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Bangladesh
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Homeless in Dhaka: violence, sexual harassment, and drug-abuse.
Koehlmoos TP, Uddin MJ, Ashraf A, Rashid M.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2009 Aug;27(4):452-61.
 Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  STI/HIV intervention among street children and experience from Dhaka,
Bangladesh
M M Haque
 (!5IAC)
 Abstract
China
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  

  Oral health and its impact on the life quality of homeless people in Hong Kong.
Luo Y, McGrath C. 
Community Dent Health. 2008 Sep;25(3):137-42
 Abstract
India
 
General Reports
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Deaths of homeless unclaimed persons in South Delhi (2001-2005): a retrospective review.
Kumar A, Lalwani S, Behera C,et al
 Med Sci Law. 2009 Jan;49(1):46-50
 Abstract
 
Homelessness: a hidden public health problem.
Patra S, Anand K.
 Indian J Public Health. 2008 Jul-Sep;52(3):164-70.
 Abstract
 

Risk Behaviors of Homeless Men in India: A Potential Bridge Population for HIV Infection.
Talukdar A, Roy K, Saha I, et al  
AIDS Behav. 2007 Dec 14
Abstract

Risk of HIV infection but not other sexually transmitted diseases is lower among homeless
Muslim men in Kolkata.
Talukdar A, Khandokar MR, Bandopadhyay SK, Detels R.
AIDS. 2007 Oct 18;21(16):2231-5.
 Abstract

 

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Establishing a street & community based HIV care & support project using PCA
for homeless populations in Delhi slum
S Singh
 (14IAC)
 Abstract
 
Special Populations

Juveniles
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Life on streets.
Tiwari P.
Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Mar;74(3):283-6
Paper

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Vulnerability to STI/HIV among male street children under 18 years of age, New Delhi, India
N. Dawa, P. Chan, D. Reddy
 IXVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Adolescent street girl children´s knowledge, attitude and practices on sexual health and sexuality
 A. Menon
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Special health problems for street and working children in urban India - sexually transmitted infection
and HIV
 D. Devanand, D. Santana, M. Tanti
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS & drug prevention intervention through puppetry by street children
Meher D., Pudumji D.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Inter-looping vulnerabilities: street children, drugs and sexual networks
Agarwal M., Chaudhuri A., Narang A., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Sexual behaviour and substance abuse among the street children of
Chandigarh, India
Lamsal S., Walia I., Kumar R., Kaur B
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
"Behavior” versus “prevalence” - experiences with street children in an Indian setting
Meher D.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Street children working as peer educators – new horizons
Rajamanickam M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Addressing HIV/AIDS among street children. Bouquet interventions versus traditional
interventions
Upadhyay M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Should homeless children in state care be tested for HIV and segregated?
Mohan S.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Determinants of high risk sexual behaviours among street children
Sajnani M., Sengupta S.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Sexual health intervention - street children a successful behaviour change model
J M S Jakkula
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Incorporation of innovative lifeskills in an ongoing comprehensive HIV risk
reduction intervention amongst street children in Nizamuddin, Delhi, India.
N Sahay, J Mandel, M Ekstrand, H Anees
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Communicating sexual health in street children: the BCC model
R K Vemula
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Sexual health in street and slum children in India
M Schaap, T Visser
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Towards understanding the phenomenon of street children
D Meher
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Indonesia
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  Crisis into opportunity: setting up community mental health services in post-tsunami Aceh.
Jones LM, Ghani HA, Mohanraj A, et al
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2007;19 Spec No:60-8
 Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Integrating soccer into HIV/AIDS prevention for urban street children in east Jakarta
Mellantika R., Rejeki T., Kapitan Y., Bloem M.
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Japan
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Tuberculosis and its control measures for homeless people: implementation of chest X-ray
examination for three successive years
Takatorige T, Ohsaka T, Yamamoto S, et al
Kekkaku. 2007 Jan;82(1):19-25
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Epidemiological Studies on Bartonella quintana Infections among Homeless People in
Tokyo, Japan.
Seki N, Sasaki T, Sawabe K,  
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2006 Feb;59(1):31-5.
Paper
Korea
 
Infectious Diseases

STDs
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  

  Screening for Chlamydia and gonorrhea by strand displacement amplification in
homeless adolescents attending youth shelters in Korea.
Lee SJ, Cho YH, Kim CS 
J Korean Med Sci. 2004 Aug;19(4):495-500
 Abstract
Nepal
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  

  Homeless street children in Nepal: Use of allostatic load to assess the burden of childhood
adversity.
Worthman CM, Panter-Brick C.
Dev Psychopathol. 2008 Winter;20(1):233-55.
Abstract
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Seroprevalence and predictors of HIV infection in street children and youth of Kathmandu
D. Karmacharya, S. Dixit, B. Subdedi, et al
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Pakistan
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Change agents: high school students at their best to save youth on the streets in Pakistan
A. Khan
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Thailand
 
Special Populations

Juveniles

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Prevention on HIV infection for street kids of high risk behavior by volunteers project
D U N Kahothong
 (!4IAC)
 Abstract
Vietnam
 
        News
 
  FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
Vietnam: Street Children at Risk Before APEC Summit
Human Rights Watch
November 13, 2006
News Report
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
HIV prevention-related behaviours among street sex workers in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Dang Thi Nhat V., Sringernyuang L.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Harm reduction and primary health care in a homeless and semi-homeless
setting in Vietnam: how to switch to a HIV care and support programme.
K Lacombe, N T Duc, D Philippides, et al
(15IAC)
 Abstract

The involvement of street children in HIV/AIDS work by Hochiminh City Vietnam
Red Cross
T T D Tran
(15IAC)
 Abstract

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