Substance use Among Street Children in Tehran, Iran

Dejman, Masoumeh; Vameqhi, Meroe; Dejman, Fatemeh; Roshanfekr, Payam; Rafiey, Hassan; Forouzan, Ameneh Setareh; Rezazadeh, Majid; Fazeli, Parisa; Assari, Shervin

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“…Hence, those who stayed 1-5 year on the street were 3 times more likely to use substance compared to those who stayed less than 1 year on the street. The result is consistent with the ndings reported in Brazil 22, Guwahati City, Assam (17) and western Kenya (24). In addition, those who stayed greater than 5 year on the street were 5 times more likely to use substance compared to the counterparts who stayed less than 1 year on the street.…”

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“…Whereas, those who didn't know about their mothers' substance use status were 5 times more likely to use substances compared to those whose mothers do not use. This result is comparable with a study done in Mekele city (16), Kenya (24) and Guwahati City, Assam (17). The possible reason might be street children are deeply in uenced by people who raised up them.…”

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“…A meta-analysis done on the epidemiology of substance use among street children in resourceconstrained settings showed that where the children stay at night, having family contact, duration on the street, old age, male sex had an association with substance use (15) Other studies conducted in Mekele, and Guwahati City, Assam showed that age, sex, type of work, family substance use, educational status and duration on the street were factors for substance use among adolescent street children (16,17) Even if substance use has become a common problem in Ethiopia, most of the previously done studies were mainly on school, college and university students and research on street children and their substance use habits in Ethiopia, speci cally in Jimma has been limited or none. So, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with substance use among street children in Jimma town of Southwestern Ethiopia for better understanding of the problem in the country.…”

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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Street Children in Jimma Town, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Ayenew

Kabeta

Woldemichael

2020

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Background: Street children constitute a marginalized population in most urban centers of the world. According to UN sources, there are up to 150 million street children in the world today. The estimated number of children who live on the streets in Ethiopia was 150,000, of which about 60,000 of them in Addis Ababa. However, aid agencies estimate that the problem may be far more serious, with nearly 600,000 street children country-wide and over 100,000 in Addis Ababa. World Health Organization estimates that globally, 25- 90% of street children indulge in substance use. Even if substance use has become a common problem in Ethiopia, most of the studies done mainly focused among schools, college and university students. Research on street children and their substance use habits in Ethiopia was limited and specifically non in Jimma town. Objectives: To assess the prevalence and factors associated with substance use among street children in Jimma town of Ethiopia in 2019. Methods: Cross sectional study was undertaken from March 1-31, 2019. Complete enumeration of study subjects was done and all 312 children of the streets were included. Interviewer administered structured questionnaires was used to collect the data. Bi variable logistic regression was carried out to select candidate for multiple logistic regression analysis with p-value <0.25 at 95% confidence. Multiple logistic regression was carried out with those candidate variables using backward method and the associations predictors to the response variable was declared with p value of <0.05 at 95% confidence level. Result: Three hundred twelve street children were included in the study. The prevalence of substance use was 30.8% with 95% CI [25-36.2]. Age>14 [AOR: 1.97 95%CI:1.00-3.889], attending grade 1-4th [AOR: 0.33 95%CI:0.151-0.737], attending 5th grade and above [AOR: 0.27 CI:0.093-0.756], child whose mother used substances [AOR: 7.78 95%CI:3.00-20.11], child did not know his maternal substance use status [AOR:5.1 95%CI: 2.19-11.81], child whose sibling use substance [AOR: 2.23 95%CI:1.254-5.63], best friend substance use [AOR: 11.01 95%CI:5.47-25.04] and staying 12-60 months on the street [AOR:3.00 95%CI:1.511-5.96] and staying >5 years on the street [AOR:4.6 95%CI:1.06-19.7] were significantly associated with substance use. Conclusion and recommendation: The prevalence of substance use among street children in Jimma town was high. Mothers and siblings have crucial roles in determining substance use behavior of the children. Stakeholders who are working on the improvement in the life of children of the street should try to satisfy the need of the children by intervening at individual level, at family or community level and at levels beyond community to lessen the problem to some extent. Researchers should do similar researches in more detail on these vulnerable but neglected groups of children to fully understand about the problem so the findings will be used as inputs for concerned bodies.

