A descriptive study on street children living in a southern city of Turkey
We aimed to determine the social-demographic characteristics and rate of occurrence of hepatitis B infection of children living/working in the streets in Adana, southern city of Turkey. The application forms of 52 children were assessed. Physical examination could be performed for 39 children...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2004-04-01
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We aimed to determine the social-demographic characteristics and rate of occurrence of hepatitis B infection of children living/working in the streets in Adana, southern city of Turkey. The application forms of 52 children were assessed. Physical examination could be performed for 39 children. The median age was 14 years. The educational status of the children and parents was low. Shoe polishing (22%), selling different goods (22%) and scavenging (33%) were the most common type of work activities. Eighteen (35%) pointed out that they were exposed to beating and attack, three (6%) were sexually abused. Twenty-one (40%) of them were involved in physical fighting and two (4%) were involved in fights resulting in stabbing. Twenty-four (67%) of the children were under 50 percentile for height. Nineteen percent of the children were heavy or medium smokers. Among the 38 children whose hepatitis B markers were checked, HbsAg was positive in 2 (5%), anti-HbcAg in 12 (32%), and anti-HbsAg in 9 (24%). Fifteen (39%) blood samples had negative results. A more nationwide, institutional approach to the problem must be created and maintained.
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| spelling | doaj-art-05a681d1630649b0b60a5116afece18f2025-08-20T03:16:23ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212004-04-01462A descriptive study on street children living in a southern city of TurkeyMünevver Türkmen0Pinar OkyayOcal AtaSelma OkuyanoğluDepartment of Pediatrics, Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey. We aimed to determine the social-demographic characteristics and rate of occurrence of hepatitis B infection of children living/working in the streets in Adana, southern city of Turkey. The application forms of 52 children were assessed. Physical examination could be performed for 39 children. The median age was 14 years. The educational status of the children and parents was low. Shoe polishing (22%), selling different goods (22%) and scavenging (33%) were the most common type of work activities. Eighteen (35%) pointed out that they were exposed to beating and attack, three (6%) were sexually abused. Twenty-one (40%) of them were involved in physical fighting and two (4%) were involved in fights resulting in stabbing. Twenty-four (67%) of the children were under 50 percentile for height. Nineteen percent of the children were heavy or medium smokers. Among the 38 children whose hepatitis B markers were checked, HbsAg was positive in 2 (5%), anti-HbcAg in 12 (32%), and anti-HbsAg in 9 (24%). Fifteen (39%) blood samples had negative results. A more nationwide, institutional approach to the problem must be created and maintained. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2785 |
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| title | A descriptive study on street children living in a southern city of Turkey |
| title_full | A descriptive study on street children living in a southern city of Turkey |
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