Assessment of services provided for homeless children attending family health centers in Egypt / Walaa Kamel Tawfeek Farghaly ; Supervised Nawal A. Fouad , Gehan Mostafa Ismail

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Community Health Nursing

Homeless children are not the issue in the developing countries alone, they are found in large numbers all around the world. The study aimed at assessing the services provided for homeless children attending family health centers in Egypt. A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized in this study. Setting; two centers in Cairo and 2 centers in Giza governorate was selected randomly. A total population of 160 homeless children who attended the four randomly selected centers was included in the study. Two tools were used to collect data pertinent to the study: 1) an interviewing questionnaire included 2 parts to assess: a) demographic characteristics of the homeless children and reason of homelessness. b) Health status of homeless children. 2) Health services assessment and children's satisfaction questionnaire which included items relevant to services provided at the designated health care centers and children's satisfaction with these services. Results revealed a highly statistically significant correlation between total satisfaction scores of services provided to homeless children by the family health centers. Results showed that 74.4% of homeless children were satisfied with the services provided for them by the family health centers, while 25.6% were unsatisfied with the services provided. The study concluded that, services which were provided for homeless children in the centers were satisfied for them by 74.4%. Also results showed that health and social services were available for children more than other services. The study recommended the importance of applying more studies on homeless children services in different setting to evaluate its relevancy for them

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