A qualitative exploration of Pakistan's street children, as a consequence of the poverty-disease cycle.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Street children are a global phenomenon, with an estimated population of around 150 million across the world. These children include those who work on the streets but retain their family contacts, and also those who practically live on the streets and have no or limited family contacts. In Pakistan, many children are forced to work on the streets due to health-related events occurring at home which require children to play a financially productive role from an early stage. An explanatory framework adapted from the poverty-disease cycle has been used to elaborate these findings.

Methods

This study is a qualitative study, and involved 19 in-depth interviews and two key informant interviews, conducted in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from February to May 2013. The data was a

SUBMITTER: Abdullah MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022352 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature