The Health Status and Mental Condition of Street Children

Abstract

Background: In this study were the health status and mental condition of street children where the street child phenomenon is an alarming and escalating worldwide problem. Street children are maltreated, imprisoned and in some countries killed .Street children as the offspring of complex contemporary urban environment represents one of our most serious global challenges .The article investigates the cause of the phenomenon, as well as the characteristics of street children throughout the world. Objectives: The objective of this study is to define and quantify the street children phenomenon in view of finding appropriate solutions to the related problems. Methodology: It was a prospective study .The study was conducted four different area of the Dhaka city. The main place was The Kamalapur-railway station, Shahbag, Gulshan- 1,Rampur breeze. Two hundred fifty was collected from different area of Dhaka city. Result: The primary interest of present study is to descriptive about street children situation in Dhaka. Two hundred fifty children (Female and male) were selected based on the simple random sampling. The total two hundred fifty children were involved in the study .Data was collected via personal and family information from data sheet. Research finding related to responders, genders, age, educational background, experience as street child ,father occupation ,guardian, family member and reason for leaving home, type of work presented by using the frequency distribution and percentage. Conclusion: From these above study we should find out the overall health status and mental condition of street children.