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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Street Children in LMICs.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Street Children in LMICs./
Author:	Martyn, Lily Anna.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	86 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 77-12.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International77-12.
Subject:	Asian Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10109234
ISBN:	9781339725314

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Street Children in LMICs.
Martyn, Lily Anna.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Street Children in LMICs. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 86 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 77-12.

Thesis (M.S.)--Duke University, 2016.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Background: Worldwide, it is estimated that there are up to 150 million street children. Street children are an understudied, vulnerable population. While many studies have characterized street children's physical health, few have addressed the circumstances and barriers to their utilization of health services. Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted to understand the barriers and facilitators that street children face when accessing healthcare in low and middle income countries. Six databases were used to search for peer review literature and one database and Google Search engine were used to find grey literature (theses, dissertations, reports, etc.). There were no exclusions based on study design. Studies were eligible for inclusion if the study population included street children, the study location was a low and middle income country defined by the World Bank, AND whose subject pertained to healthcare. In addition, a cross-sectional study was conducted between May 2015 and August 2015 with the goal of understanding knowledge, attitudes, and health seeking practices of street children residing in Battambang, Cambodia. Time location and purposive sampling were used to recruit community (control) and street children. Both boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 were recruited. Data was collected through a verbally administered survey. The knowledge, attitudes and health seeking practices of community and street children were compared to determine potential differences in healthcare utilization. Results: Of the 2933 abstracts screened for inclusion in the systematic literature review, eleven articles met all the inclusion criteria and were found to be relevant. Cost and perceived stigma appeared to be the largest barriers street children faced when attempting to seek care. Street children preferred to receive care from a hospital. However, negative experiences and mistreatment by health providers deterred children from going there. Instead, street children would often self treat and/or purchase medicine from a pharmacy or drug vendor. Family and peer support were found to be important for facilitating treatment. The survey found similar results to the systematic review. Forty one community and thirty four street children were included in the analysis. Both community and street children reported the hospital as their top choice for care. When asked if someone went with them to seek care, both community and street children reported that family members, usually mothers, accompanied them. Community and street children both reported perceived stigma. All children had good knowledge of preventative care. Conclusions: While most current services lack the proper accommodations for street children, there is a great potential to adapt them to better address street children's needs. Street children need health services that are sensitive to their situation. Subsidies in health service costs or provision of credit may be ways to reduce constraints street children face when deciding to seek healthcare. Health worker education and interventions to reduce stigma are needed to create a positive environment in which street children are admitted and treated for health concerns.

ISBN: 9781339725314Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669375
Asian Studies.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Street Children in LMICs.
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