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Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration.

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Seth, R; Kotwal, A; Ganguly, KK
Published in: Substance use & misuse
January 2005

Our qualitative study explored: the perceptions of street children indulging in whitener fluid misuse; the social, economic, and cultural determinants of use; and users' views regarding effective preventive and control strategies. Forty-five in-depth interviews and three focus group discussions were conducted between March and December 2003. A purposive sample of those working children who were using toluene was selected by Snowball sampling. The paper discusses the: determinants of initiation and continued use; drug user social networks; psycho emotional deprivation and frustrations of these children; socio-cultural aspects like work driven need; others' attitudinal response towards them and their work; parental support or the lack of it; and strategies for prevention of this misuse.

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Published In

Substance use & misuse

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EISSN

1532-2491

ISSN

1082-6084

Publication Date

January 2005

Volume

40

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1659 / 1679

Related Subject Headings

  • Toluene
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Substance Abuse
  • India
  • Humans
  • Homeless Youth
  • Ethnicity
  • Employment
  • Child
  • Catchment Area, Health
 

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Seth, R., Kotwal, A., & Ganguly, K. K. (2005). Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration. Substance Use & Misuse, 40(11), 1659–1679. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826080500222792
Seth, Rajeev, Atul Kotwal, and K. K. Ganguly. “Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration.Substance Use & Misuse 40, no. 11 (January 2005): 1659–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826080500222792.
Seth R, Kotwal A, Ganguly KK. Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration. Substance use & misuse. 2005 Jan;40(11):1659–79.
Seth, Rajeev, et al. “Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration.Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 40, no. 11, Jan. 2005, pp. 1659–79. Epmc, doi:10.1080/10826080500222792.
Seth R, Kotwal A, Ganguly KK. Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration. Substance use & misuse. 2005 Jan;40(11):1659–1679.

Published In

Substance use & misuse

DOI

EISSN

1532-2491

ISSN

1082-6084

Publication Date

January 2005

Volume

40

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1659 / 1679

Related Subject Headings

  • Toluene
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Substance Abuse
  • India
  • Humans
  • Homeless Youth
  • Ethnicity
  • Employment
  • Child
  • Catchment Area, Health