Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Analysis of the reality of the problems faced by youth homeless is one of the contributors to give further understanding of the reasons why youth homeless are still trapped in homelessness. By doing the analysis, good advocating and intervention can be planned in order to help this marginalized group to be empowered and, finally, help them to exit this vagabond lifestyle. From this paper, the result based on in-depth interviews with 22 youth homeless in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, they have to face problems involved problems based on the social aspect (discrimination or social stigma and persecution of street violence) and structural aspect (documentation lost and arrested by the authorities). This qualitative paper hopefully will be indirect as a medium for youth homeless to voice out the obstacle they have to face, and hopefully, the problems of homelessness can be resolved gradually.
Authors: Nurmahfuzah Razak, Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah, Haris Abd Wahab
Institution: University of Malaya
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412922131