A Play Street is a street that is reserved for children's safe play for a specific period during school vacations. It was hypothesized that a Play Street near children's home can increase their moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and decrease their sedentary time. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Play Streets on children's MVPA and sedentary...

The issue of street children is a social problem that constantly developing. Street arise because marginalization and polarization, which if left unchecked can lead to inequality in society. increase Gresik Regency shows the government has not fully overcome this problem. For reason, these issues need be resolved together. existence civil society an alternative intervene alleviating children. O...

This research is motivated by the enactment of Regional Regulation No. 03 2010 concerning Guidance Street Children, Homeless people and Beggars. in city Bandar Lampung. The regulation has been effect since but until now there are still many street children, homeless buskers Lampung City. purpose this to analyze how implementation 2010. type descriptive with a qualitative approach. was conducted...

BACKGROUND As physical activity levels decrease as children age, sustainable and accessible forms of physical activity are needed from a young age. Transportation cycling is one such physical activity and has been associated with many benefits. The aims of the study were to identify whether manipulating micro-environmental factors (e.g. speed limits, evenness of cycle path) within a photographe...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the domestic care environment on the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among orphaned and separated children in Uasin Gishu County, western Kenya. METHODS A total of 1565 (55.5% male) orphaned and separated adolescents aged 10-18 years (mean 13.8 years, sd 2.2), were assesse...

BACKGROUND Children living on the streets are an underprivileged population of Bangladesh and are likely to be more vulnerable to STIs/HIV for their day-to-day risky behaviours and lifestyles. This study assessed the vulnerability of Bangladeshi street-children to HIV/AIDS using qualitative participatory methods. METHODS This ethnographic participatory, qualitative study was conducted during ...

Malnutrition is a major health problem; especially in developing countries and it is the gravest single threat to global public health. Malnutrition is by far the major contributor of child mortality across the globe. A non experimental, descriptive action research with a multi-methodological approach study was carried out to assess nutritional status, sociodemographic condition and associated ...