Health condition and communication pattern of street children in Bangladesh: A study on Dhaka city

This paper attempted to analyze the position of street children in Dhaka city basically the children who are in the situation of poverty, illiteracy, disease and living without mass media. A survey is conducted on two purposively selected areas (the airport railway station and nearby bus station) of Dhaka city to gather information on their health condition and use of mass communications. A large number of children in Dhaka city are living on the roadside or scattered places, especially in railstation and bus stations. The study shows that they are being vulnerable and widely affected by sub-human living environment. Most of the children were exploited mentally, physically and economically by different kinds of people. The study aims to find out the communication pattern and use of media among the children living in the airport railway station and nearby bus station. The findings of the study may help both government and community development organizations to undertake appropriate and need based interventions for providing health services also give an idea of mass media use among them.