Substance abuse amongst the street-children in Guwahati City, Assam

Islam, Faridul; Kar, Sumit; Debroy, A; Sarma, Ratna

doi:10.4103/2141-9248.141965

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“…Although these and other studies[ 5 6 7 ] have been informative with regard to substance use in Indian children, this line of research has been almost entirely descriptive. Given the findings reported in the literature, particularly in the NCPCR report, it was possible to develop a conceptual model to examine putative risk factors for substance use outcomes in this population.…”

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Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Street Children Entering Treatment in India

Bhattacharjee¹,

Kumar²,

Agrawal

et al. 2016

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background:Although empirical studies have reported on substance use in children in India, multivariable statistical models examining risk factors in children seeking treatment for substance use are largely lacking. The goal of this study was to test a conceptual model predicting age of first use, duration of use of any psychoactive substance, and primary substance of choice from child and family characteristics in a sample of children entering substance use treatment.Methods:This was a single-sample cross-sectional study of 159 children entering a treatment and rehabilitation center in Delhi that provides substance use treatment and teaches children the skills to allow for their re-integration into society. De-identified data were extracted from clinical case records. Summary statistics were used to describe the sample characteristics. Regression analyses were used to examine the proposed conceptual model.Results:Child's age, schooling, and age at first crime were unrelated to age at first use of a psychoactive substance, duration of use of such substances, or choice of primary substance. However, parental and family factors served as risk factors for predicting one or more of these three outcomes.Conclusions:Findings suggest that child psychoactive substance use may have a multidimensional set of possible family and parental origins, and that child factors such as age, education, and age at first crime may play a lesser or insignificant role in a child's psychoactive substance use.

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Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Street Children Entering Treatment in India

Bhattacharjee¹,

Kumar²,

Agrawal

et al. 2016

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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“…Their health, education and language was very poor. Street children are deprived from basic needs like food, cloth, Health facilities, shelter, schooling etc (Islam, Kar, Debroy, & Sarma, 2014).…”

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Exploring the Socio-Economic Factors that Affects the Classroom Performance of Students of Child Protection & Welfare Bureau in Gujranwala

Nayab¹,

Hassan²,

Akmal³

2023

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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Socioeconomic factors affect us. Socioeconomics emphasizes economics and society. Socioeconomics considers economic and social forces. These factors affect how different social classes work together. Classroom performance includes program objectives, achievements, and goals. The CP&WB protects abandoned and destitute children from neglect, abuse, manipulation, and violence. This qualitative study examined how socio-economic factors affect Gujranwala child protection & welfare bureau students' classroom performance. The study used semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling was used to interview male and female Gujranwala teachers. The methodology helped analyze socioeconomic data and understand how it affected student performance in class. The interviews yielded 19 themes, of which the researchers selected those relevant to the project: qualification, experience, values, street children, child labour, status, classroom performance, facilities, and improvement. The study found that socioeconomic statuses, such as shelter, food, income, education, and health facilities, have a significant impact on classroom performance. The government and policymakers could develop a mechanism to support and increase services to control issues by analyzing how socioeconomic factors affect classroom performance.

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“…In terms of strengths, our participants were reasonably representative in terms of the type of addictive substances engaged, including those most commonly abused by young people in India, that is, alcohol ( N = 14), cannabis ( N = 11) and opioids ( N = 7) 7 and, in Assam, solvent abuse ( N = 5) 20 . Alcohol was the main addiction of three of the four women, but this is commensurate with national figures that 26.3% of women aged 15–49 years in Assam consume alcohol, the highest by far of the 36 states surveyed 48 .…”

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“…Hazarika et al 19 report that of 10–19 years old ( N = 63) living in a border area, 4.8% used alcohol and 3.2% (only males), used drugs such as heroin and solvents. Islam et al 20 report that 80% of street children in Guwahati aged 5–18 years ( N = 215) abused substances, 87.4% of whom abused solvents. Katoki et al 5 report substance abuse amongst adolescents from the urban slums of Guwahati ( N = 60) to predominate in males at a ratio of 4:1, with the highest rates of abuse between 16 and 19 years.…”

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Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India

Madill

Duara

Goswami³

et al. 2022

Health Expectations

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Introduction There are global calls for better understanding of substance use disorder (SUD) to inform prevention, risk reduction and treatment of this relapse‐prone disorder. Our aim in this article is to understand the pathways to recovery of youth in Assam, India who have suffered SUD. Methods We recruited 15 participants (11 men and 4 women) via two rehabilitation facilities. All are addicts‐in‐recovery aged 19–24 years. Material was generated through photo‐led interviews, analysed using an inductive variant of thematic analysis and the resulting model refined through expert and participant checks. Results We present a multiroute, multidirectional pathway to recovery model. It has three phases, Recreational Use , Addiction ( Relaxed , Chaotic , Strategic ) and Supported Recovery , each phase consisting of cycling between, or transitioning through, a series of stages. Conclusions The model enhances psycho‐socio‐cultural insights into the experience of risk and recovery, and informs prevention and treatment for youth substance misuse in Assam. This is the first model of its kind and an important public health resource. We discuss the possible transferability of the model to a wider range of contexts. Patient or Public Contribution The model presented was generated through analysis of interviews with addicts‐in‐recovery. Four of these addicts‐in‐recovery, and two mental health and rehabilitation service providers, conducted participant and expert checks of the model leading to its improvement.

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Substance abuse amongst the street-children in Guwahati City, Assam

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Street Children Entering Treatment in India

Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Street Children Entering Treatment in India

Exploring the Socio-Economic Factors that Affects the Classroom Performance of Students of Child Protection & Welfare Bureau in Gujranwala

Pathways to recovery model of youth substance misuse in Assam, India

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