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Outcomes for street children and youth under multidisciplinary care in a drop-in centre in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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  • Renato Souza
  • Klaudia Porten
  • Sarala Nicholas
  • Rebecca Grais

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Background : There is little evidence to describe the feasibility and outcomes of services for the care of street children and youth in low-income countries. Aims : To describe the outcomes of a multidisciplinary case management approach delivered in a drop-in centre for street children and youth. Methods : A longitudinal study of street children and youth followed in an urban drop-in centre. Four hundred (400) street children and youth received a multidisciplinary case management therapeutic package based on the community reinforcement approach. The main outcomes were changes in psychological distress, substance abuse and social situation scores. Results : The median follow-up time for the cohort was 18 months. There were reductions in the levels of psychological distress ( p = 0.0001) and substance abuse ( p ≤ 0.0001) in the cohort as well as an improvement in the social situation of street children and youth ( p = 0.0001). There was a main effect of gender ( p

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  • Renato Souza & Klaudia Porten & Sarala Nicholas & Rebecca Grais, 2011. "Outcomes for street children and youth under multidisciplinary care in a drop-in centre in Tegucigalpa, Honduras," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 57(6), pages 619-626, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:57:y:2011:i:6:p:619-626
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764010382367
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    1. Monica H. Swahn & Jane B. Palmier & Rogers Kasirye & Huang Yao, 2012. "Correlates of Suicide Ideation and Attempt among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Nath, Ronita & Sword, Wendy & Georgiades, Kathy & Raina, Parminder & Shannon, Harry, 2016. "The impact of drop-in centres on the health of street boys in New Delhi: An interpretive descriptive study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 202-208.

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