Street children have been identified by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as children in difficult circumstances and their rights and welfare remains a growing concern to both national and international bodies.1 The existing estimates by UNICEF suggested that there are tens of millions of street-based children, and this number continues to rise in lowand middle-income countries becaus...

OBJECTIVE Little is known about the reproductive health or family planning needs of street-connected children and youth in resource-constrained countries. The study objective was to describe how street-connected children and youth (SCCY) in Eldoret, Kenya, perceive pregnancy. METHODS This qualitative study was conducted between August 2013 and February 2014. A total of 65 SCCY aged 11-24 year...

Children involved in multiple economic activities due to mostly for plain survival have been found almost in each and every developing country. On the other hand, the nature and intensity of child struggle vary from region to region, depending on the socio-economic condition of a particular society in which the children live. However, Street children mostly work as beggar or assistant to beggar...

As one of the metropolitan cities in Amhara’s national regional state, Gondar is being beleaguered by problem street children. The present study attempted to highlight effects streetism and coping mechanisms qualitative research approach was adopted data were collected from 15 selected majority children discovered be between ages 8 12 years. Thematic analysis conducted further understand lives ...

The study was conducted at the seven areas in Tejgaon, known as the centre of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh, which consist of 41 police stations. Street children are very common in this part of Dhaka city. A well structured questionnaire was developed containing both the closed and open ended questions to collect data through face-to-face interview with the respondents. A sample of 80 s...

OBJECTIVE This is a study to evaluate friendships in latency street boys of Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil. METHODS A sample of 30 latency street boys was compared with a sample of 51 latency boys living with their low income families, using the Cornell Interview of Peers and Friends (CIPF). RESULTS The two groups had a significantly different CIPF global scores, and the boys of the street group...

The aim of this review was to describe HIV prevalence in children and youth living on the street and subject to commercial sexual exploitation, and the studies' characteristics in terms of place, time, population, and sample design. This was a systematic review, not a meta-analysis, based on an article search in 10 electronic databases: Science Direct, MEDLINE, OVID, LILACS, Wiley InterScience,...

The major risks and sources of vulnerability, to which street children may be exposed, relate to shelter, safety and nutri­ tion. Specific health risks associated with untreated ill­ nesses and injuries, glue sniffing and sexual activities, are also threatening to them. In particular, street children are in danger from: • physical exposure to cold and damp, due to lack of shelter and insufficie...

BACKGROUND This paper is based on data gathered from a 2006 survey of 1,098 "street children" in Northern Tanzania. It examines the role that school may play in preventing the migration of vulnerable youth to become homeless "street children". Specific focus is placed on the correlations found between children's attendance in school, their reports of abuse or support in their family, and their ...