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Vol.4, No.9, 634-643 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.49100 Social determinants of health—Street children at crossroads Anjali Gupta1,2 1Research Scholar, Community Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 2 Sr. Programme Officer, Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi, India; anjali.garg1@, anjali_g1@ Received 29 May 2012; revised 27 June 2012; accepted 6 July 2012 ABSTRACT grams into concrete plans of action. It has fur- ther been argued that such an approach should This paper discusses the findings of a research extend to children using their resourcefulness project which is an exploratory cum descriptive and creativity, and show that they can be sig- study [1] that aims to describe and examine the nificant in development interventions. Children state and nature of the quality of life of street illustrate both the need for participatory approa- children accommodated at an unorganised co- ches and the problems that arise when percep- lony in the city of Delhi. It provides a social tions of participants conflict with those of profile of children and their families, and explor- experts. ing the needs and aspirations of these children living in especially difficult circumstances. A Keywords: Street Children; Definition; non-probability sample of 100 street children in Resourcefulness; Health the age group of 5 - 16 years was rand