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Yousafzai, Aisha Khizar. "The nutritional status of disabled children living in Dharavi, an Indian urban slum in Mumbai." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248078.
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Vera, Tata Maria Elvira. "The maze." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/527.
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Many cities in Latin American countries are surrounded by slums. The inhabitants of the slums are often victims of corruption, famine and murder. The victims include everyone and especially affect the most vulnerable, women and children. They are the voiceless whose stories are lost and never told. Children who lack adult support have to pull from their inner strength to rise from hostile environments, nevertheless their lives are lived with ardor and immediacy, a way of life that is built within a culturally-layered community. It is in those layers that not only pain but marvels can be found. My creative thesis, interconnected stories that are woven into a composite novel, focuses on the lives of children in the slums who are constantly beaten down by the chaotic and violent ambiance. These children are of different ages but of similar circumstances, who rise to the challenge, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing.B.A.
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Beltramo, Rebecca. "Vulnerability among children and youth in São Paulo. : A qualitative study of children living in a slum area, an occupied building and on the streets." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för socialt arbete, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-41212.
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Children living in vulnerability as living on the street has been a well discussed issue for a long time. The importance of addressing the factors of why children are living in vulnerability along with what concrete actions that can be taken to help these children to a safer life have formed the ground for this study. I conducted five semi-structured interviews with adults working with children and youth living in vulnerability in São Paulo, such as living in an occupied building so called occupation, in a slum area so called favela or on the streets. To receive a deeper understanding of the issue, four observations related to the different vulnerable living conditions were implemented. There are several factors found in the study that are arguing for the fact that children living in favelas or in an occupation are living well and are not living in vulnerability. The social movement engaged in these situations is providing the children with housing and other social rights, such as education and personal growth. On the other hand, there are numerous factors found in the study that confirms that children that are living on the street are living in vulnerability, since they get exposed to situations of violence, crime, drugs etcetera. One of the main reasons found in the study of why children are living on the streets in São Paulo are because they run away as a consequence of abuse or maltreatment. Another main reason is that they are kicked out or sent to the streets by their parents due to moral issues, for example unwanted pregnancy or homosexuality, or to earn money for the family, respectively. Overall, the study revealed that there are laws, public policies and social programs to guarantee children’s and youth’s rights, such as the constitution of children and adolescent rights. These have not been implemented properly or the people that have the right to access the policies or programs are not aware of them. Another conclusion drawn from the study is that there are some concrete actions that can be taken to help children and youth living in vulnerability in São Paulo to a better life. For example, that they should be provided with housing, education and social rights. To enable this, the government should refund the social programs that they have been cutting funding from, such as Bolsa Família [a Brazilian social welfare program for poor families].
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Sebeh, Alaa Galal. "Evaluation of community based rehabilitation for disabled children in urban slums in Egypt." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362828.
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Byron, Katie. "Disabled parents living without their children." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:7374.
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This portfolio has three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical paper and appendices. Part one is a systematic literature review in which the empirical literature relating to factors influencing decision making within the child protection context is reviewed. A systematic search of eight databases identified fourteen relevant studies. The findings suggest decisions within child protection are influenced by a range of factors. These factors cluster around the case, the decision-maker, the organisation and society. The implications of the findings emphasise the importance of reflective decision making practices. Future research is urgently needed in this area to increase understanding and facilitate better decisions that help children and their families. Part two is an empirical paper, which explores the experiences of parents with intellectual disabilities following their children entering the looked-after system. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six parents and their experiences analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five super-ordinate themes emerged. The results highlight the need for the development of a different protocol for removing children and supporting parents with intellectual disabilities. Areas for future research are also discussed. Part three comprises the appendices which support the first two parts of this portfolio. This section also includes a reflective statement of the research process.
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Pacey, Michael Arnold. "Living alone and living with children, the living arrangements of Canadian and Chinese Canadian seniors." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63351.pdf.
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Jemtå, Lena. "Children and Adolescents Living with Mobility Impairment." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Rehabiliteringsmedicin, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9289.
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Aim: This thesis aims to describe perceived overall well-being, coping strategies, experiences of intimacy and sexuality, and global and dimension-specific self-esteem among children and adolescents with mobility impairment. Methods: The study included 141 children and adolescents aged 7–18 years with mobility impairment. Data was gathered by comprehensive semi-structured interviews and the self-report inventories “Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist” (CCSC) and “I Think I am”. Perceived overall well-being was measured by the nine-grade visual “Snoopy scale”. Motor function and pain were measured by the BL motor assessment, and independence or dependence by Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living. Results: The majority reported a favourable level of perceived overall well-being and positive global and dimension-specific self-esteem. Lower global self-esteem was significantly related to: greater age, being a first-generation immigrant, having an acquired disease or injury and experience of pain, while lower level of perceived overall well-being was significantly related to all of these in addition to not living with both parents. Generally, children and adolescents identified themselves as sexual beings and most expressed future aspirations as living together with partner having children. However, many had limited or no experience of partner-related intimacy and sexual activities, and socio-demographic and disability characteristics had a marginal influence. A history of sexual abuse was reported by 7% in the age cohort 13–18 years. A four-dimensional model of coping strategies including “active coping”, “distraction”, “avoidance” and “support seeking” strategies provided an adequate fit to the CCSC data. Three of the four strategies, all except “avoidance”, were significantly related to several demographic and disability features. Well-being was not significantly related to coping strategies, although the higher the trust in the strategies, the higher the estimation of well-being. Conclusion: The understanding of vulnerability factors as well as identification of coping strategies among children and adolescents with mobility impairment is essential for providing proper care, treatment and support during childhood and adolescence.
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Henderson, Patricia Catherine. "Living with fragility : children in New Crossroads." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11592.
