Prevalence and factors associated with substance use among street children in Jimma town, Oromiya national regional state, Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2020 Background Street children constitute a marginalized population in most urban centers of the world. According to UN sources, there are up to 150 million street children in the world today.
Ayenew M, Kabeta T, Woldemichael K.
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Street children: a comparative perspective [PDF]
Child Abuse and Neglect, 1999 This paper examines the findings from recent studies of street children in Ethiopia.Following a discussion of the term "street children," comparisons are drawn between Latin American and Ethiopian street children in terms of gender, age, reasons for going to the streets, family relations and structure, delinquency, drug use, groups and the outcomes of ...
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Psychosocial Conditions and Resilience Status of Street Children in Jimma Town. [PDF]
Ethiop J Health Sci, 2019 Background Traditional research and practices focused on an investigation of risk factors to handle psychosocial problems street children faced while surviving on the street.
Worku BN, Urgessa D, Abeshu G.
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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among street children in Jimma town; south West Ethiopia in 2019: a cross sectional study. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2019 Street child is any child whose age is less than 18 years for whom the street has become his or her habitual abode and/or source of livelihood, is inadequately protected, supervised or directed by responsible adults.
Zenu S, Alemayehu E, Woldemichael K.
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Street children and political violence: a socio-demographic analysis of street children in Rwanda [PDF]
Child Abuse and Neglect, 2003 The aims were: (1) to examine the profile of African street children and to assess the link between street children in Africa and political violence; (2) to undertake a systematic examination of causal factors of street children in postgenocide Rwanda; and (3) to situate this analysis in the context of the socio-cultural and political impact of the ...
Angela Veale, Giorgia Dona
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus among street children in Iran [PDF]
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018 Background Street children are forced to spend a lot of time away from their homes and some of them do not have homes at all, due to economic and family problems, which makes them exposed to many health problems, such as the hepatitis C virus (HCV ...
Masoud Behzadifar +3 more
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Drug Abuse Among Street Children [PDF]
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2018 In The Gambia like all nations, drug abuse is seen as a social and health problem that has many serious implications for the physical, social, psychological and intellectual development of the victims more especially, the children. Therefore, it continues to be a concern to families, community leaders, educators, social workers, health care ...
Y. M. Bah
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Characteristics Of Street Children In Cameroon: A Situational Analysis Of Demographic, Socio-Economic And Behavioural Profiles And Challenges [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2016 Introduction: The issue of street children is one of the global social problems rising in low- and middle-income countries. These children are vulnerable, but because of a lack of sufficient information, it is very difficult for stakeholders to address ...
Samuel N. Cumber +1 more
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Population Size Estimates of Street Children in Iran: Synthesis of Multiple Methods. [PDF]
J Urban Health, 2019 Vameghi M +6 more
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Recount and Account of Lived Experience of Children on the Street: A Phenomenology Approach
International Journal of Qualitative Research, 2023 Children on the street spend the daytime on street but go to their families at night. Lived experiences of these children stem from their daily activities on the street and interpersonal relations.
Abimbola Margaret Obimakinde +1 more
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