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A Research Proposal on

“The causes of drug addiction among street

children in Dhaka city”

Presented BySazzadul Karim (01)Md Amir Hossain (12)Md. Mostofa Morshed (17)Md. Ali Ajam (22)K.M. Mehedi Hasan (50)

Content

Introduction Significance Aims & Objectives Literature review Methodology Analysis of data

Ethical consideration Time frame Budget Limitations Anticipated result Reference

Abstract

Drug abuse among street children in Bangladesh is highly increasing day by day. This study will be conducted to identify the causes of this alarming tendency. Our research will be based on a survey and the respondent (i.e. street children) will be selected using snowball technique from some selected spots in Dhaka city. This study will help us to know the present scenario of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka city and suggest the way to eliminate this dangerous situation.

Introduction:

Developing country, Bangladesh besets with a thousand of problems. Drug is one of the acute problems of them. Drug abuse directly influences the economic and social aspects of a country. Though the young people are mostly addicted to drug, but it is very alarming that recently the children (i.e. street children) are also committing to drug. The street children are mostly addicted to drugs due to various reasons. We are anxious about this problem. If this problem cannot be removed, our society will be dropped to the edge of destruction. In this study we will identify the causes of drug addiction among street children in Bangladesh.

Today thousands of people specially the street children across Bangladesh are taking drugs on large scale which could sends shivers down the veins of the society. So, in near future, Bangladesh will face a catastrophe if the alarming drug abuse is not effectively checked through extensive motivation and prevention. But there is no fruitful work has been done on this problem in Bangladesh. It is very essential to find out the root causes of this problem to uproot it.

Significance:

Aims & Objectives: The main aim of our study is “to identify why the street children are addicting to drug?”And other objectives are:•To know the present status of drug abuse by street children in Bangladesh.•To identify their socio-economic condition.•To investigate strategies for the prevention of drug abuse among street children in Dhaka city.•To recommend how the problem can be uprooted?

Literature review:For conducting this study we have reviewed a number of relevant

literatures to get clear idea on this topic. We have studied different literatures from online journals, thesis papers, articles and other relevant literatures through internet. By reviewing these we find that the prevalence of street children has been escalating in most of the developing world mostly in Bangladesh. As Narayan Sharma and Suresh Joshi (2013) have said -“The problems of street children are more significant in the developing than developed world and it was estimated that more than 100 million children live and work on the streets in the developing countries.”

There are various reasons for being street children i.e. poverty, over population, illiteracy etc. In this

• context Narayan Sharma and Suresh Joshi (2013) have said - “It was found that most of the street children were from joint families and higher percentage of street children had illiterate parents.” Most of the cases the street children are addicted to drugs for different causes.

• Vivek Benegal, Kul Bhushan, Shekhar Seshadri and Mani Karott (1998) have said - “Much of the drug use is not mindless nor necessarily pathological. Relief of boredom or hunger or depression and frustration, wanting to feel good, to keep awake or get to sleep or to dream may be some of the functions served by drug use.”

Methodology:• Study location: Shahbagh, High Court premises,

Kamlapur railway stations, Syedabad, Karwan bazar, Gabtoli, Khilgaon, Mohakhaly, Gulshan, Gulistan, and Sadarghat Launch Terminal- three will be randomly selected spots with high concentration of street children from each location.

• Sampling & Sample size: Before the main survey, a quick field visit to

the selected study areas will give an idea about the concentration of street-dwelling children and their characteristics. This also will help to determine the way for approaching the ultimate study samples. Five enumerators, who will brief about the study and visit the specified areas from mid-day to mid-night to do a head count and prepare a map with spots indicating different concentrations of street-dwelling children.

From each spot, around 100 respondents will be drawn through repeated visits within one week. The children who sleep in the same spot for the last one month will be eligible to be included in the survey. Snow ball technique will be used to identify the respondents. In the sample, attempts will be made to include all the street children. Thus, a total of 300 street children from 3 spots will be included in the study

• Data Collection: This study will be based on survey method.

Skilled interviewers will be recruited for data collection. A seven-day intensive training will be given to them which will consist of lectures, mock interviews, role play, and field practice at the community level. An instruction manual explaining the key terms in the questionnaire will be developed, and provided to the enumerators as a guide.

Three teams of five members each will be formed. On the day of interview, the team will identify the first respondent according to the definition of street children and criteria for selection. Secondly, they will apply snow ball technique to identify further respondents present in the spots for interview. The study will include only those who will be interested. Verbal consent will be taken before the interview. The field activities will be supervised by the researchers.

Data Analysis:The data will be analyzed using both descriptive and

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Ethical issues: All respondent will be informed about the purpose of the study and their verbal consent will be obtained before the interview or information will be kept anonymous and confidential.

Time Frame:

Selection of interviewers 1 week Training of the interviewers 1 week Designing of the questionnaire 15 daysConduct of interview 1 monthAnalysis of data 1 monthWriting of the final report 1 month

Total Time = 4 months

Budget:Training of the interviewers 15,000.00 BDTHonorary for the interviewers 60,000.00 ”Gifts for respondents 15,000.00 ”Equipments 10,000.00 ”Others 20,000.00 ”

Total= 1, 20,000.00 BDT

Limitations of the Study:

The study will be confined to only three specific spots in Dhaka city due to time limitations.

Anticipated result:It is expected that after conducting this study we will be able to

find out the reasons of drug abuse by the street children. We guess the causes will be as:

• Poverty• Over population• Impact of bad companion• Depression and frustration• Unconsciousness of parents• Illiteracy• Availability of drugs

References:• Benegal Vivek. Drug Abuse Among Street Children in

Bangalore. Bangalore, India;1998.• Njord L, Merril RM, Njord R, Lindsay R, Pahano JDR

(2010). Drug use among street children and non-street children in Phillippines. Asia Pacific J Public Health 22(2):

203-11.• Tuladhar S. Alcohol and Drug Use among Street Children

in Nepal. Kathmandu: Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN); 2002.

• A Baseline survey of street children in Bangladesh by Foundation for Research on Educational Planning and Development (2003) published by The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Parishakhan Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka.

• Drug Abuse: Summaries of Research Studies Sponsored By Ministry of Welfare (1992) Published by the National Institute of Social Defense, Ministry of Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi.

• Sharma Narayan and Joshi Suresh. Preventing –substance abuse among street children in India: a literature review. vol. 7 (2013), issue 2.

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