Adolescent girls' health, nutrition and wellbeing in rural eastern India: a descriptive, cross-sectional community-based study

• Main Authors: Kelly Rose-Clarke (Author), Hemanta Pradhan (Author), Suchitra Rath (Author), Shibanand Rath (Author), Subhashree Samal (Author), Sumitra Gagrai (Author), Nirmala Nair (Author), Prasanta Tripathy (Author), Audrey Prost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background India is home to 243 million adolescents. Two million (9%) of them belong to Scheduled Tribes living in underserved, rural areas. Few studies have examined the health of tribal adolescents. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the health, nutrition and wellbeing of ado...