OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OF WOMEN INVOLVED IN MITHILA PAINTING, MADHUBANI, BIHAR
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2022
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Dr.RPCAU, Pusa
Abstract
The Mithila painting is one of the living creative activities of the women of this region. It is a famous folk painting on paper, cloth, readymade garments, movable objects etc., mainly by the village women of Mithila. Originally it is a folk art, practiced by the women of all castes and communities, including the Muslims, on walls and floors using the natural and vegetable colors. Later some people took interest in it and motivated the women to translate their art from walls and floors to the canvas and now the new form has given this a very distinct identity in the art world as well as in the market.
The present research was carried out in the Bihar district of Madhubani. Bihar Among the 38 districts of Bihar Madhubani is situated in the Indian state of Bihar. For the field survey, a sample of 60 respondents from Madhubani district of Bihar's Mithila region and is also known as Mithila painting or Madhubani art who have been working for 4-6 hours daily were selected. The main purpose of the study was to know about their Socio-economic profile, demographic profile, specific information regarding occupational management, occupational health hazard musculoskeletal problems, severity of pain.
The study revealed that majority of the respondents 40.00 per cent were belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. It was observed that majority of the respondents (70.00%) were married. It was noted from the study more than 60.00 per cent had farming as their main family occupation. From the investigation, it was revealed that 100 per cent of the respondents were Hindu. It indicated that majority of the respondents (41.67 %) were under SC category. From the study, it was clear that 78.33 per cent respondents were belonged to nuclear family. It was observed that 65.00 per cent were fall under middle size family. It was found that majority of the respondents (50.00 %) were graduate. It was revealed that 66.67 per cent of respondents earned up to Rs. 20,000. It was noted that 43.33 percent of the respondents were from the family whose income is between 40,000-60,000 annually. BMI the majority of them (73.33%) had a BMI within the normal range.
From the investigation, it was clear that majority of the respondents (81.67%) were fall in medium category of specific information. It was observed that 65.00 percent respondents were fall in medium category of specific information regarding occupational management. It was perceived 51.67per cent of the respondents were belonged to medium category of occupational health hazard. It was revealed that 56.66 percent respondents were faced musculoskeletal discomfort during Mithila painting. It was found that majority of the respondents (61.67%) were faced severity of pain during Mithila painting.
The study analyzed that age was positively and significantly correlated with the musculoskeletal discomfort and severity of pain at 5 percent level of significant, which means age have a strong relationship with the musculoskeletal problems and severity of pain.