Addendum to Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth: Analysis of Health & Wellbeing Focus Group Data Involving Participants in Harare

Lorraine van Blerk; Wayne Shand; Patrick Shanahan; Shaibu  Chitsiku; Janine Hunter

doi:10.20933/100001322

Addendum to Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth: Analysis of Health & Wellbeing Focus Group Data Involving Participants in Harare

Lorraine van Blerk
, Wayne Shand
, Patrick Shanahan
, Shaibu Chitsiku
, Janine Hunter

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Abstract

• Failure to get a safe place to sleep exposes young people in Harare to violence, ill health, conflict with law enforcement agents, stigma and discrimination and vulnerability to sexual abuse.
• Participants described the vicious circle of eating waste food, resulting in illnesses, loss of earnings, loss of self-esteem, and abuse of drugs.
• Access to health services is important for young people on the streets of Harare considering the complex challenges they face on a daily basis.
• Alcohol of drugs provide an escape from reality, but create problems of dependency, anti-social behaviour and ill-health.

Original language	English
Type	Briefing Paper Addendum
Media of output	Online
Publisher	University of Dundee
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20933/100001322
Publication status	Published - Aug 2017

Publication series

Name	Growing up on the Streets: Briefing Papers
Publisher	StreetInvest
No.	8B

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Gender
Health
Resilience
Social Networks
Stigmatisation
Sexual Health
Substance Use
Violence

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Addendum to Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth: Analysis of Health & Wellbeing Focus Group Data Involving Participants in Harare

Abstract

Publication series

UN SDGs

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Africa Consultation Report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on Children in Street Situations

Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017 Stephen Fry Awards Public: Engagement Project of the Year

Cite this

Addendum to Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth: Analysis of Health & Wellbeing Focus Group Data Involving Participants in Harare

Abstract

Publication series

UN SDGs

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Research output

Africa Consultation Report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on Children in Street Situations

Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Prizes

2017 Stephen Fry Awards Public: Engagement Project of the Year

Cite this