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Street Children

Street Children is a socio-pedagogical construct denoting a child who lives and/or works on the streets, characterized by limited or absent family supervision, and whose survival strategies are primarily shaped by urban marginalization and institutional neglect.

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1.2K

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618

<b>He-said-she-said</b> : Talk as social organization among Black children. By Marjorie Goodwin. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. Pp. 371, photographs, appendices. Cloth $49.95, paper $19.95.

Amy Shuman · Language · 1993 · 1.4K citations

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From `Dangerous Classes' to `Quiet Rebels'

Asef Bayat · International Sociology · 2000 · 566 citations

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Adapting visual methods: action research with Kampala street children

Lorraine Young, Hazel Barrett · Area · 2001 · 405 citations · Full text

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Street Children, Human Rights, and Public Health: A Critique and Future Directions

Catherine Panter‐Brick · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2002 · 382 citations · Full text

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The capacity of the extended family safety net for orphans in Africa

G Foster · Psychology Health & Medicine · 2000 · 326 citations

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Authors

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  1. DA
    David Ayuku

    Moi University, Kenya

    16 publications · 594 citations

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  2. PB
    Paula Braitstein

    Moi University, Kenya

    14 publications · 522 citations

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  3. LE
    Lonnie Embleton

    Moi University, Kenya

    12 publications · 451 citations

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  4. LA
    Lewis Aptekar

    San Jose State University, United States

    12 publications · 492 citations

    11

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  5. SH
    Sílvia Helena Koller

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    7 publications · 357 citations

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Institutions

535

  1. Moi University

    Eldoret, Kenya

    16 h-index

    52 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    856 citations

  3. AMPATH

    Eldoret, Kenya

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Public Health Ontario

    Toronto, Canada

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    532 citations

  5. San Jose State University

    San Jose, United States

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    422 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    290 citations

  8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    721 citations

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Venues

  1. Childhood

    26 publications · 1K citations

    20

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  2. Child Abuse & Neglect

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 40 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Children and Youth Services Review

    15 publications · 556 citations

    14

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  5. Children s Geographies

    12 publications · 635 citations

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