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Variations of body physique in Santhals: an Indian tribe.
In order to assess sex differences in body physique in Santhals, a cross sectional sample of 800 adult Santhals (400 males and 400 females) was collected from West Bengal (India) using multistage cluster random sampling. The present study aims to explore the body physique of Santhals of West Bengal, where both males and females do backbreaking labor work. This type of research is rare in tribal...
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The psychological and medical impact of the threat of compulsory relocation on an American Indian reservation community due to the proposed construction of a dam were assessed using the Langner 22-Item Screening Scale, Rotter Internal-External Control Scale, and aggregate medical facility utilization statistics. Participants' feelings about compulsory relocation as well as their estimation of i...
متن کاملThe relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and cardiovascular disease in an American Indian tribe.
BACKGROUND Empirical findings suggest that psychiatric illness is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The purpose of this study was to compare the strength of the association of lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and lifetime major depression on CVD among Northern Plains American Indians. METHOD A total of 1414 participants aged 18-57 years completed a structured intervi...
متن کاملPrevalence, characteristics, and impact of childhood sexual abuse in a Southwestern American Indian tribe.
OBJECTIVE There were two objectives; first, to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of child sexual abuse in an American Indian community, and second, to determine whether persons with histories of child sexual abuse are at greater risk to develop psychiatric disorders and behavioral problems than persons who report no such history. METHOD A sample of 582 Southwestern American India...
متن کاملTribe Building
As Sir Rupert Smith emphasizes we are facing a paradigm change. Most of current conflicts are fought “amongst population”, war as an armed struggle between Nation-States is fading. Thus the ability to understand the human terrain becomes a key factor towards stabilization of a given country. How to take into account this critical change in a defence transformation endeavour ? Our paper will str...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0361-4700
DOI: 10.31356/silwp.vol14.03