Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh
The inhalation of solvents among children and adolescents for recreational purposes has been a long standing problem in the developed world, although it is an emerging issue in South Asia, especially in urban areas. This study explores the linkage...
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCOUNT ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ADDICTION ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS AFFECTED CHILDREN AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE-GROUP AGED AID ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM BEGGING BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BIRTHS CANNABIS CARE SEEKING CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR CARE SERVICES CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMPLICATIONS CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT USE OF CONDOMS COUNSELLING DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS DOCTOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG USE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ETHICAL STANDARDS FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY TIES FAMILY WELFARE FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CONDOMS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FEMALES FIRST SEX FIXED ADDRESS FORCED SEX FREE CONDOMS FREQUENCY OF SEX GENDER GIRLS GONORRHOEA GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HASHISH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SEEKING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEPATITIS C HIV HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN NEEDS ILLICIT DRUG USE IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS INFORMED CONSENT INITIATION OF DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTING DRUGS INTERVENTION INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE LACK OF FOOD LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MEDICAL CARE MEDICATION MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORAL SUPPORT MOTHERS NATIONAL STRATEGY NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PATIENTS PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL INFORMATION PERSONALITY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SECTOR PREGNANCY PREMARITAL SEX PREVENTION INFORMATION PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY BEHAVIOURS RISKY SEX SEX SEX FOR MONEY SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SHELTERS SLEEPING PILLS SLUM DWELLERS SMOKING SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOLVENTS SPOUSES STD STIS STREET CHILDREN STREET LIFE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYPHILIS TEENAGERS TOBACCO TUBERCULOSIS UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNMARRIED MALES UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE SEX UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION USE OF DRUGS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTHS |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCOUNT ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ADDICTION ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS AFFECTED CHILDREN AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE-GROUP AGED AID ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM BEGGING BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BIRTHS CANNABIS CARE SEEKING CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR CARE SERVICES CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMPLICATIONS CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT USE OF CONDOMS COUNSELLING DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS DOCTOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG USE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ETHICAL STANDARDS FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY TIES FAMILY WELFARE FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CONDOMS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FEMALES FIRST SEX FIXED ADDRESS FORCED SEX FREE CONDOMS FREQUENCY OF SEX GENDER GIRLS GONORRHOEA GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HASHISH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SEEKING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEPATITIS C HIV HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN NEEDS ILLICIT DRUG USE IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS INFORMED CONSENT INITIATION OF DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTING DRUGS INTERVENTION INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE LACK OF FOOD LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MEDICAL CARE MEDICATION MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORAL SUPPORT MOTHERS NATIONAL STRATEGY NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PATIENTS PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL INFORMATION PERSONALITY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SECTOR PREGNANCY PREMARITAL SEX PREVENTION INFORMATION PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY BEHAVIOURS RISKY SEX SEX SEX FOR MONEY SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SHELTERS SLEEPING PILLS SLUM DWELLERS SMOKING SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOLVENTS SPOUSES STD STIS STREET CHILDREN STREET LIFE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYPHILIS TEENAGERS TOBACCO TUBERCULOSIS UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNMARRIED MALES UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE SEX UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION USE OF DRUGS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTHS Mahmud, Iffat Ahsan, Karar Zunaid Claeson, Mariam Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh |
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The inhalation of solvents among
children and adolescents for recreational purposes has been
a long standing problem in the developed world, although it
is an emerging issue in South Asia, especially in urban
areas. This study explores the linkage between glue sniffing
and other drug use and high risk practices related to
increased vulnerability and risk for HIV and AIDS in
Bangladesh and also documents the serious health effects of
glue sniffing. Although Bangladesh has an overall low
prevalence of HIV, it is facing a concentrated HIV epidemic
among injecting drug users. There is a risk that young
children who inhale glue may also be more likely to use
other drugs, and that this early introduction to drugs lead
to injecting drug habits, associated with increased risk for
transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually
transmitted diseases. This study aimed at assessing the
nature of drug use and other risky practices among street
children aged 11 to 19 years in Dhaka and Chittagong, the
two major metropolises of Bangladesh. The study highlights
the vulnerability of street children in general and the
problems they face on the streets, primarily due to their
lack of social protection. Inhalation of glue and use of
other substances like cannabis and pharmaceuticals, smoking
and chewing tobacco, were found to be prevalent among these
children. They were also found to be sexually active early
and most of them were engaged in unprotected sex, most girls
selling sex, and most boys reporting low condom use.
