Search for dissertations about: "children on the streets"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words children on the streets.
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1. From Children of the Garbage Bins to Citizens : A reflexive ethnographic study on the care of “street children”
Abstract : The aim of the study on which this thesis is based was to gain an understanding of the life situation of street children in Kenya and to investigate how caring institutions care for these children. A reflexive ethnographic approach was used to facilitate entry into the children’s sub-culture and the work contexts of the caregivers to better understand how the children live on the streets and how the caregivers work with the children. READ MORE
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2. From exclusion to inclusion : Young people’s trajectories from home to street to reintegration in the Kagera region, Tanzania
Abstract : This thesis examines what causes children and young people to leave their homes, how they experience their situation on the streets and as domestic workers, and what facilitates them to reintegrate into their local community. A mixed methods approach was used, combining both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. READ MORE
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3. Safety and mobility of children crossing streets as pedestrians and bicyclists
Abstract : The content of this thesis is safety and mobility of children crossing streets as pedestrians and bicyclists. The risk of fatal injury is higher for pedestrians and bicyclists, especially for children and elderly, than for other road users except motorcyclists. READ MORE
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4. Child labour in Addis Ketema, Ethiopia : a study in mental health
Abstract : Background: Child labour is a very common global problem. There are an estimated over 250 million in the world, and about 7.5 million child labourers in Ethiopia. Most of the studies available to date focus on the social, political, and economical issues, but very little on mental health or psychosocial problems of child labourers. READ MORE