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Faisal Adi Irawan (25316709)
Ferry Efendi (9750683)
Praba Diyan Rachmawati (25316712)
Genetics
Biotechnology
Mental Health
Infectious Diseases
recruited via gatekeeper
prior three months
permissive retail environments
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neglected public health
mediated cues set
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five categories emerged
facilitated snowball sampling
explore lived experiences
earmarking daily income
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perceptual disturbances );
painful labeling );
coercive invitations );
protection responses tailored
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social labeling remain
reported glue use
everyday glue use
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sniffing among street
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glue );
glue use
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use inhalants
enforcement responses
glue kid
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term life
structural deprivation
strong attachment
social issue
social dynamics
shared narratives
polysubstance patterns
multilevel strategies
gated sales
field notes
entrenched stigma
easy availability
easy access
early exposure
difficulty quitting
depth interviews
ambivalent community
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<p>Background</p><p>Glue-sniffing among street-connected children and adolescents is a neglected public health and social issue with acute toxicity, entrenched stigma, and long-term life-course harms. In Merauke (South Papua), everyday practices, peer dynamics, and social labeling remain under-described.</p>
<p>Objective</p><p>To explore lived experiences of street-connected children and adolescents who use inhalants in Merauke, focusing on initiation, accessibility, peer processes, harms, return to glue use, and perceived stigma.</p>
<p>Methods</p><p>We conducted an inductive descriptive qualitative study with children and adolescents aged 12–18 years who reported glue use in the prior three months. Participants were recruited via gatekeeper-facilitated snowball sampling until information power indicated sufficiency. Data comprised semi-structured in-depth interviews (audio-recorded) and field notes; brief member checking closed each session and after the analysis. Transcripts were analyzed using inductive content analysis in NVivo 15.</p>
<p>Results</p><p>Twenty-two participants (19 male, 3 female) shared narratives; among the nine who recalled their age at initiation, first glue use occurred between 5 and 12 years. Participants reported inhaling commercially available adhesive products. Five categories emerged: (1) Early Exposure, Easy Access, and Peer Influence (Early Initiation, Easy Availability, and coercive invitations); (2) Everyday Glue Use and Its consequences (earmarking daily income for glue, polysubstance patterns, concealment, somatic/perceptual disturbances); (3) Social dynamics and peer support (in group solidarity, ambivalent community/enforcement responses, painful labeling); (4) Returning to the cycle (peer-triggered return, difficulty quitting, and strong attachment to glue); and (5) Hopes and multilevel strategies (age-gated sales and basic-needs support).</p>
<p>Conclusions</p><p>Glue-sniffing in Merauke is sustained by permissive retail environments and peer-mediated cues set against structural deprivation. Effective prevention requires integrated policy, peer, service, and social-protection responses tailored to local contexts.</p></div>
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10.1371/journal.pone.0359626.t002
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