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Living with Fragility, traces the lives of sixteen African children between 1992 and 1995. It explores the intimate spaces of children's social relationships and charts discontinuities they experienced. The eight girls and eight boys, aged between and sixteen years, resided in New Crossroads, Cape Town, a suburb marked by poverty, inadequate schooling, and a history of violent intervention by the apartheid state and other power holders. The thesis shows that institutions of childhood are fragile, that children's social relationships are fragmented, as are their senses of self. Fragility is traced within and the social domains the children inhabited and created. The thesis argues that children's senses of self are subject to flux and interruption. Narrative ethnographies about the children demonstrate their individuality. Nuanced descriptions of children and the changes in their lives over time challenge bald categorisations of, for example, the African child, or, youth at risk. The descriptions demonstrate the agency, dexterity and responsibilities of children in fluid circumstances and lead to a critical appraisal of predominant notions of childhood. The work also outlines processes of social and relational reconstitution to which children and care-givers had recourse. Methods used in gathering data included a series of formal interviews conducted in Xhosa (the children's first language) in which economic descriptions of households, life histories, social networks, and ritual and religious affiliations of children and care-givers were sought. The formal interviews complemented by repeated visits to each child's home to record changes time. The sixteen children were brought together in workshops where discussion directed towards themes to do with mobility between care-givers, violence, sexuality and senses of self the data were enriched by use of dramatic improvisations and drawings. Improvisations yielded insight into children's bodily style and their critical appraisal of trends in social relationships in New Crossroads. The ethnography describes the social circumstances of children in urban South Africa. It is analysed through use of an eclectic set of theoretical fragments because they resonate with the study's ethnographic material. The eclecticism impelled by the data raises questions.
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Kumar, Tanya. "Negotiating a living : working children in Kolkata." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6fbe18b8-093d-490b-9ed9-783d4a7ede56.
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The majority of children, involved in both waged and unwaged work exist beyond the control and comprehension of national and international regulation, within the informal economy. Research has shown that the informal economy, contrary to general perception, is not a sphere of unregulated activity, but rather, operates through alternative structures and techniques of power. Children's work within the informal economy, and therefore outside the regulative reach of the state, is subject to extra-legal modes of regulation that are pursued through elaborate systems of discipline and power exercised by non-state actors, groups, and social institutions and networks. Through a case study on children in Kolkata, India, who are engaged in specific forms of informal work in three distinct urban spaces – domestic servitude in the private realm of the home, small-scale manufacturing and service work in factories and shops, and ragpicking, scavenging and begging on the streets – this thesis aims to explore the way children's lives are constructed through work and space, to uncover the social processes and relations of power that working children navigate in order to build and sustain their livelihoods. I examine the way that children's spaces of work are imbued with social relations of gender, caste, religion, ethnicity and power that are enacted through the construction of hierarchies, divisions of labour, and work regimes. I also explore the politics of these spaces, revealing the primary economic partnerships and obstacles that children contend with in constructing their working lives. Overall, I aim to uncover the ways in which children engage with and negotiate the extra-legal systems of regulation by categorically analysing children's work in the home, shop and factory, and street.
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Beetge, Lijahne. "Themes related to children living with HIV/AIDS." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21549.
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Assignment (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This review examines themes related to children, especially children under the age of fifteen, living with HIV/Aids. For review purposes themes include defining children living with HIV/Aids as a vulnerable population, the psychological impact of HIV/Aids on children, children’s coping with and perceptions of HIV/Aids. The global HIV/Aids pandemic has caused major worldwide social change. The impact, especially the psychological impact of HIV/Aids on children appears to be vast and at times disastrous in nature. HIV/Aids is estimated to affect the lives of several generations of children and the impact of the pandemic will therefore characterize their communities for decades to come as the numbers of affected and infected children are on the increase. It has been noted by research done that children living with HIV/Aids become impoverished, their insecurities worsen and their psychosocial and psychological problems increase. In addition their educational and work opportunities decline, their nurturing and support systems disintegrate, and child mortality rates rise. The necessity of psychological support for children affected and infected by HIV/Aids is directly linked to the rights of children listed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the South African Constitution. Research reviewed points out that a child’s physical and psychological health is intertwined and therefore a child cannot be physically healthy without also being psychologically secure. Research reviewed also points out that it is of the utmost importance that the voices of children who live with HIV/Aids are heard, their involvement in decision making and planning related to HIV/Aids is allowed and that their needs are met, especially their psychological needs in relation to the pandemic. Overall the literature reviewed in the past four years (2003-2006) highlights the significantly under-investigated, under-researched themes such as psychological aspects related to children living with HIV/Aids, both in South Africa and internationally. These aspects surrounding HIV/Aids, as previously mentioned, also seem to be the least tangible and the most difficult for adults to address or comprehend fully and yet they impinge on all aspects of developing children - hence the identified need in this area for adequate research and psychological support, such as program implementation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie literatuuroorsig bied ’n ondersoek na die wêreldwye sosiale verandering en uitwerking wat die globale HIV/vigs-pandemie tot gevolg het. Daar word veral gelet op temas wat verwantskap hou met kinders, veral kinders vyftien jaar oud en jonger wat leef met HIV/vigs. Temas sluit in die definiëring van kinders as weerloos, kinders se hantering van HIV/vigs, hulle persepsies van HIV/vigs en hulle sielkundige behoeftes en ander aspekte met betrekking tot HIV/vigs. Die trefkrag van HIV/vigs blyk omvattend en by tye rampspoedig te wees. Na beraming beïnvloed HIV/vigs verskeie geslagte van kinders en die uitwerking van die pandemie sal dus dekades lank nog deel vorm van hulle gemeenskappe soos die aantal kinders wat geïnfekteer en geaffekteer is, toeneem. Navorsing toon dat kinders wat met HIV/vigs leef, verarm. Verder vererger hulle onsekerhede en hulle psigososiale en sielkundige probleme neem toe. Ook neem die kinders se opvoedkundige en werkgeleenthede af, hulle versorgings- en ondersteuningsnetwerke disintegreer en sterftesyfers neem toe. Die noodsaaklikheid van sielkundige ondersteuning vir kinders wat deur HIV/vigs geïnfekteer en geaffekteer is, word direk in verband gebring met die regte van kinders soos gelys in die Verenigde Nasies se Konvensie oor die Regte van die Kind en die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet. Die literatuuroorsig toon dat ‘n kind se fisieke en sielkundige gesondheid ten nouste met mekaar verband hou en daarom kan ’n kind nie fisiek gesond wees sonder om ook sielkundig geborge te wees nie. Verder dui navorsing ook op die kardinale belang daarvan dat kinders wat leef met HIV/vigs se stemme gehoor word, hulle betrokkenheid by besluitneming en beplanning verseker word en al hulle behoeftes bevredig word, veral hulle sielkundige behoeftes wat met die pandemie verband hou. Oor die algemeen beklemtoon die literatuuroorsig wat oor die afgelope vier jaar strek (2003-2006) dat daar nie voldoende navorsing gedoen is met betrekking tot temas wat verwantskap hou met kinders en HIV/vigs nie, nie alleen in Suid-Afrika nie, maar ook internasionaal. Hierdie bevindings is kommerwekkend veral omdat Suid-Afrika ‘n land is met onrusbarende groot getalle kinders wat deur HIV/vigs geïnfekteer is. Dit wil ook voorkom of hierdie aspekte wat te make het met kinders en HIV/vigs nie baie duidelik is vir volwassenes nie en ook die moeilikste is om te hanteer of ten volle te verstaan, hoewel dit alle aspekte van die kind se ontwikkeling raak. Vandaar die behoefte op hierdie gebied aan voldoende navorsing en sielkundige ondersteuning, soos program implementering.
