Health Risk Behaviours and Healthy Practices: Childrenin Conflict with Law

Abstract

Health and learning of behaviours are closely associated among children. Children with good health and healthy practices are successful in life and those with poor health and unhealthy practices build risky barriers to become a responsible adult to this society.  Children alleged and found to have engaged with delinquent behaviours are Children in Conflict with Law. Based on the severity of the offense, the children are sent to Observation Home, Special Home or Place of Safety for rehabilitation. The children are institutionally rehabilitated to reintegrate with family and society with dignity. The objective of the paper is to discuss the health conditions of the children in conflict with law such as asthma, allergies, diabetes, seizures, their behaviour conditions and other child hood disorders. The objective extends to address these risk behaviours with skills in the provision of social, emotional, behavioural and special education services. This will promote healthy practices such as nutrition, physical activity, community and family participation in the institutional rehabilitation process.