{"id":5586,"date":"2025-06-20T09:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/like-rubbing-salt-into-the-wound-lived-experiences-of-homeless-youth-in-gondar-city-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:17:08","slug":"like-rubbing-salt-into-the-wound-lived-experiences-of-homeless-youth-in-gondar-city-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/like-rubbing-salt-into-the-wound-lived-experiences-of-homeless-youth-in-gondar-city-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLike rubbing salt into the wound\u201d: Lived experiences of homeless youth in Gondar City, Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>\u201cLike rubbing salt into the wound\u201d: Lived experiences of homeless youth in Gondar City, Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ajsw\/article\/view\/263756' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ajsw\/article\/download\/263756\/248976' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Despite growing research on homeless street children, women and elderly people in Ethiopia, there is little empirical evidence regarding the experiences of homeless street youth in the country.\u00a0 The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological research is therefore to understand the lived experiences of street homeless youth aged between 18 and 29 years in Gondar city.\u00a0 Face -to- face in-depth interview was conducted with 9 purposively selected study participants.\u00a0 Interviews were transcribed, coded, categorized and thematized through thematic analysis strategy. Five themes emerged from the data analysis include Reasons for becoming homeless; Social marginalization; Violence and Criminalization; Psychological distress; and Means of a living. Findings of this study illustrate that homeless youth suffered from poor health, sexual violence, psychological trauma, social stigma and hostility from the public. The combined effect of these precarious situations places homeless youth at the margins of society and makes them feel helpless in their daily lives.\u00a0 This study implies that social workers should use and promote family- and community-based interventions to deal with the problem of homeless youths and integrate them into society.<br \/>\nHow to reference using ASWNet style:<br \/>\nBihonegn, A. (2023). \u201cLike rubbing salt into the wound\u201d: Lived experiences of homeless youth in Gondar City, Ethiopia. African Journal of Social Work, 13(5), 265-272. https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4314\/ajsw.v13i5.5<br \/>\nVisit journal website: https:\/\/ajsw.africasocialwork.net<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Adugna Abebe Bihonegn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>lived experience, homeless, street, youth, Gondar City, Ethiopia<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: \u201cLike rubbing salt into the wound\u201d: Lived experiences of homeless youth in Gondar City,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2224],"class_list":["post-5586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-lived-experience-homeless-street-youth-gondar-city-ethiopia","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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