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Black, Rachel Jane. "Living with dying children : the suffering of parents." Thesis, University of Kent, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590025.
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Although the relief of suffering and emotional support are fundamental to children's palliative care, their empirical study has been limited. The research questions for this study address three areas: the lived experience of parents of dying children; how other people's responses shape the parents' lived experience; and the place of emotion and suffering in the parents' lived experience. Implementing a qualitative strategy, a collective case study was undertaken in a children's hospice in England, with fieldwork completed between March 2008 and September 2009. Data was collected with nine parents using a range of tools including a focus group, participant observation, documentary observation and individual interviews. Within-case and cross-case modified grounded theory analysis facilitated clarification of emerging themes whilst preserving individual parent voices. The findings show that parents of dying children had existential issues put at stake through the emotional experience of parenting a dying child; these included their identity, place in society, time, and relationships. Such losses could constitute suffering, but in addition they limited the parents' interaction with society so that over time both the 'quantity' and 'quality' of intersubjectivity reduced. The parents perceived that other people tended not to legitimate their lived experience. Emotion was an important influence in this process. The parents of dying children managed their emotions, particularly those of a negative nature, in everyday life and when using hospice services. As a result they expressed somewhat inauthentic accounts of their felt experience, reframed according to perceived feeling rules. This also reduced intersubjectivity and supported the delegitimation of the parental experience. In conclusion, delegitimation of the parental experience stems from feeling rules which are derived from day to day interactions and contemporary social policy. Suffering may be prevented if individual experience is legitimated through improved intersubjectivity. A key factor for this is effective communication through which observers engage with the felt emotion of the suffering individual.
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Brown, Candace Jane. "Active living/healthier lives, the importance of active living in the lives of exceptional children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0002/MQ45482.pdf.
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Acevedo, Raymond. "Characteristics of independent living program participants and non-independent living program participants." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3110.
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Peet, Gregory A. "Establishing children in the local church for Christian living." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Paterson, Celéste. "Classroom behaviour of children living in contexts of adversity." Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19989.
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Thesis (MedPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Many communities in South Africa are exposed to continuous adversity in the form of poverty, malnutrition, violence, crime, overcrowding, neglect and oppression. Continuous exposure to adverse living conditions can have a negative impact on a child‟s development. Research was undertaken in an attempt to understand the classroom behaviour of children who live in conditions of continuous adversity, as well as the effect that the adversity may have on their academic performance, their emotional state and their interaction with peers in the classroom. A bio-ecological framework was employed to understand the interaction between the individual and the different systems that he or she forms part of. This study was undertaken within an interpretive paradigm and a qualitative methodology was used in gathering the data. Data was gathered through the use of observation, semi-structured interviews, checklists and review of documents. A constant comparative method of data analysis was used to analyse the data. Research findings indicated that most of the participants displayed inappropriate classroom behaviour which included poor academic performance, withdrawal types of behaviour and externalising disruptive behaviour such as aggression and poor social interaction with the teacher and their peers. These participants also presented with some physical symptoms and displayed emotional states such as anger, sadness and anxiety. It was also evident that the participants had been exposed to pervasive conditions of poverty and adverse life circumstances in their communities.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Baie gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika word blootgestel aan voortdurende ongunstige omstandighede in die vorm van armoede, wanvoeding, geweld, misdaad, oorvol huise, verwaarlosing en onderdrukking. Voortdurende blootstelling aan ongunstige lewensomstandighede kan ʼn negatiewe uitwerking hê op ʼn kind se ontwikkeling. Navorsing is onderneem in ʼn poging om die klaskamergedrag te verstaan van kinders wat in voortdurende ongunstige omstandighede leef, asook om insig te kry in die effek van hierdie omstandighede op hul akademiese prestasie, hul emosionele toestand en hul interaksie met hul klasmaats. ʼn Bio-ekologiese raamwerk is gebruik om die interaksie tussen die individu en die verskillende sisteme waarvan hy of sy deel uitmaak, te verstaan. Hierdie studie is binne ʼn interpretatiewe paradigma gedoen en ʼn kwalitatiewe metodologie is gebruik vir die insameling van data. Data-insameling is gedoen deur middel van waarneming, semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude, kontrolelyste en dokumentoorsig. ʼn Konstante vergelykende metode van data-analise is gebruik om die data te ontleed. Die navorsingsbevindings het aangetoon dat die meeste van die deelnemers ontoepaslike klaskamergedrag openbaar het. Dit behels ook swak akademiese prestasie, teruggetrokke gedrag en ontwrigtende gedrag soos aggressie en swak sosiale interaksie met die onderwyser en hul klasmaats. Hierdie deelnemers het sekere fisieke simptome asook emosionele toestande soos woede, hartseer en angstigheid gerapporteer. Voorts was dit duidelik dat die deelnemers blootgestel was aan voortdurende toestande van armoede en ongunstige lewensomstandighede in hul gemeenskappe.
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Scotch, Melissa. "The Experience of Children Living with Sensory Processing Disorder." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4328.
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Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a neurological condition that alters the way an individual perceives sensory information. Although the condition has been studied for more than 40 years, SPD remains a difficult condition to diagnose, treat, and live with because it affects individuals uniquely, and the symptoms can change from childhood to adulthood. For children diagnosed with SPD, the misinterpretation of sensory cues can cause difficulties in family, social, and academic settings. While there is some research on the assessment and treatment of SPD, what is missing is a deeper understanding of the family, social and academic challenges these children and their families face. The purpose of this case study was to examine the experiences of children diagnosed with SPD, as told by 4 parents and their occupational therapist in semi-structured interviews. Four themes emerged from the analysis: family dynamics (challenges within the family structure), support impact (seeking and having support), emotion and balance (overcoming the struggles related to the emotional demand), and an SPD child (the search for balance for the child and the family). The results may serve as a catalyst to encourage positive social change for the children with SPD and their families by expanding the available knowledge on the challenges of SPD.
