Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

Janine Hunter; Wayne Shand; Lorraine van Blerk

doi:10.20933/100001143

Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

Janine Hunter, Wayne Shand, Lorraine van Blerk

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Abstract

Key Points
- Maintaining physical and mental health and wellbeing is challenging for street children and youth given the inherent risks of their street contexts.
- Physical illnesses include the effects of eating poor quality food, drinking, bathing and cooking with dirty water and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Lack of free healthcare, discrimination by healthcare workers, and poor education contribute to inconsistent or non-existent access to medical treatment.
- Alcohol and drug abuse are common in all three cities, used as both a ‘treatment’ and as a coping strategy.

Original language	English
Type	Briefing Paper
Media of output	Online
Publisher	University of Dundee
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20933/100001143
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2016

Publication series

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

Keywords

Gender
Health
Resilience
Social Networks
Stigmatisation
Substance Use
Violence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

UN SDGs

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

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Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

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Research output

Street Life in the City on the Edge: Street youth recount their daily lives in Bukavu, DRC

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2017 Stephen Fry Awards Public: Engagement Project of the Year

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