The presence of vast numbers of unsupervised and unprotected children is a phenomenon
that is common throughout Latin America, and in few places are the street children more …

We conducted a cross-sectional study to assess sexual and drug use risk in 161 children
and youth in street circumstances in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Median age was 14 and 79% were …

We studied the self-reported activities engaged in by children found wandering on the
streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, aiming to describe their drug abuse habits and practice of …

The United Nations estimates that the street children population in the world is
approximately 150 million, with a constantly increasing number (Hosny et al., 2007). About …

OBJECTIVE: We estimate the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and illegal substance use in a
national representative sample of adolescents. We also estimate how socio demographic …

Background Engagement in drug trafficking may place a child or youth at risk for exposure to
severe violence, drug abuse, and death. However, little is know about the nature of youth …

Abstract Methods: From June 1989 to April 1991, 394 adolescents aged 10–18 years
randomly selected upon admission at a state shelter in Belo Horizonte, Brazil underwent …

The child is the beginning without end. The end of the child is the beginning of the end.
When a society allows its children to be killed, it is because it has begun its own suicide as a …

The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated to frequent and heavy drug use
among street children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 years. A sample of 2,807 street …

Although adolescents living on the street tend to have unprotected sex with many partners
and substance abuse, little is known about this reality in Brazil. To estimate the prevalence …