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Varela, Luz Maria. ""Getting ready" independent living skills program: A professional assessment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3296.
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Hanekom, Leché. "Resilience in families with a child living with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/973.
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In recent years the number of studies on resilience emerging within the field of positive psychology has increased. However, such studies are limited within the South African context and so the proposed study aims to explore and describe the factors that facilitate adjustment and adaptation in South African families living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. McCubbin, McCubbin and Thompson (2001) developed the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation which were used to conceptualise the family’s adaptation. Mothers (n = 19) from 19 families participated in the study. The families consisted of at least three members, of which two are parents and one a child younger than 18 years of age that has been diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. A combination of non-probability purposive sampling and snowball sampling was used to select participants. The study had an exploratory and descriptive aim and employed triangulation of method, including both qualitative and quantitative data collection procedures. A biographical questionnaire and the following seven structured paper-and-pencil questionnaires were used: the Family Attachment and Changeability Index 8 (FACI8), the Family Crisis-oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES), the Family Hardiness Index (FHI), the Family Problem-solving Communication (FPSC), the Family Time and Routine Index (FTRI), the Relative and Friend Support (RFS), and the Social Support Index (SSI). Descriptive statistics were used to describe the biographical information. Qualitative data were analysed by means of content analysis. Quantitative data were manipulated by means of correlation and regression analysis. The results from the quantitative analysis indicate three significant positive correlations with the FACI8. These variables were the family hardiness (measured by FHI), family problem-solving communication (measured by the FPSC), and family time and routines (measured by the FTRI). The findings from the qualitative analysis point out that social support, the spousal relationship and family time, togetherness and routines are the most important strength factors that contribute to the family’s adjustment and adaptation. Even though this study had a small sample size and several other limitations, the findings of this study could still assist in guiding specialised institutions toward providing more comprehensive information and support to families living with a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This study also contributes to the studies on family resilience within a South African context.
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Pearson, Ingrid Pearson, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Living with reservation : a "special" education for First Nations children." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1995, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/32.
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This thesis represents an interpretive exploration into the experiences of First Nations' children who were receiving special education services and who had a history of receiving special education services. My purpose was to discover "What is a 'special' education for First Nations' children?" I began with the stories which brought me to this inquiry and the literature which connected with those stories. Then through open-ended interviews, eight First Nations' children gave stories that spoke of their experiences. My interpretations of their stories were reflected within the context of my non-Native culture, knowledge and experiences. The interpretations were offered as possible ways of seeing and knowing the experiences of the First Nations' children and as possible ways of opening oneself to respecting an-'other' way of seeing and knowing. My exploration led me to see anew what a 'special' education might be for First Nations' children.vii, 160 leaves ; 29 cm.
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Robinson, Terri J. "ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CHILDREN LIVING IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY." Scholarly Commons, 2018. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3137.
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This study analyzed elementary teachers’ perceptions of their challenges working with children who live in conditions of poverty. This study found that teachers often work with children from very difficult situations, including exposure to alcohol, drugs, violence, and abandonment. This study found that no matter the challenges teachers encounter daily, they remain motivated, dedicated and determined to take the necessary steps to meet the needs of their students. One way they do this is by using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, which attempts to include various aspects of their students’ daily lives and interests in the curriculum. The teachers in this study were concerned about the number and frequency of mandated tests, which can take away from instructional time. However, this study also found that teachers valued formative assessments to help them meet their students where they are academically. All the teachers reported that establishing partnerships with stakeholders was important to obtain community support for their schools. Although children from a background of poverty will always present challenges, the teachers in this study remained committed to working with their students with respect and appreciation and to meet their personal and academic needs in moving these children towards academic success.
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Barnard, Ann. "A situational analysis of children living with terminally ill parents." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12513.
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Bibliography: leaves 79-84.Background: While there is a lot of literature available on the negative effects of orphanhood on children, litle attention has been paid to children in the period before their parents die when they are living with a sick parent. This study seeks to focus on such children to gain greater understanding of their situation. Aim: To describe the problems and coping strategies of children living with and caring for their terminally ill parents. Design: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Setting: A rural district in a middle-income country. Main outcome measures: Demography of households, symptoms of the sick parent, attributes of child carers, how children deal with specified symptoms of their parent's illness, greatest perceived hardships faced, type and quantity of help from outside sources and extended family. Results: Thirty five households were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Households were found to be poor with difficulty accessing services. Most parents had symptoms consistent with AIDS and over 30% died within two months of the interview. Pain ranked as the most troublesome symptom. One hundred children aged four to eighteen were involved to some extent in the care of their sick parents. Male children were the main carers in 40% of households. The children generally dealt appropriately with the parents' symptoms and correcdy identified what pills they were taking and what the pills were for. Seventy one percent of carers believed that their parent would get better. The children identified their greatest hardships as hunger (43%), lack of money for school (29%) and parent's illness (19%). Sixty nine percent asked for material support and the same number reguested financial support for schooling. Support frum relatives was mostly provided by grandmothers and aunts. Five provided food, five cared for the sick person and three helped with child care. Ten of the 35 households were never visited by relatives staying outside the homestead. From the wider community, neighbours were the most supportive group practically, helping with food and nursing. Church groups were active in praying with families but most did not help materially or practically. Eight families received support from local non-governmental organisations and only two were visited by the Department of Welfare. Conclusions: Poverty was the overriding issue negatively impacting on the families. It prevented adequate access to health care, nutrition and schooling. Poor infrastructure and government services further compounded these problems as well as preventing access to water, sanitation, education and government grants. Children were often found to be caring for their parents with little external support and would benefit from training as well as supervision and counselling from trained health workers. The children's role as carers frequently interfered with school attendance yet many of their teachers were unaware of their home circumstances and did little to support them. Teachers' awareness of the social problems facing learners needs to be raised. Support by the extended family and community is often superficial and generally targets the sick parent while ignoring the children. Greater attention needs to be paid to the psychological and matenal needs of the children in these vulnerable families.
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Abelson, Jolene. "Examining independent living skills in foster care youth." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009abelsonj.pdf.
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McSheehy, Slade R. "Elementary school teachers and students living in poverty teacher understanding and pedagogy /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2009/s_mcsheehy_030209.pdf.
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Chan, Wing-yee Tina, and 陳穎儀. "Living with disability: coping and adjustmentof parents with physically-handicapped children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31247441.
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Smuts, Meryl Frances. "Doing hope with children who have been living on the street." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16503.
