Why do Kenyan children live on the streets? Evidence from a cross-section of semi-rural maternal caregivers

Goodman, Michael L.; Martinez, Kelli; Keiser, Philip; Gitari, Stanley; Seidel, Sarah

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.10.018

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“…This empowerment should assist them to gain skills and knowledge necessary to succeed, feel valued and included, and develop a sense of purpose and confidence in their ability to succeed, accomplish their dreams, and affect their world (Bryan and Henry 2008). In a study in Kenya, scholars suggested that there is a need to identify households with early school dropout, and develop referral, support and accountability systems for such families in order to reduce streetmigration of children (Goodman et al 2017). This study, therefore, suggests that a close follow-up of children in school should be monitored to check those who might have dropped out of school and immediate action should be taken by the local government leadership.…”

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“…These numbers include the children living on the streets of Eldoret, a town in Kenya. There has been increasing attention to the presence of the children living on streets in Kenya, mainly in major urban areas of Nairobi and Western Kenya (Goodman et al 2017). This calls for further research to find out the underlying factors that may be driving them to the street, in addition to exploring if street life is more accommodative to their needs than their homes.…”

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Life Experiences of Children Living on Streets in Kenya: from the Pot into the Fire

Sitienei

Pillay

2018

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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This qualitative study explored life experiences of children living on the streets in Eldoret, Kenya. A total of 15 children (males = 60% and females = 40%; aged 6 to 18 years) took part in the study. The authors thematically analyzed data collected through individual interviews to explore life at their homes which resulted in them living on the streets and life on the streets itself. Implications are further discussed, and the authors propose that affirmative action is needed to strengthen families so that children could be rescued from the streets and be reintegrated into their families.

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Life Experiences of Children Living on Streets in Kenya: from the Pot into the Fire

Sitienei

Pillay

2018

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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“…While the ACE-IQ was designed to be administered to adults, the questionnaire was also field tested among adolescents (13-19 years old) as part of ACE-IQ development (World Health Organization, 2011). The ACE-IQ has since been used in several countries, including Germany (Wingenfeld et al, 2011), Netherlands (van der Feltz-Cornelis et al, 2019, China (Chang, Jiang, Mkandarwire, & Shen, 2019;Ho, Chan, Chien, Bressington, & Karatzias, 2019), Lebanon (Naal, El Jalkh, & Haddad, 2018), Kenya (Goodman, Martinez, Keiser, Gitari, & Seidel, 2017), Brazil (Soares et al, 2016), Saudi Arabia (Almuneef et al, 2014), Iraq (Al-Shawi & Lafta, 2015, South Africa (Quinn et al, 2018;Kidman, Nachman, Dietrich, Liberty, & Violari, 2018;Mall, Mortier, Taljaard, Roos, Stein, & Lochner, 2018), Nigeria (Kazeem, 2015), Korea (Kim, 2017), Tunisia (El Mhamdi et al, 2018) and Vietnam (Tran, Dunne, Vo, & Luu, 2015). Despite its rapid uptake, data on its psychometric properties and validity are currently limited, especially in low-income country settings for which no psychometric evaluation of the ACE-IQ has been conducted to date.…”

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Psychometric evaluation of the Adverse Childhood Experience International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) in Malawian adolescents

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Piccolo

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have lifelong adverse impacts on health and behavior. While this relationship has been extensively documented in high-income countries, evidence from lower-income contexts is largely missing. In order to stimulate greater research on the prevalence and consequences of ACEs in low-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the ACE-International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ).Objective: In this paper, we explore the factor structure, validity and reliability of the original ACE-IQ, and evaluate whether potential adaptations improve its predictive validity.Participants and setting: Four hundred and ten adolescents (age 10-16 years old) from Malawi. Methods: The adolescents answered an adapted version of ACE-IQ and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).Results: Taken together, our results suggest that (a) the ACE-IQ is structured in three dimensions: household disruption, abuse, and neglect; (b) there is support for the validity of the scale evidenced by the correlation between subdimensions (average across 13 correlations, phi = . 20, p<0,01; across subdomains (phi = .10, p<0,01); partial agreement among children with the same caregiver (ICC = .43, p < .001) and correlation between ACE and depression (predictive validity; r = .35, p < .001); (c) information on the timing of the adversities ("last year" in addition to "ever") modestly improved the predictive value of the ACE-IQ in models of depression (from R 2 = .12 to .15, p < .001); and (d) additional HIV-related questions showed low endorsement and a modest correlation with BDI (r=.25 p<0,01).

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“…Research conducted by Goodmana et al, Assessing household and maternal factors associated with child street migration in Kenya, shows no significant relationship between increasing maternal childhood difficulties and child street migration. [14] Literature study mainly from three continents (Africa, Asia, and Latin America) and observing economic, political, social, and environmental versions, carried out by Alem et al, Informs that the majority of road occupants are categorized as children working on the street in Africa, while in Asia some of them are left from their homes. Children who come to the streets may be driven by factors such as coercion by families, lack of access to education, and the existence of an unpleasant life in Africa.…”

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Children’s Nutrition Status Based on Streetism, Mobility, and Social Cohesion Perspective in Makassar (Study Epidemiology Analytic)

2020

IJFMT

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Background. Changes in community structure from argument to industry and lifestyle changes, socioeconomic societies are suspected as a backdrop to the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, so that the incidence of non-communicable diseases varies greatly in epidemiological transitions. One of the epidemiological problems that often arises is the problem of child nutrition. Street children nutrition is very concern in Makassar City. Street children in Makassar city are increasing every year. This was seen in 2014 the number of street children was 220, in 2015 there were 250 children, while in 2016 it increased to 305 street children. Street children are at risk of suffering from nutritional disorders. The nutritional status of street children is very dependent on mobility, streetism, mobility, and social cohesion. The study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the nutritional status of street children based on the perspective of streetism, mobility and social cohesion in Makassar. The benefits of this research are expected to be able to develop theories and concepts regarding the nutritional status of street children based on epidemiological studies. Material and Methods The type of research used was an observational method in a cross-sectional study design. The sampling method uses simple random sampling. The study was conducted in September-January 2020. The number of sampling was 90 people. The population and research sample are street children in Makassar City. The data analysis technique used in this study is Chi-square. Results. There is an influence of streetism and social cohesion on street children in Makassar. The results of the analysis of the relationship between streetism, mobility and social cohesion with the nutritional status of street children found that streetism p (0,000)

(0,05), kohesi social p (0,075) p > (0,05). Conclusion. Streetism has a very significant influence on the status of street children in Makassar. It is recommended that the social service and health office work together with halfway houses to provide information on nutrition to street children so that they understand about nutritious food, healthy eating patterns.

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Why do Kenyan children live on the streets? Evidence from a cross-section of semi-rural maternal caregivers

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

Life Experiences of Children Living on Streets in Kenya: from the Pot into the Fire

Life Experiences of Children Living on Streets in Kenya: from the Pot into the Fire

Psychometric evaluation of the Adverse Childhood Experience International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) in Malawian adolescents

Children’s Nutrition Status Based on Streetism, Mobility, and Social Cohesion Perspective in Makassar (Study Epidemiology Analytic)

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