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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Street Children in Jimma Town, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Ayenew

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Woldemichael

2020

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“…specifically, 46.7% and 11.5% of the respondents had ever smoke cigarette and drank alcohol respectively. The result is different compared to a study which was conducted in Tehran, Iran (9). This study showed that the current prevalence of khat chewing, cigarette smoking and drinking alcohol is 63.5%, 43.8% and 12.5% respectively.…”

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Prevalence And Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Street Children In Jimma Town, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Ayenew

Kabeta

Woldemichael

2020

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Background Street children constitute a marginalized population in most urban centers of the world. According to UN sources there are up to 150 million street children in the world today. World Health Organization estimates that globally, 25- 90% of street children indulge in substance use. Research on street children and their substance use habits in Ethiopia, specifically in Jimma is limited.Objectives To assess the prevalence and factors associated with substance use among street children in Jimma town, EthiopiaMethods Cross sectional study was undertaken from March 1-31, 2019. Complete enumeration of study subjects was done and a total of 312 children of the street were included in the study. Bivariate logistic regression was carried out to select candidate for multivariable logistic regression analysis with p-value <0.25 at 95% confidence. Multi variable logistic regression was carried out with those candidate variables using backward method and association was declared with p value of <0.05 at 95% confidence level.Result Three hundred twelve street children with response rate of 96.2% were included in the study. The prevalence of substance use was 96(30.8%) with 95% CI [25-36.2]. Age>14 [AOR: 1.97 95%CI:1.00-3.889], attending grade 1-4th [AOR: 0.33 95%CI:0.151-0.737], attending grade 5th and above [AOR: 0.27 CI:0.093-0.756], child whose mother used substances [AOR: 7.78 95%CI:3.00-20.11], child didn’t know his maternal substance use status [AOR:5.1 95%CI: 2.19-11.81], child whose sibling use substance [AOR: 2.23 95%CI:1.254-5.63], best friend substance use[AOR: 11.01 95%CI:5.47-25.04] and staying 12-60 months on the street [AOR:3.00 95%CI:1.511-5.96] and staying >5 years on the street [AOR:4.6 95%CI:1.06-19.7] were significantly associated with substance use.Conclusion and recommendation The prevalence of substance use among street children in Jimma town was high. Mother and siblings have crucial role in determining substance use behavior of the children. Both governmental and non-governmental organizations working on children of the street should do intervention on Parents and friends since they are role models for the street children. Researchers should do more researches on these neglected groups of children.

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“…These children suffer from various problems such as difficulties in cognitive skills [4], sexual abuse [5], substance abuse [6], family problems including domestic violence, addiction, parental separation, poverty, economic challenges [7], abnormal behaviors such as distraction, withdrawal, and aggression [8], as well as anxiety and depression [9].…”

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The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy on Externalizing Behavior Problems Among Street and Working Children

Ghodousi

Sajedi

Mirzaie

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Objectives:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on externalizing behavior problems among street and working children. Methods:This experimental study was conducted with a pre-and posttest control group design. The statistical population of this study included girls aged 7-10 years who had been identified by the social workers working in Kiana Sociocultural Group Center in the city of Karaj in order to study, participate in educational programs, and also receive the relevant services. To this end, 40 of the girls who scored 63 or above from the Teacher's Report Form (TRF) were randomly selected and assigned to intervention and control groups. Then, the intervention group was divided into 4 groups of 5 girls who participated in a cognitive-behavioral play therapy program for 12 one-hour sessions lasting 2 sessions per week. Following the intervention, teachers once again filled out the Achenbach's Teacher Report Form (TRF) for both intervention and control groups, and finally, the data were analyzed. Results:The findings revealed that reduction in externalizing behavior problems among children such as aggression and law-breaking behavior in the intervention group compared with those in the control group was significant (P<0.01).Discussion: It seems that one of the effective ways to lessen externalizing behavior problems among street and working children is cognitive-behavioral play therapy; therefore, coaches and teachers of such children are recommended to make use of this method to lower their behavioral problems.

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Substance use Among Street Children in Tehran, Iran

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Prevalence and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Street Children in Jimma Town, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Street Children in Jimma Town, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence And Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Street Children In Jimma Town, Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy on Externalizing Behavior Problems Among Street and Working Children

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