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A study on the casual factors,substance usage and effects of rehabilitation of street children at garden compound drop in centre lusaka/ Kelvin Malama Chapakwenda.

By: Chapakwenda, Malama Kelvin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelContinuing resourceAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Lusaka; University of Zambia, School of Medicine, 1994Description: iv,19p : ill.Subject(s): street youth - lusaka - social conditions | street children - substance abuse - lusaka | substance abuse - street children - rehabilitation - lusakaDissertation note: A study submitted in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Medicine. Summary: The study observed a hundred street children attached to the street kids international project being spearheaded by the Zambia red cross society atgarden compound drop in centre who were interviewed on a one to one basis. It was observed that street kids have multifactorial aetiology with factors such as poverty, psychological as well as physical abuse playing a very important role; whilst armed conflicts, natural and man made disasters, unlike in other countries, appeared not to play any role.
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A study submitted in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Medicine.

Includes bibliographical references.

The study observed a hundred street children attached to the street kids international project being spearheaded by the Zambia red cross society atgarden compound drop in centre who were interviewed on a one to one basis. It was observed that street kids have multifactorial aetiology with factors such as poverty, psychological as well as physical abuse playing a very important role; whilst armed conflicts, natural and man made disasters, unlike in other countries, appeared not to play any role.

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