Health, Health Care and Livelihood: The Socio-Cultural Insights from Odisha

By Akash Mallick, Sachita Nanda Sa, Biswajit Parida

This book explores how individuals and communities perceive health, illness, and healing within their sociocultural contexts. It focuses on the patterns of health seeking behaviour and the role of traditional and ethnomedicine practices across different societies. The volume/book provides critical looks at health-seeking behaviour and ethnomedicine, health and livelihood, and socio-cultural aspects of tribal health, comprising a set of well-recognized articles. It meticulously examines the challenges of health seeking behaviour practice in the different communities all over Odisha. The book also explores deeply into the unique health problems faced by marginalized populations in Odisha. It offers an insightful viewpoint on tribal health and livelihood issues, focusing especially on socio-economic perspectives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 934864260X
• ISBN13: 9789348642608
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Academic Enclave
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"