1 Introduction - Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Hence, to look into the Food Security and Nutritional status of the Jarawas a comprehensive study was done covering food intake pattern, nutritional deficiency disorders, growth monitoring and existing overall nutritional status of the group. The total energy and nutrient requirement of Jarawas per year has also been calculated. 1.5.4. All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health 1) Nutrient and food intake estimates obtained were just fair estimates as compared to similar known foods. Better estimation will be possible when food values of Jarawa foods are known. 2) Food intake during hunting and gathering could not be estimated. 3) Intra family food sharing, and sharing of food with domestic animals could not be ascertained. 4) RDAs (Recommended dietary allowances) of the Jarawas are not known, which should be determined based on their lifestyle, activity type, hours of rest, climatic conditions, calorigenic effect of their food and natural vagaries they usually confront. 5) For food items which could not be weighed because of their peculiar food intake behaviour guestimates were made. However, the investigators were explained by the experts from All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health on how to guess the weight of a food item consumed when actual weighing was not possible. 1.5 Limitations of the study 1.5.1 Anthropological Survey of India Though some members of the Anthropological Survey of India were engaged in studying the Jarawas for sometime prior to initiation of the present study, they were handicapped from limited knowledge of the Jarawa language. When one is not only supposed to observe the behaviour of a group of people, but also required to explain the causes responsible for behavioural changes, one is supposed to understand the thought process of the people. Without extensive knowledge of language of the people, it becomes a real difficult task. This was one of the constraints of the study, which was partially overcome by extensive observation and cross-checking of collected information by repeating the exercise time and again. One may not expect full-fledged cultural interpretation of behaviour of the people from a study, which was short-lived by conventional anthropological standard. Another limitation of the present study was determining the actual age of any individual while collecting demographic information on the population, though birth order, dentition and other factors were taken into consideration for estimation of age. 1.5.2 Zoological Survey of India 1 Assessment of ecological diversity of the study area and their measurements could not be made possible for the lack of aerial survey and imagery; 20
2 Animal resources of many places and biotopes of the Jarawa Reserve area could not be surveyed properly for limitations in movement along coasts as well as on surface; 3 A bulk of collected animal samples still remain unidentified as the samples could not be brought to the ZSI laboratory, Kolkata for study. 1.5.3 The Directorate of Health Services 1.5.3.1 Allopathic System of Medicine 1. The Health and Nutritional survey was conducted with minimum co-operation from the Jarawas of all areas, as they were very apprehensive about the survey conducted on them. 2 Approximate age determination of the Jarawas was done by seeing physical growth, stature, dentition and colour of the hair. 3 Stool and urine specimens could not be collected from Jarawas due to practical problems in the field, as they were reluctant to give the same for examination in a container. 4 Due to frequent movement of the Jarawas, diet survey could not be carried out continuously for four days at some places in the first two phases. However, the diet survey for four days was carried out during the third phase. 5 The Jarawas were reluctant to give blood samples of their young children, especially those below five years of age and also of the pregnant ladies. 6 Accounting for the food intake at night and during hunting trips to forest was not possible due to practical limitations in the field. 1.5.3.2 Homoeopathic System of Medicine: 1. Repetition of dosage was difficult due to non-availability of the persons caused by their nomadic habits. 2. They did not observe certain prescribed precautions, which might have harmed the efficacy of homoeopathic medicines. 3. The exciting and or maintaining causes of diseases in forms of social, economic, living and sanitary habits continue to persist. 4. Individual features are lacking in the collected information because the finer symptoms could not be ascertained due to communication gap. 5. Only leading questions were asked, which misled and prejudiced the prescription. 6. Homoeopathy has limited scope in cases where irreversible organic changes or advance structural damage take place, particularly when homoeopathic drugs are discontinued before they can produce any organic change in the body . 21
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