Approaches written/authored/edited by Edited by:- Sarthak Sengupta, Dali Dutta', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9789353246211 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 266 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology / North East Studies / Health. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-