Street Children and Structural Factors Exposing them to HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS has become the threat of this century, especially for the low income developing countries like Ethiopia. The study presents a multi-level framework for analysis of the links between homelessness and HIV. It assesses the relation of homelessness with structural macro factors like lower socio-economic status, limited power in the society and individual level factors stressors unique to the homelessness context including depleted psychosocial resources and low use of health services.