A Study on Health Status among Fishermen at Allahabad

Background: Fisheries sector is one of the promising sub-division in the Agricultural sector of India. The fishing sector is recognized as a major income and employment generator to the rural poor of the nation as well as it stimulates development of a number of subsidiary industries. It is also a source of cheap and nutritious food with high caloric value and also a source of foreign exchange of country. Objective: To evaluate risk factors contributing disease among Fishermen in Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among 255 Fishermen this study was carried out at Arail, Balua & Gau ghat at Allahabad Interview was conducted by on the basis of first come first serve till the completion of sample Size. Results: In this study, totally (100%) respondents were male and majority of the respondents aged between 20 to 30 years of age. Majority 90.2% of the respondents were Hindu’s and 9.8% were Muslim. The literacy rate was 44.3% & most of the respondents were educated till primary school. All participants belonged to the lower middle class family and majority 46.6% of the respondents had their income between 5000-10,000 ₹/month. The majority 68.6% of the respondents had their own boat whereas 31.4% had rented boats and majority 59.6% of the respondents had 1-10 years of experience in fishing. Maximum 45.9% of the respondents had no other occupation apart from fishing. It also resulted that majority 91% of the respondents were not using any safety measures while fishing. It was reported that 70.2% of the respondents were suffering from different diseases and maximum 25.5% of the respondents were suffering from musculoskeletal disorder, (18.8%), (10.2%)GIT dermatological disorder,(8.6%) respiratory disease,(5.1%) diabetes whereas minimum 3.5% of the respondents had eye infections.