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Thesis (MEdPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research journey explores the lived experiences of children who had previously been living on the street and were now part of a house being managed by two voluntary organisations. The caregivers and boys are incorporated as co-researchers in a participatory action research journey within a post-modern, social constructivist paradigm. The following research curiosities inform the study: • How do the caregivers and children in the house stand up to homelessness and poverty? • How do their stories reflect the notion of doing hope? Positioning myself within the research journey necessitates the discussion of beliefs and constructs that inform the paradigm, such as post-modernism, social constructionism, discourses and the deconstruction of discourses. According to Denzin and Lincoln (1994:14), the research strategy comprises the practical application of the assumptions underlying the paradigm through the use of certain skills, and can be regarded as the paradigm in action which provides the methods for the researcher to engage in the research journey. In this study, a qualitative method is used to describe and understand human behaviour and the meaning attached to it in the participant's own terms. The coresearchers participate during all the aspects of the research journey, and the cyclical nature of participatory action research described by Babbie and Mouton (2001:315- 316) is honoured. The narrative approach is used in conducting the conversations. According to White (1991:28), it is a non-recriminatory, power-sharing way of interaction that provides a context where the consciousness and knowledges of the person are at the centre of the process of consultation. An opportunity is created for the boys and caregivers to story their experiences and to explore the meanings that they attach to these experiences. The main ethical principles that operate are autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and validity. Tape-recordings, transcriptions, reflections and letters are used to document the research journey. Homelessness and poverty had been dictating certain behaviours to the boys, and it was even dictating their lived identities. At the time of the research journey, the caregivers are creating a community of support that is effectively doing hope for the boys, thus enabling them to loosen the grip of poverty and homelessness. Personal reflections indicate that I as researcher am not unaffected by the research journey. Although obstacles present themselves during the research journey, new possibilities are opened up for further exploration.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsingsreis ondersoek die ervarings van kinders wat voorheen op straat gewoon het en wie nou in 'n huis woon wat deur twee vrywillige organisasies bestuur word. Die versorgers en seuns word betrek as medenavorsers in 'n deelnemende aksienavorsingsreis binne die raamwerk van 'n postmodernistiese, sosiaal konstruktivistiese paradigma. Die studie word toegelig deur die volgende navorsings-ondersoeke: • Hoe weerstaan die versorgers en kinders in die huis die impak van woningloosheid en armoede? • Hoe reflekteer die stories wat hulle vertel die idee van 'hoop doen'? Ten einde myself binne die navorsingsreis te posisioneer noodsaak 'n bespreking van die oortuigings en samestellings onderliggend aan die paradigma, soos postmodernisme, sosiaal konstruktivisme, diskoerse en die dekonstruksie van diskoerse. Volgens Denzen en Lincoln (1994:14) behels die navorsingsstrategie die praktiese uitvoering van die opvattings onderliggend aan die paradigma deur die toepassing van sekere vaardighede. Die navorsingsstrategie kan beskou word as die paradigma in aksie deurdat dit die metodes vir die navorser verskaf om betrokke te raak by die navorsingsreis. 'n Kwalitatiewe metode word tydens hierdie studie gebruik om menslike gedrag te beskryf en te verstaan en om vas te stel watter betekenis die deelnemers self aan hulle belewenisse heg. Die medenavorsers neem deel aan alle aspekte van die navorsingsreis en die sikliese aard van deelnemende aksienavorsing soos beskryf deur Babbie en Mouton (2001:315-316) word gerespekteer. 'n Narratiewe benadering word tydens die gesprekke gebruik. Volgens White (1991:28) is die narratiewe benadering nie-blamerend en is daar 'n gelyke verdeling van mag. 'n Konteks word geskep waar die bewustelikhede en kennisse van die persoon sentraal geplaas word in die konsultasieproses. 'n Geleentheid word geskep vir die seuns en versorgers om hulle ervarings te vertel en om die betekenisse wat hulle aan die ervarings heg te eksploreer. Hoofsaaklik word outonomie, niekwaadwilligheid, goedgesindheid en geldigheid as etiese beginsels gerespekteer. Bandopnames, transkriberings, refleksies en briewe word gebruik om die navorsingsreis te dokumenteer. Woningloosheid en armoede het vantevore die gedrag van die seuns, sowel as die identiteite wat hulle uitgeleef het, voorgeskryf. Ten tye van die navorsingsreis is die versorgers besig om 'n gemeenskap van ondersteuning te skep wat effektief hoop doen vir die seuns en wat hulle in staat stel om die greep van woningloosheid en armoede te verbreek. Persoonlike refleksies dui aan dat ek as navorser nie onaangeraak gelaat word deur die navorsingsreis nie. Struikelblokke verskyn tydens die navorsingsreis, maar nuwe moontlikhede baan die weg vir verdere eksplorasie.
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Terrell, Matthew. "PM2.5 and Metal Exposures in Children Living Near a Ferromanganese Refinery." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1267545519.
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Shehata, Walid Mohamed El Moghazy. "Can children catch up in growth after living donor liver transplantation?" Kyoto University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/142067.
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Hadleigh, Liana. "Living with a parent with mental health needs what children say." Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536624.
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The parenting role of people with mental health needs has historically been neglected by both the research literature and mental health services. With developments in societal attitudes and mental health policies, recognition of people with mental health needs as parents and interest in this area has increased. The literature that followed has focused on the negative outcomes for children with a parent with mental health needs. More recent developments have given consideration to the children who do not experience negative outcomes and factors that facilitate this. Few studies have asked children about their experiences and those that have mainly focus on adolescents and those identified as young carers. Children are not a homogenous group and a mainly adolescent perspective in the literature cannot be assumed to represent younger children's experiences. This study aimed to understand how younger children talk about their experience of living with a parent with mental health needs and if they identified any positive aspects to this. It was hoped this would contribute to the expanding literature that has explored strengths within these families. Seven children aged between seven and eleven years old were interviewed. The data was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The following four themes were identified from the children's experiences; making sense of mental health needs, the direct impact of mental health needs, making use of relationships and adaptation to parental mental health needs. Children developed their own explanations of parental mental health needs and used narratives based on "normal" understandings to manage the impact of these on them. Family relationships were both strained and a source of support for children and children played an important role in helping their family adapt to parental mental health needs. Implications for services and further research are discussed.
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Ng, Yeuk-tze, and 吳若思. "Life perspective of children on welfare: an exploratory study of children living in CSSA single-parent families." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250890.
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Ng, Yeuk-tze. "Life perspective of children on welfare : an exploratory study of children living in CSSA single-parent families /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22331074.
