Table 2 Description of studies included in the review
From: A systematic review of population health interventions and Scheduled Tribes in India
First author and year published | Intervention | Region | Tribal areas or populations covered (tribal groups) | Methods | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balasubramanian 1995 | Involving ST youth in TB case detection | Tamil Nadu | Tribal hamlets (groups not specified) | 10% of general population were randomly sampled and interviewed by medical professionals and performance assessments were conducted by a local team. | No. of TB symptomatic individuals & sputum-positive cases identified. |
Singh 2001 | Rapid immune-chromatographic test | Madhya Pradesh | Tribal villages (Gond tribe) | Blinded comparison of malaria diagnoses using rapid tests and standard procedures. | Sensitivity, specificity & predictive values of test in detecting malaria. |
Murhekar 2004 | National Tuberculosis Programme | Car Nicobar | Population (Nicobarese tribe) | Household census. Sputum samples and questionnaire of symptoms. Data compared with survey conducted 15 years ago. | Prevalence of TB infection & smear-positive cases. |
Tungdim 2008 | Pulmonary TB treatment program | Manipur | Population (Unspecified groups belonging to Mongoloid group) | Cross-sectional study among adult pulmonary TB patients, stratified into: (1) before starting treatment, 2) 2 months of treatment, & 3) completion of treatment. Healthy individuals with no history of TB were matched among non-family members of patients. | Anthropometric measurements (BMI & MUAC) of TB patients. |
Barnett 2008 | Maternal mortality key informant surveillance system | Jharkhand, Orissa | Clusters with 73% STs (unspecified) | Descriptive study based on existing project data. | No. of births, crude death rates, maternal mortality ratio, causes of maternal death, cost of operating system. |
Deshmukh 2008 | Adolescent Nutritional Anaemia Project | Maharashtra | Population (unspecified) | Pretest-posttest, comparing haemoglobin estimations, for 3 groups of girls (14-18 years): tribal, rural, urban slums. | Prevalence of anaemia. |
Jambulingam 2008 | Insecticide treated mosquito nets | Orissa | Tribal villages (Predominantly Kandho, Poroja, Dora, Gadaba, Rana) | PHC records and a series of 5 cross-sectional household surveys (a total of 3,206 households surveyed). Plus bioassays. | Net distribution Acceptance & use of net Retreatment coverage Insecticide persistence |
Das 2008 | Community-based chloroquine treatment | Orissa | Tribal villages (unspecified) | Compared control and program villages in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, year of operation. | Fever incidence Malaria parasite incidence Parasite prevalence |
Prakash 2008 | Insecticide treated mosquito nets | Nagaland, Mizoram, Assam | Tribal villages (Zeilian, Ao, Mizo, Kachari-Ahom) | Cross-sectional household surveys in ITN (N = 899) and non-ITN sites (N = 448) | Net use, beliefs & practices |
Srivastava 2009 | GIS based approach to surveillance of malaria hotspots | Madhya Pradesh | Tribal districts & blocks (unspecified) | Descriptive study based on existing project data. | Annual parasite incidence |
Gunasekaran 2009 | Long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets | Orissa | Tribal districts | Compared villages with and without ITN, stratified by high/low endemicity. Survey (908 households) and qualitative methods (Key informant interviews, focus groups). | Net use & beliefs Willingness to pay for nets |