Preventing ‐ substance abuse among street children in India

dc.contributor.author	Sharma, Narayan	en
dc.contributor.author	Joshi, Suresh	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-18T21:55:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-18T21:55:41Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1403
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Substance use
dc.subject	Street children--Abuse of--India
dc.subject	Street children--Abuse of--Prevention
dc.subject	Χρήση ουσιών
dc.subject	Πρόληψη
dc.subject	Ινδία
dc.subject	Παιδιά
dc.subject	Δρόμος
dc.title	Preventing ‐ substance abuse among street children in India	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	a literature review	en
heal.generalDescription	Review article	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Ιατρική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιατρική
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001009063
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007008061
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007008067
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-06
heal.bibliographicCitation	Sharma, N. & Joshi, S. (June 2013). Preventing ‐substance abuse among street children in India: a literature review. “Health Science Journal”. 7(2):137-148.	en
heal.abstract	Background: The prevalence of street children has been escalating in most of the developing world and highest in India. The aim of the present study was to investigate strategies for the prevention of substance abuse among street children in India. Methods and Material: The literature review was based on 15 full text academic journal articles. The articles were screened, analysed and reviewed to draw findings and discussion for the study. Beside these, publications from government and private organisations were also included as grey literature. Results: The present study revealed that 10 % of the world’s children live on the streets in India and more than two third were boys. It was found that most of the street children abuse nicotine and alcohol. The major reason for the children to be on the streets was poverty and peer pressure, for substances abuse. Substance abuses damage the vital organs and respiratory, digestive, oral, facial and heart diseases were the common health effects. HIV/AIDS, STI, violence and crime were the major social effects of substance abuse. Thus, India ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and implemented Integrated Programme on Street Children in major cities of India. The programme works on health, education, shelter, nutrition and right of street children. Beside these, Modified Social Stress Model was implemented on prevention of substance abuse. Conclusions: Programmes on empowerment, employment, equality with culturally sound interventions are required to prevent street children and substance abuse in all parts of India.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Medical Annals	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-04