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Cho, Ji-Young. "Effects of practical needs and familism values on living arrangements among Korean-born immigrant widows in the U.S. living alone vs. living with adult children /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3322.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006Thesis research directed by: Public and Community Health. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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DeMarco, Lorraine Golda, and Tamatha Jean Echevarria. "Tracking the outcomes of independent living programs." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3311.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the outcomes of the Independent Living Program (ILP) of former foster youths who have aged out of foster care and group care in San Bernardino County of California using an exploratory and quantitative survey design.
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Beckett, Cynthia Diane. "Navajo children and families living with fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol effects." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280150.
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The aim of the study was to develop a culturally sensitive Grounded Theory of Navajo parenting for families who are living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). The research question was: What are the social and cultural factors and processes that Navajo families use to mange care for a child with FAS/FAE? The philosophical perspectives that guided the study were: the Navajo philosophy, or view of life; resilience (middle range theory); the Family Stress Theory; and the Resiliency Mode of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation. Resilience was used as the over arching conceptual perspective for the study. A Grounded Theory of Navajo Parenting emerged from the data. Key categories to support the emerging theory were identified. The core category was Versatility through Transcendence. The supporting categories were: Strategies for Managing Challenges; Transcendence in Parenting; Intergenerational Alcohol Abuse, Violence and Suffering; and Knowledge/Acquisition of Needs. The families described their stories of transcendence through substance abuse, suffering, and violence to be able to parent their children who were living with the primary and secondary challenges of prenatal alcohol exposures. Further research is needed to test and expand this emerging theory of Navajo parenting of children with FAS/FAE. The challenges that were related to FAS/FAE were more easily managed with patterns of resilience within the families. Factors that influenced family's abilities to parent will be disseminated to assist other families who are managing the problems associated with FAS/FAE.
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Chan, Wing-yee Tina. "Living with disability : coping and adjustment of parents with physically-handicapped children /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12322337.
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Muchanyerei, Babbot. "Challenges in placing children living with HIV in foster care in Johannesburg." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53446.
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Estimates suggest that over one third of South Africa s population is under the age of eighteen years. This shows that children constitute a substantial percentage of the country s population. Where developmental issues are concerned, all children are any country s future. This includes children who are living with HIV and need care and protection. Thus, this population group is seen as a time-bomb ready to explode, unless there are ways of enabling them to fulfil their aspirations. The high rate of HIV infection has left many South African children s future in obscurity. It has also exposed these children, particularly those already in need of care and protection, to a number of predicaments, among them failure to secure suitable foster care. Nonetheless, foster care is still the most viable option in South Africa, in the event that natural family care fails.
The goal of this study was to investigate the challenges experienced by social workers in placing children living with HIV in foster care in Johannesburg from an empowerment perspective. The research utilised a qualitative approach through focus group interviews with designated social workers and foster parents. The research participants were selected using purposive sampling. Findings of the study revealed numerous fears and challenges regarding the foster care placement of children living with HIV. These include myths and misconceptions about HIV; fear of losing the child through death; stress; financial concerns; lack of education and information on HIV; stigma and discrimination; lack of support from social workers; fear to disclose a child s HIV status; compliance and adherence to medication; shortage of foster parents and; shortcomings of the Children s Act No. 38 of 2005 (as amended). Further, social workers play a critical role in recruitment and screening of prospective foster parents as well as educating, training and supervising the foster parents of children living with HIV. Finally, empowerment of social workers and foster parents through provision of comprehensive HIV education and training, support groups, incentives, and facilitating collaboration of all role players is fundamental to successful fostering of children living with HIV.
Based on the findings in this study, the researcher concluded that the challenges in placing children living with HIV in foster care are a result of a complex combination of sociological, psycho-social, medical and economic factors. Since these factors are interconnected, they should not be addressed in isolation.
Recommendations from the study include a thorough examination of factors which motivate foster parents to bring children into their care; addressing foster parents fears and challenges concerning fostering HIV positive children; provision of a comprehensive HIV education and training for foster parents and social workers; giving incentives to the foster carers of children living with HIV; formulation and implementation of specific policies regarding the care of children living with HIV who are in need of care and protection, and collaboration and empowerment of all role players.Mini Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Storrs, Molly E. "Designing for the Invisible: Home Environments for Children Living in Public Housing." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336763080.
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Beaubrun, Carolyn F. "The phonological analysis of bilingual Creole/English children living in South Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2004. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1470.
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The purpose of this study was to gather normative data regarding the phonological system of bilingual Creole-English children ages three and five and to compare performance to norms for English speaking children. The forty participants lived in Miami and represented low socio-economic groups.
Participants were assessed using the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 and a Haitian Creole Picture Naming Assessment. The results indicated that the percentage of correct phonemes in Creole (M=91.6) were not significantly different when compared to the correct production of the same phonemes in English (M=92.8). Further analysis revealed that the accuracy of all phonemes was higher for the five-year (M= 90.8) as compared to the three-year-olds (M= 85) in Creole. In English, the five-year-olds performed better than the three-year-olds participants.
These findings revealed patterns of phonological development in bilingual Creole/English Children similar to patterns reported in other bilingual children. This information is essential in the evaluation and treatment of this population.
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Prah, Efua. "Children on the move : experiences of children living in a temporary relocation camp in Cape Town, South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3622.
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This thesis focuses on six children’s experiences from various backgrounds who lived in temporary relocation areas in Cape Town, South Africa. The research was conducted over a three-year period from February 2010 to February 2013, with a one-year field-research period from October 2010 to October 2011. Themes identified examined the effects of forced removals, displacement, marginality and the prevalence of violence in Bluewaters Refugee Camp Site C and Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area. Exploring pathways and patterns of identity, embodiment and experiences of health and illness, and the expressive, revealing quality of theatre, delivered rich data that produced an ethnographic account of children’s experiences in these sites.
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Schier, Nicole Renee. "Fruit and vegetable intakes and body mass index of primarily low-income African American children living in rural Alabama." Auburn, Ala., 2005. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2005%20Summer/master's/SCHIER_NICOLE_56.pdf.
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Schneider, Eric B. "Studies in historical living standards and health : integrating the household and children into historical measures of living standards and health." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f2e55a37-c605-4aba-8a2e-3d699c6b82b7.
