Self-Esteem and Resilience Differences Among Street Children Compared to Non-street Children in Limpopo Province of South Africa: A Baseline Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 The phenomenon of street children is a challenging global social problem. Using an independent sample group design, this study explored the differences in self-esteem and resilience among street children and non-street children.
Mokoena Patronella Maepa
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Health status of street children and reasons for being forced to live on the streets in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. Using mixed methods. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 IntroductionIn Ethiopia, more than four million children are anticipated to live under particularly difficult circumstances. Street children are subject to violence, a lack of health care, and a lack of education. Which denies them the right to live in a
Degu Abate +35 more
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Prevalence of glue‐sniffing among street children [PDF]
Nursing Open, 2020 The aim was to determine the prevalence of glue‐sniffing among street children.
Sanjay Kumar Sah
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Sexual and physical abuse and its determinants among street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016 [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background The life and health of street children is becoming a global concern. Street children are vulnerable to a variety of problems including physical, psychological and sexual exploitations as well as social isolation.
Ayana Chimdessa, Amsale Cheire
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Street Children in Iran: What Are Their Living and Working Conditions? Findings from a Survey in Six Major Cities. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Street children are among the most marginalized children, globally, who experience severe violations of their rights and face multiple deprivations. This study aimed to describe street children’s characteristics and working conditions in Iran.
Vameghi M +4 more
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Initiation into the street, challenges, means of survival and perceived strategies to prevent plights among street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2019: A phenomenological study design. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Background The life and health of street children are becoming a global concern. Push and pull factors i.e. poverty, family death, economic decline, child abuse, financial independence, and peer influence draw children into the street.
Chimdessa A.
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Utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services among street children and young adults in Kampala, Uganda: does migration matter? [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2021 Background While the nexus of migration and health outcomes is well acknowledged, the effect of rural–urban migration on the use of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services has received less attention. We assessed the effect of rural–urban migration
Bwambale MF +3 more
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Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2013 According to UNICEF, street child is any child under the age of 18 for whom the street has become home and/or source of income and which is not adequately protected or supervised by adult, responsible person. It has been estimated that there are
Rončević Nevenka +2 more
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Violent language in the environment of street children singer-beggars. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Background Street children singer-beggars are differently treated psychologically and socially by many people on the street since they are considered to disturb the environment.
Bajari A, Kuswarno E.
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Nigeria′s street children, epitome of oral health disparity and inequality [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 INTRODUCTION: It has been close to four years since the authors highlighted the total neglect of the oral health of street children in the Journal of Public Health Policy. Since then, the authorities appear to have simply turned the blind eye making this
Enoch Abiodun Idowu +2 more
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