The Global Distribution and Epidemiology of Psychoactive Substance Use and Injection Drug Use Among Street-Involved Children and Youth: A Meta-Analysis

Armoon, Bahram; Griffiths, Mark D.; Mohammadi, Rasool

doi:10.1080/10826084.2023.2181036

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“…Aspects include alcohol, smoking, illicit drug use, premature sexual intercourse and vicious behaviours (Jiang et al, 2018). Substance use is one of the most important health, psychological and social challenges that most countries in the world are facing (Armoon et al, 2023). A cross-sectional study conducted on 289 homeless street children in Iran showed that the prevalence of substance use among street children was 25.6 per cent (Dejman et al, 2015).…”

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High‐Risk Behaviours, Suicide and Social Isolation in Street Adolescents in Iran: A Cross‐Sectional Descriptive Study

Ghelbash,

Ghasemloo,

Ghelbash

et al. 2024

Child Abuse Review

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Street adolescents are exposed to many high‐risk behaviours such as drug abuse, risky sexual activity, violence and suicide. This issue is a challenge and concern in the health field in developing societies due to the lack of adequate welfare and support facilities. This study aimed to investigate high‐risk behaviours among street adolescents and the factors involved. This study was a cross‐sectional study of 124 street adolescents in Shiraz. Data were collected through four questionnaires: demographic information, Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI), Iranian Adolescents Risk Scale (IARS) and Russell Social Isolation Scale in the form of interviews. The highest mean risky behaviour in these participants was 17.07 ± 3.31 for sexual intercourse. The lowest risky behaviour observed in adolescents was high‐risk driving, averaging 8.21 ± 2.59. According to the results, 31.5 per cent showed a high risk of suicidal ideation. Also, 68.5 per cent of these adolescents reported a tendency to severe isolation. In general, street adolescents in Iran are highly vulnerable to high‐risk behaviours. This group of adolescents needs comprehensive support programmes from education centres, the Welfare Department and the Ministry of Health.

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High‐Risk Behaviours, Suicide and Social Isolation in Street Adolescents in Iran: A Cross‐Sectional Descriptive Study

Ghelbash,

Ghasemloo,

Ghelbash

et al. 2024

Child Abuse Review

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“…Experiences of homelessness are associated with several other challenges for youth. These include poor mental [1] and physical health [2]; exposure to violence [3]; high levels of educational disengagement [4]; challenges associated with substance use [5]; and criminalization [6]. A young person's experience of homelessness has the potential to disrupt important developmental processes, which can negatively impact their future physical and emotional health outcomes [7].…”

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The Work of Youth Homelessness Prevention in Ontario: Points of Frustration, Points of Potential

Cullingham,

Nichols,

Rosenberg

2024

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Despite a rhetorical turn towards prevention in homelessness policy and research, the work of youth homelessness prevention continues to be frustrated by persistent structural barriers. In this article, we examine how youth homelessness prevention is being implemented in the province of Ontario, with a focus on targeted provincial support programs and local shelter diversion practices. Drawing on interviews with workers in the homeless-serving sector, we describe the implementation of these initiatives and identify points of frustration and potential that workers encounter as they try to prevent experiences of homelessness for youth. We contend that these points of frustration illuminate persistent structural barriers that continue to forestall the work of youth homelessness prevention. Meanwhile, points of potential demonstrate the importance of empowering workers to creatively adapt and offer responsive services. Taken together, these signal the critical importance of two aspects of contemporary homelessness prevention typologies—primordial prevention and empowerment. We end by offering aspirations for action, a political reframing of the policy recommendations sections more typical of social science research articles. We do so to affirm our commitment to advancing the work of structural transformation that is required to achieve the right to housing for all, including youth.

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The global prevalence of mental health disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis

Armoon,

Ghadipasha,

Mohammadi

et al. 2024

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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The Global Distribution and Epidemiology of Psychoactive Substance Use and Injection Drug Use Among Street-Involved Children and Youth: A Meta-Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 108 publications

High‐Risk Behaviours, Suicide and Social Isolation in Street Adolescents in Iran: A Cross‐Sectional Descriptive Study

High‐Risk Behaviours, Suicide and Social Isolation in Street Adolescents in Iran: A Cross‐Sectional Descriptive Study

The Work of Youth Homelessness Prevention in Ontario: Points of Frustration, Points of Potential

The global prevalence of mental health disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis

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