Methodological and ethical issues in research with street children: an urban and regional planner’s perspectives

Ogunkan, David

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“…Ogunkan (2021) examined the spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of street children; Yusuf and Tsagem (2022) advocated for the empowerment of street children through non‐formal education and counselling opportunities; Taiwo, Odufuwa et al. (2022) investigated the effects of open space characteristics on the spatial distribution of street children; Ogunkan (2022) questioned methodological and ethical issues in the research of street children; while Obimakinde and Shabir (2023) evaluated the physical, mental and healthcare problems of street children.…”

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“…It is now difficult for Nigerian scholars to ignore this situation, and the phenomenon of street children in Nigeria's major urban centres has become the focus of research in various fields: Ugwuadu (2017) documented the experiences of street children in a Nigerian metropolitan urban centre; Ogunkan and Adeboyejo (2021) studied the locational pattern of street children; Akpan et al (2021) made a compelling case for enlightened public policy and the replication of high-quality publicly funded interventions for street children. Ogunkan (2021) examined the spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of street children; Yusuf and Tsagem (2022) advocated for the empowerment of street children through non-formal education and counselling opportunities; Taiwo, Odufuwa et al (2022) investigated the effects of open space characteristics on the spatial distribution of street children; Ogunkan (2022) questioned methodological and ethical issues in the research of street children; while Obimakinde and Shabir (2023) evaluated the physical, mental and healthcare problems of street children.…”

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A multisource analysis of child streetism in Nigerian urban centres

Ogunkan

2023

Development Policy Review

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MotivationChild streetism, a concept that describes the desperate situations of children working, living or surviving on the street, is a complex phenomenon and one of the challenges posed by urban poverty worldwide.PurposeThe rising number of studies on street children in Nigerian urban centres over the last 10 years offers evidence to formulate new policies to address this worldwide problem. This article summarizes the determinants of child streetism, the risks associated with it (violence, street gangsterism, drugs and substance use) and the intervention policies and programmes for street children in Nigeria.Methods and approachThe article is based on a textual narrative synthesis analysis of the relevant literature published between 2012 and 2023.FindingsThe analysis of the literature shows that street children are involved in harmful and risky behaviours and are trapped in a cycle of abuse and poverty. Interventions to help street children are generally hampered by a lack of understanding of the causes, impacts, situations, and general characteristics. The literature suggests that the most successful interventions typically capitalize on people's strengths, incorporate elements of participation, self‐help, and mutual support, and take the least stigmatizing approach.Policy implicationsChild streetism is an expression of a complicated web of determinants that require structural solutions. Any policy addressing the problem of child streetism must consider the phenomenon as a product of several complex and interrelated factors. Of these, uncontrolled urbanization, poor urban planning and management, and poverty are the most obvious.

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