A survey of street children in Northern Tanzania: How abuse or support factors may influence migration to the street

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-32

  McAlpine, Kate ^a   Henley, Robert ^b   Mueller, Mario ^b   Vetter, Stefan ^b  

^a Mkombozi   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abuse Social support; Population survey; Resilience; Street children; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TANZANIA; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952299153     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9196-5     Document Type: Article

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