OBJECTIVE The phenomenon of street children is one of the most important concerns facing global community. Identifying risk factors in such children could lead to crucial investigations to find their essential needs by intervention programs. The present study examined the family profile of street children in Tehran, Iran. METHODS The sample consisted of 576 street children who were evaluated ...

BACKGROUND Street children are a global phenomenon, with an estimated population of around 150 million across the world. These children include those who work on the streets but retain their family contacts, and also those who practically live on the streets and have no or limited family contacts. In Pakistan, many children are forced to work on the streets due to health-related events occurrin...

The impact of neighborhood walkability (based on street connectivity and traffic exposure) within 2 km of public primary schools on children regularly walking to school was examined. The most (n=13) and least walkable (n=12) schools were selected using a school-specific 'walkability' index and a cross sectional study undertaken of Year 5, 6 and 7 children (n=1480) and consenting parents (n=1332...

1 Abstract This review presents a critique of the academic and welfare literature on street children in developing countries, with supporting evidence from studies of homelessness in industrialized nations. The turn of the twenty-first century has seen a sea change of perspective in studies concerning street youth. This review examines five stark criticisms of the category "street child" and of...

OBJECTIVE To describe the nutritional status of orphaned and separated children and adolescents (OSCA) living in households in the community (HH), on the street, and those in institutional environments in western Kenya. METHODS The study enrolled OSCA from 300 randomly selected households (HH), 19 Charitable Children's Institutions (CCIs), and 100 street-involved children. Measures of malnutr...

G. C. Lloyd-Roberts, M.Chir., F.R.C.S., Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, England. John R. Pincott, MB., B.S., M.R.C.Path., Senior Lecturer in Histopathology at the Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London WC1N 1 EH, England. Peter McMeniman, F.R.C.S., 386 Ferguson Road, Norman Park, Brisbane, Australia. I. J. L. Bayley, F.R.C.S...

There have always been orphaned, abandoned and working children in the world. Historically, however, adequate systems to deal with these children existed. In the more industrialized societies, they were placed as apprentices, into foster care or in institutions. In the more traditional societies, they were absorbed into the extended family network. Many of these same tactics are still used in i...

Street children are exposed to violence, and subsist in poor and generally precarious conditions. In conflict regions, institutional care facilities are often the only well established way to care for vulnerable children. Providing access to school education is considered to be key to allow successful integration into society. However, adverse effects of psychological disorders may pose another...

Since the start of the Ž nancial crisis in late 1997, there has been a signiŽ cant increase in the numbers of children living and working on the streets of Indonesia, including a dramatic rise in street girls. All street children are marginalised by the state and mainstream society, and this is re ected in the marginality of the spaces they occupy in the streets. In Indonesia, street children ...