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This dissertation attempts to integrate the household and children more fluidly into measures of well-being in the past. In part one, I develop a Monte Carlo simulation to test some of the assumptions of Allen’s welfare ratio methodology. These included his assumptions that family size was constant over time, that there were no female-headed households and that women and children did not participate in the labour force. After all of the adjustments, it appears that Allen’s welfare ratios underestimate the welfare ratios of a demographically representative group of families, especially if women and children’s labour force participation is included. However, the predicted distributions also highlight the struggles of agricultural labourers, who are given separate consideration. Even the average agricultural labourers’ family with women and children working would have had to rely of self- provisioning, gleaning, poor relief or the extension of the working year to make ends meet at the poorest point in their family life cycle. Part two adjusts Floud et al.’s estimates of calorie availability in the English economy from 1700 to 1909 for the costs of digestion, pregnancy and lactation. Taken together, these three additional costs reduced the amount calories available by around 15 per cent in 1700 but only by 5 per cent in 1909 because of the changing composition of the English diet. Part three presents a new adaptive framework for studying changes in children’s growth patterns over time and a new methodology, longitudinal growth studies, for measuring gender disparities in health in the past. An adaptive framework for understanding growth provides a more parsimonious explanation for the vast catch-up growth achieved by slave children in the antebellum American South. The slave children were only able to achieve this catch-up growth because they were programmed for a tall height trajectory by relatively good conditions in utero. Finally, impoverished girls experienced greater catch-up growth than boys in two schools in late-nineteenth century Boston, USA and early-twentieth century London, suggesting that girls were deprived relative to boys before entering these institutions.
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Hitge, Marcel. "Fathers' coping with the day-to-day stressors of living with a child on the autistic spectrum." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8628.
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In general there is very little research on the coping styles that the fathers of children suffering from Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) use in order to cope with the day-to-day demands and stressors that result from their child‘s unique condition. The research study focuses on the fathers of children on the autistic spectrum and how they cope with the stressors resulting from their children‘s condition on daily basis. The study made use of Bronfenbrenner‘s Ecosystemic Theory of Human Development as the guiding theoretical framework in exploring and describing this specific research domain. This was a qualitative study and it was phenomenological, descriptive and analytical in nature. The reason for this was to hear the voices of the fathers and explore in-depth how they deal with the daily stressors resulting from their children‘s condition. Semi-structured interviews were utilised where the fathers were asked to respond to an open-ended question. The data that was obtained from the fathers was analysed by means of content analysis. The sample size of the study was small (n=5) and other limitations included a small number of previous studies done on the fathers of children on the autistic spectrum. The literature that is available that focused on the fathers of ASD children are often old and might possibly be out dated. However, this study aimed to hear the voices of the fathers of children on the autistic spectrum and explore how they cope with the daily stressors. Therefore, this study will contribute to the literature on the fathers of ASD children.
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Anthony-Mahler, Kristin Kay, and Robin Patrice McCall. "Independent living programs and foster youth perceptions." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2325.
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The purpose of this study was to conduct a descriptive and exploratory analysis of Riverside County's Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) and its ability to prepare foster youth for successful adult transition. A vital component of this study was the exploration of perceived preparedness through the eyes of the participants enrolled in this program.
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Frood, Sharron. "The experience of AIDS orphans living in a township." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/505.
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One of the challenges facing health care professionals today is the phenomenon of rendering care to children who have been orphaned in the AIDS pandemic. The number of AIDS orphans in South Africa has risen out of all proportion and is causing existing health and social structures to become stretched in providing care to this vulnerable population of children. The objectives of this study are to explore and to describe the lived experience of children living in a township who have become AIDS orphans and to develop broad guidelines for Primary Health Care Nurses (PHCN’s), related professionals and partners involved in the care of AIDS orphans living in a township. The theoretical grounding of this study is found in Kotze’s Theory on Nursing Accompaniment (Kotzé, 1998:3). The proposed research design was based upon a qualitative study using an explorative, descriptive, contextual and phenomenological strategy of inquiry. Data was collected by means of in-depth interviews from a purposively selected sample and then analysed using the steps of qualitative data analysis proposed by Tesch (in Creswell, 1994). Guba’s model was used to assess the trustworthiness of the qualitative data. Based upon the findings, guidelines were developed to assist PHCN’s related professionals and partners involved in the care of AIDS orphans living in a township. Through this study the goal of the researcher was to give a voice to AIDS orphans living in a township and to represent accurately their lived experience.
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Pacey, Angela. "Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among preschool Inuit children living in Nunavut." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66931.
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Limited information is available about iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among preschool-aged Inuit children. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 388 Inuit children, aged 3 to 5 years, from 16 Nunavut communities. Interviews were conducted on dietary and household characteristics. Height, weight and biomarkers of iron status and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) exposure were measured. The prevalence of iron deficiency and IDA was calculated and risk factors were examined. The prevalence of iron deficiency was 19.2%, of IDA was 4.5% and of anemia was 20.3%. Only 0.3% of chil dren had usual iron intakes below the Estimated Average Requirement. H. pylori exposure, food insecurity and household crowding were not associated with iron deficiency or IDA. Three to four year olds were more likely to be iron deficient than 5 year olds. Boys were more likely to be iron deficient than girls.Peu d'informations sont disponibles sur la carence en fer et l'anémie due à une carence en fer (ACF) chez les Inuits d'âge pré-scolaire. Un sondage transversales a été conduit avec 388 enfants Inuit âgés de 3 à 5 ans, dans 16 communautés du Nunavut. Des interviewers ont conduit des entrevues alimentaires et des questionnaires à propos des caractéristiques des ménages. La taille, le poids, ainsi que des marqueurs biologiques du niveau de fer et de l'exposition à Helicobacter pylori ont été mesurés. La prévalence de la carence en fer et de l'ACF a été calculée et les facteurs de risque ont été examinées. La prévalence de la carence en fer a été 19.2%, de l'ACF a été 4.5% et de l'anémie a été 20.3%. Seulement 0.3% des enfants avaient des apports habituels en fer sous le besoin moyen estimatif. L'exposition à H. pylori, l'insécurité alimentaire et le nombre d'habitants par ménage n'étaient pas associés à une carence en fer ou à de l'ACF. La carence en fer était plus élevée chez les enfants âgés de 3 à 4 ans que chez ceux de 5 ans. La carence en fer était aussi plus élevée chez les garçons que chez les filles.
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Gedge, Joseph L. "Living with cochlear implants, the perspective of hearing parents of three implanted children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0033/MQ62363.pdf.
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Brennan, Catherine Ann. "Living and losing: the experience of siblings of children with life-limiting illness." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494594.
