Causes of child and youth homelessness in developed and developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

L Embleton, H Lee, J Gunn, D Ayuku… - JAMA pediatrics, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A systematic compilation of children and youth's reported reasons for street
involvement is lacking. Without empirical data on these reasons, the policies developed or …

Street children in Ghana's Golden Triangle Cities: Mental health needs and associated risks

E Dankyi, KY Huang - Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2022 - Springer
More than 61,000 persons below the age of 18 are living on the streets in the Greater Accra
region in Ghana. Street children is a hidden vulnerable population and a global public …

Voices of school-age street-children denied basic education in Tanzania

WAL Anangisye - The African Review, 2020 - brill.com
This paper reports the findings of a study that was conducted to explore issues related to the
continued denial of school-age street-children access to and, hence, lack of participation in …

Youth Ganging and Gang membership Characteristics of formation in gang

BVN Wijewardhana - 2017 - dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk
Youth gangsters have grown to become a common sight and a festering issue in the
Western province of Sri Lanka, especially in the Colombo district. This issues is excessively …

[PDF][PDF] Streetism and its implications on learning at the basic schools in Somanya, Ghana

K Appiah, P Osei-Poku, O Adiyaa - Indiana Journal of Humanities …, 2022 - academia.edu
This study investigates the streetism phenomenon and its implications on learning and
interventions to enhance the learning of the street children at the basic school. Qualitative …

The Co-relationship between Inter-gang conflicts for longitudinal expansion and retain their identification in an urban context

BVN Wijewardhana - 2017 - dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk
ln the urban city many gangs are there and there are inter-gang rivalry. They are established
in GN divisions and one gang tries to run-over the other. This paper try to reveal why is this …

A CASE STUDY ON GRAVE SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMIZATION OF STREET GIRLS IN SRI LANKA: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COLOMBO SUBURBS

BVN Wijewardana… - පුමිතිරි'Pumithiri'e …, 2024 - journals.sjp.ac.lk
Street children reside in unstable and disadvantaged surroundings. Street girls often lack
proper shelter. This qualitative case studies aimed to examine the prevalence of grave …

Urban Youth male gangsters and analyze tendencies for youth to involve in criminal acts through gangs

W Niranji, M Samarakoon, S Weerawardhana - 2018 - dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk
The experience of Sri Lanka on Gang activities has different forms and shapes due to its
own historic, ethnic and political characteristics. It is notable that gang activities in Sri Lanka …

Streetism among children in Atimpoku, Ghana implications for counselling

M Chapirah - 2022 - ir.uew.edu.gh
The study explored streetism among children in Atimpoku in the Easten Region of Ghana
adopting the qualitative phenomenological design. Fifteen participants were selected using …

A longitudinal study on the phenomenon of street children and their likelihoods to join juvenile gangs upon transient from the adolescence

BVN Wijewardhana - 2017 - dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk
This research aimed at to investigate the lived experiences of the street children in Colombo,
Sri Lanka, although street children can be found in several other towns as well and the …