Research Article
Health Seeking Pattern among Halakki Vokkalu Tribe of Karnataka
Praveen Hoogar1*, Ashwini Pujar1 and Basavanagouda TT2
1Department of Studies in Anthropology, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka State, India
2Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka State, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Praveen Hoogar
Research Scholar
Department of Studies in Anthropology
Karnatak University Dharwad
Karnataka State, India
Tel: 9632279631
E-mail: praveenhoogar@gmail.com
Received Date: April 27, 2017; Accepted Date: May 09, 2017; Published Date: May 15, 2017
Citation: Hoogar P, Pujar A, Basavanagouda TT (2017) Health Seeking Pattern among Halakki Vokkalu Tribe of Karnataka. J Tradit Med Clin Natur 6:220.
Copyright: © 2017 Hoogar P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The current article has produced as a part of Ph. D. thesis entitled “A study on Health Seeking Behaviour among Halakki Vokkalu Community of Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka.” In this article the term tribe has been used invariably and instead of the term Community. Health is a prime priority in every tribe/community and every part of the globe. Every society has a patterns to deal with situations followed by many socio, religious and geographical factors. Multiple medical streams are serving simultaneously through their own mode of methods. Every medical system is and should work as complementary to other. The availability, accessibility, and affordability of any treatment or medicine plays very important role in the selection of treatment and medicine from. The main objectives of this paper are: 1) Briefly making an academic account of the Halakki Vokkalu tribe of Karnataka; and 2) To briefly explain about Health Seeking Pattern of Halakki Vokkalu Tribe.