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Akesson, Bree. "Contradictions in place: everyday geographies of Palestinian children and families living under occupation." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=123204.
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Scarce research to date has examined the role of place in the lives of children affected by political violence. The following dissertation explores the concept and meaning of place for children and families living under occupation and experiencing political violence in post-second intifada Palestine. By tackling a theoretical concept such as place, this dissertation tangibly uncovers how and to what extent the occupation and political violence affect Palestinian children and families' relationships with place and how different kinds of places—home, school, neighborhood communities, and nation-state—protect or do not protect children and families. Using an innovative rapid ethnographic approach to data collection, 18 families from various physical settings (e.g., refugee camp, encampment, village, city) throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem participated in collaborative family interviews. Interviews included narrative, drawing, and mapmaking and were each followed by a child-led neighborhood walk tracked with global positioning system (GPS) software. Data were analyzed using grounded theory and ultimately organized according to the socio-ecological layers of home, school, neighborhood community, and nation-state. Data indicate that Palestinian children and families experience multiple contradictions in place in the context of occupation and violence: home can be experienced as a castle and a cage; schools can be both protective and risky; neighborhood communities can be positive and negative; and the nation-state supports feelings of both anger and hope. Findings reaffirm the importance of place in the lives of children and families affected by violence and inform international social work practice and policy.À ce jour, peu de recherches ont examiné le rôle du concept du lieu dans la vie des enfants touchés par la violence politique. Cette thèse a pour objet principal l'étude du concept du lieu et la signification de cette notion pour les enfants et les familles vivant sous l'occupation et victimes de la violence politique de la seconde Intifada en Palestine. En examinant un concept théorique comme celui de « lieu,» cette thèse dévoile comment et dans quelle mesure l'occupation et la violence politique affectent les enfants palestiniens et les relations familiales avec le lieu et la façon dont les différents types de lieux— le domicile, l'école, les communautés du quartier, et l'État-nation—protègent ou n'arrivent pas à protéger les enfants et les familles. En utilisant une approche innovatrice d'ethnographie rapide pour la collection des données, 18 familles provenant de divers environnements physiques (par exemple, le camp de réfugiés, le campement, le village, la ville) dans toute la Cisjordanie et Jérusalem-Est ont participé à des entretiens familiales collaboratifs. Les entretiens ont inclus le récit, le dessin, et la cartographie et ont été suivis par une promenade du quartier guider par enfant, ce dernier étant surveiller par le logiciel du système de localisation mondial (GPS). Les données ont été analysées en employant la théorie ancrée et ont été organisées selon les couches socio-écologiques de la maison, l'école, la communauté du quartier, et de l'État-nation. Les données indiquent que les enfants et les familles palestiniennes ressentent des contradictions multiples en ce qui concerne le concept du lieu dans le contexte de l'occupation et de la violence: la maison peut être vécue en même temps comme un château et une cage; les écoles peuvent à la fois être considérées comme des lieux sûr et des lieux de danger et de risque; les communautés du quartier peuvent être positifs et négatifs; et l'État-nation provoque à la fois les sentiments de colère et de l'espoir. Les résultats de cette recherche réaffirment l'importance du lieu dans la vie des enfants et des familles touchées par la violence et rend visibles les pratiques et la politique international du travail social.
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Forbes, Lindsay Jean Lesley. "Accident and emergency attendance for asthma in children living in the inner city." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414770.
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McGoldrick, Meghan. "Fighting Against All Odds: Children Living in Urban Poverty in the United States." Thesis, Boston College, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/379.
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Thesis advisor: M. Brinton LykesToday in the United States there is epidemic poverty plaguing childhood for many of our nation's children. Census data for 2000 indicates that there were about 72 million people under the age of 18 living in the United States and more than 11.6 million of these children were living below the poverty line. That means that at least one out of every six children in this country was living in poverty. More alarming is the realization that 77% of these children living in poverty lived in families that had at least one working adult. These were not children from families that were lazy, unable to find work, unmotivated, or unable to work due to illness, drug use, or some other circumstances but rather children from families that were working and still not able to make enough money to support their families in a healthy way. These children are in a situation not of their own making. For many, this is not a condition that they are surviving for a brief period of time but rather a societal context in which they are challenged to grow up. Eighty percent of children who are poor one year are still poor the following year. This is not a problem that will just go away by itself
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Morake, Keneilwe Samantha. "The cultural beliefs of parents as caregivers of adult children living with schizophrenia." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60395.
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The integration of mental health services into primary health care and the shift toward community- and family-based care for people with chronic mental disorders have been widely advocated globally (Breen, Swartz & Flisher, 2009:327). This resulted in people with mental illnesses staying within their communities during their recovery, accessing care mainly from their family members and secondarily from health care professionals within communities. Families predominantly relied on cultural African explanations for disease and illness, which usually motivated the choice of treatment options (Curationis, 2002). Unfortunately, most clinicians are not adequately trained to understand how culture influences the clinical manifestation of mental disorders (Breen et al., 2009:327). This sometimes results in people consulting African healers who are considered to understand illnesses much better. It is for the above-mentioned reasons that the study seeks to explore the cultural beliefs of parents as caregivers of adult children living with schizophrenia. The study is expected to extract insightful information regarding the cultural beliefs in relation to metal illness to promote a better understanding of the phenomenon with the African cultural sphere.
The goal of the study was to explore and describe the cultural beliefs of parents as caregivers of adult children living with schizophrenia in a community day care centre in Klipgat. The data was collected through non-probability purposive sampling. Rich, in-depth data was collected through semi-structured interviews from a random sample of 12 participants selected from the enrolment list of attendees at Mfihlakalo Day Care Centre.
The research findings indicate that there is an evident existence of cultural beliefs that perceive the cause of mental illnesses, especially schizophrenia, as birth complications, communication from ancestors, witchcraft or stress. Mental health care users are as a result excluded from society and labelled as aggressive and abnormal. The families of mental health care users have a positive perception of their family members living with mental illness, regarding them as special people suffering from natural diseases, birth complications, and lack of nurturing.
The research study concludes that even though the communities have negative perceptions of mental illnesses, the situation has vastly evolved through the years. Educational and awareness strategies have played a role in educating families and communities about mental illnesses, although the exposure has been noted as minimal. The research study suggests strong and effective psycho-educational programmes and support to promote knowledge empowerment and insight with regard to mental illness. Additionally, transparency regarding mental illness to reduce the stigma of those living mental illness and their immediate families, in turn promoting social inclusion.Mini Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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