Impact of health education on the knowledge, attitude, and practices on sickle Cell anemia amongst tribal groups of Chattisgarh state

India is a land of many cultures, faiths, traditions, and rituals. Its political, economic, and socio-cultural contexts occur under conditions of a multi-structure whole. The tribals are a part of the Indian society and form a significant portion of India's cultural and ethnic diversity. The tribal population forms 7.95% of the total population of India. Tribal communities in general and the primitive tribal groups in particular are highly disease prone and do not have adequate access to basic health facilities due to lack of communication and awareness on health practices. They are mostly exploited, neglected, and vulnerable to various diseases with high degree of malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality followed by poverty, illiteracy, ignorance of the causes of the disease, hostile environment, poor sanitation, and so on (Basu 1993). The study of health culture of tribal communities belonging to the poorest strata of society is highly desirable and essential in determining their access to different health services available in a social set up. It is an important input for the development of man and, thereby, for the social and economic development of the country.