Although this study was not designed to determine a direct
causal link between early solvent abuse, injecting drug use
and HIV, the study shows an association between glue
sniffing, injecting drug use and other risky sexual
practices, which amplifies the risk for HIV among these
children, making the case for intervening early. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Health Sector Review |
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Mahmud, Iffat Ahsan, Karar Zunaid Claeson, Mariam |
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Mahmud, Iffat Ahsan, Karar Zunaid Claeson, Mariam |
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Mahmud, Iffat |
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Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh |
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Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh |
| title_full |
Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh |
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Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh |
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Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh |
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glue sniffing and other risky practices among street children in urban bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/16465389/glue-sniffing-other-risky-practices-among-street-children-urban-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12674 |
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okr-10986-126742021-04-23T14:03:05Z Glue Sniffing and Other Risky Practices Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh Mahmud, Iffat Ahsan, Karar Zunaid Claeson, Mariam ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCOUNT ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ADDICTION ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS AFFECTED CHILDREN AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE-GROUP AGED AID ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM BEGGING BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BIRTHS CANNABIS CARE SEEKING CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR CARE SERVICES CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMPLICATIONS CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONSISTENT USE OF CONDOMS COUNSELLING DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS DOCTOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG USE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ETHICAL STANDARDS FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY TIES FAMILY WELFARE FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE CONDOMS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FEMALES FIRST SEX FIXED ADDRESS FORCED SEX FREE CONDOMS FREQUENCY OF SEX GENDER GIRLS GONORRHOEA GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HASHISH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SEEKING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEPATITIS C HIV HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN NEEDS ILLICIT DRUG USE IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIONS INFORMED CONSENT INITIATION OF DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTING DRUGS INTERVENTION INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE LACK OF FOOD LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALARIA MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE PARTNERS MALE SEX MEDICAL CARE MEDICATION MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORAL SUPPORT MOTHERS NATIONAL STRATEGY NEW INFECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PATIENTS PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL INFORMATION PERSONALITY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SECTOR PREGNANCY PREMARITAL SEX PREVENTION INFORMATION PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH RATES OF CONDOM USE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISKY BEHAVIOUR RISKY BEHAVIOURS RISKY SEX SEX SEX FOR MONEY SEX PARTNERS SEX PRACTICES SEX WITH MEN SEX WORK SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SHELTERS SLEEPING PILLS SLUM DWELLERS SMOKING SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOLVENTS SPOUSES STD STIS STREET CHILDREN STREET LIFE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYPHILIS TEENAGERS TOBACCO TUBERCULOSIS UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNMARRIED MALES UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE SEX UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN SLUMS URBANIZATION USE OF DRUGS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTHS The inhalation of solvents among children and adolescents for recreational purposes has been a long standing problem in the developed world, although it is an emerging issue in South Asia, especially in urban areas. This study explores the linkage between glue sniffing and other drug use and high risk practices related to increased vulnerability and risk for HIV and AIDS in Bangladesh and also documents the serious health effects of glue sniffing. Although Bangladesh has an overall low prevalence of HIV, it is facing a concentrated HIV epidemic among injecting drug users. There is a risk that young children who inhale glue may also be more likely to use other drugs, and that this early introduction to drugs lead to injecting drug habits, associated with increased risk for transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted diseases. This study aimed at assessing the nature of drug use and other risky practices among street children aged 11 to 19 years in Dhaka and Chittagong, the two major metropolises of Bangladesh. The study highlights the vulnerability of street children in general and the problems they face on the streets, primarily due to their lack of social protection. Inhalation of glue and use of other substances like cannabis and pharmaceuticals, smoking and chewing tobacco, were found to be prevalent among these children. They were also found to be sexually active early and most of them were engaged in unprotected sex, most girls selling sex, and most boys reporting low condom use. Although this study was not designed to determine a direct causal link between early solvent abuse, injecting drug use and HIV, the study shows an association between glue sniffing, injecting drug use and other risky sexual practices, which amplifies the risk for HIV among these children, making the case for intervening early. 2013-03-12T20:32:14Z 2013-03-12T20:32:14Z 2011-11-27 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/16465389/glue-sniffing-other-risky-practices-among-street-children-urban-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12674 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Health Sector Review Economic & Sector Work South Asia |