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

Renato Souza, Klaudia Porten, Sarala Nicholas and Rebecca Grais

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2011, vol. 57, issue 6, 619-626

Abstract: 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

Keywords: street children; adolescents; outcomes; substance use; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764010382367

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