The lived experience of glue sniffing street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: violence coping and resilience.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Bahiretibeb, Yonas(Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belay, Getahun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-29T06:59:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T09:32:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-29T06:59:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T09:32:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction In the streets of Addis Ababa, street children number which has been increasing is estimated to be at least 50,000 of which significant number of them use multiple substance. There are limited studies on glue sniffing street children lived experience. Objective To explore and describe the lived experience of glue sniffing children living in streets of Addis Ababa. Method A qualitative research design was used. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling from street children who were living under care of Retrak Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Also the participants were those who can speak Amharic language fluently. Sampling was until theoretical saturation is reached, seven in depth interviews were done. In-depth interviews were audio recorded, transcribed in Amharic and translated into English. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes Results The major findings fromthis study are family abuse lead the children and adolescents in this study to street life.Intheir daily life searching for food, asking money for glue, sometimes stealing and robbing and sniffing glue are the major activities of their daily life. Hunger, cold during the night and beating from older peers and police make their life the more difficult. Most street children peer used peer support, glue sniffing and unusual coping strategies to cope street life while cognitive coping and emotion focused coping were used by some. Hope and abstinencefrom substance is found a key in these street children perception of resilience | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23692 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychiatry,Glue sniffing ,street children | en_US |
| dc.title | The lived experience of glue sniffing street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: violence coping and resilience. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |