Dissertations / Theses: 'Children living on streets'

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Tettegah, Christine A. N. "'Streetism' or living in the street : an emerging phenomenon as a way of life in developing countries : a case study of children living on the streets of Ghana." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13703/.

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There is an alarming increasing number of children living either partially or permanently on the streets of African countries. This research has been undertaken with children who live their lives more permanently on the streets of Accra the capital city of Ghana. The study is focused on their survival strategies and investigates the detail of their day to day lives on the street. In addition, this thesis illustrates the home experiences of these Street children prior to their coming onto the street. These experiences include poverty, neglect and abuse. On the street, the life of the children is full of the struggle for survival and is. characterised by the complexities of the Street Children's vulnerability as well as their resilience. The study reveals interactions and negotiations that go on between Street Children and their community, their peers and other people they come across in their settings, for their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.

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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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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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Coetzee, Mariska. "Resilience in families living with a Type I diabetic child." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/665.

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Type I diabetes has the ability to promote change in the family. In truth, although the child with diabetes is the diagnosed patient, the whole family has diabetes. While the challenges that families have to face are many, families seem to have the ability to “bounce back” (i.e., they have resilience). Research on the construct of resilience, and more specifically, family resilience has surged in recent times. However, South African research on family resilience is limited. This study aimed to explore and describe the factors that facilitate adjustment and adaptation in families that include a child living with Type I diabetes. The Resiliency Model of Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation, developed by McCubbin and McCubbin (2001) served as a framework to conceptualise the families’ adjustment and adaptation process. Non-probability purposive and snowball sampling techniques were employed. Sixteen families participated in this study, providing a total of 31 participants. Participants consisted of the caregivers of a family living with a child between the ages of four and 12 with Type I diabetes. The study was triangular in nature, with an exploratory, descriptive approach. A biographical questionnaire with an open-ended question was used in conjunction with seven other questionnaires to gather data. These questionnaires were: The Family Hardiness Index (FHI), the Family Time and Routine Index (FTRI), the Social Support Index (SSI), the Family Problem-Solving Communication (FPSC) Index, the Family Crises-Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES), the Relative and Friend Support Index, and the Family Attachment and Changeability Index 8 (FACI8). Descriptive statistics were used to describe the biographical information. Quantitative data were analysed by means of correlation and regression analysis, and a content analysis was conducted to analyse the qualitative data. The results of the quantitative analysis indicated three significant positive correlations with the FACI8. These variables were family hardiness (measured by the FHI), family problem-solving communication (measured by the FPSC), and family time and routines (measured by the FTRI). The results of the qualitative analysis revealed that social support, the caregivers’ acceptance of the condition, and spirituality and religion were the most important strength factors that contributed to the families’ adjustment and adaptation. Although the study had a small sample and many limitations, the study could be used as a stepping-stone for future research on resilience in families living with chronic medical conditions and will contribute to family resilience research in the South African context.

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Swartz, Jackie. "Allergy, Stress and Sense of Coherence in Families with Children living in accordance with an Anthroposophic Lifestyle." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för neurovetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-221438.

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Background: Previous studies on anthroposophic lifestyle and allergy show that the children have less risk of developing allergies. All studies so far have been retrospective and have included children in school age. In view of the facts that this lifestyle seems to protect children from allergies and that different symptoms of atopy have increased dramatically during the last decades it is of general interest to study this group of children more in detail. The earlier findings have now been followed up in a prospective research program ALADDIN (Assessment of Life style and Allergic Disease During Infancy), applying different approaches. One of these is to focus on stress (as measured by cortisol) as a factor that may underlie the decreased risk of allergy in children from anthroposophic families. Aim: This thesis is based on data from the ALADDIN study focusing on influence of family lifestyle on allergy sensitization early in children’s life in relation to psychosocial factors and salivary cortisol as an indicator of stress. Methods: A total of 552 families were recruited during pregnancy or during the first month of the child´s life in two recruitment waves, 330 families between September 2004 and November 2007 and another 222 families between March 2008 and January 2011. They were recruited at anthroposophic maternal and child health care centers (MCHC) and from conventional MCHCs. Data on demographics and exposures were obtained by questionnaires and interviews. Parental capacity to adapt to stressors was evaluated by means of the questionnaire “Sense of Coherence” (SOC; Antonovsky). Salivary samples were collected at home from the infants and both parents for analyzes of cortisol. Blood samples were obtained from the parents and from the children for analyzes of IgE. Results: Many family related characteristics differed markedly between the groups before and during pregnancy, during delivery and the first 12 months of age. Children from anthroposophic families had lower levels of salivary cortisol compared to peers from families with a more conventional lifestyle on all sampling occasions at 6 months of age and on some of the occasions at 12 and 24 months of age. There were no differences concerning cortisol between parents with different lifestyle and no significant differences concerning SOC-scores between the three lifestyle groups. An anthroposophic lifestyle was associated with a lower risk of allergic sensitization up to five years of age. This risk was partially explained by lower cortisol levels during infancy. Children in families with a partly anthroposophic lifestyle also had substantially lower risk of sensitization. Conclusion: An anthroposophic lifestyle protects from development of allergy during childhood, at least up to five years of age. This protective capacity is partly mediated by low cortisol levels during infancy but is also dependent on unknown characteristics of this lifestyle. These results call for further studies on health related effects of an anthroposophic lifestyle.

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Sevim, Burcu. "The Effects Of Stress Management Program For Mothers Of Children With Autism." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608638/index.pdf.

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The purpose of the present study was to prepare a Stress Management Program for the mothers of children with autism and to evaluate the effects of the program on depression, anxiety, and suicidal probability. It was hypothesized that the mothers of children with autism who attended the Stress Management Program would have lower depression, anxiety and suicidal probability whereas there would be no change in the depression, anxiety, and suicidal probability of mothers of children withautism who did not get any treatment. The participants of the study were 44 mothers of children with autism from Uyum Special Education Center and Ilgi Special Education Center. The data were gathered by administering four instruments Beck Depression Inventory, Back Anxiety Inventory, Suicidal Probability Scale, and Demographic Information Form. Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance Technique was used to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicated that there was a significant decrease in depression levels of mothers of children with autism after the Stress Management Program whereas anxiety and suicidal probability did not change significantly as a function of the Stress Management Program. For the mothers of children with autism who did not get any treatment, it was indicated that there were no difference in depression, anxiety and suicidal probability. The results were discussed within the context of the relevant literature.

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Schamborzki, Ingeburg Ursula. "Ninth-grade high school students' coping and adaptation : a counselling perspective on responses to stresses of everyday living." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72081.

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This study describes and analyzes within the cognitive-phenomenological theory of psychological stress developed by Lazarus and his colleagues the coping strategies used by 95 9th-grade adolescents in specific stressful events in their daily lives. Four research instruments were administered three times at five- to six-week intervals: (1) the Semi-Structured Interview Schedule; (2) the Ways of Coping Checklist; (3) the Daily Hassles and Uplifts Scales; and, (4) the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist. Results of the study indicate the most frequently reported hassles and uplifts are consistent with the age and developmental level of this sample. The concerns are primarily frequent, chronic minor events associated with activities of daily living. Hassles and uplifts were positively correlated with each other, as well as with symptomatology and coping strategies. Coping strategies were positively related to symptomatology. Female adolescents reported higher levels of uplifts intensity, more coping strategies, and higher levels of symptomatology than male adolescents. Although significantly fewer coping strategies were reported over time, both problem-solving and emotion-regulating strategies were used in the majority of stressful events. Significant differences in levels of symptomatology appeared as a function of the language-group to which subjects belonged. While further investigation of adolescents' coping behaviors is warranted, the results of this study identified the need for stress management education for adolescents as well as for teachers, counsellors, and other professionals who work with them.

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Oliveira, Everaldo Santos. "Por sua culpa, sua tão grande culpa : um estudo sobre o processo de naturalização, responsabilização e culpabilização das mães dos meninos e meninas em situação de rua." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2015. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/17756.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:16:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Everaldo Santos Oliveira.pdf: 799551 bytes, checksum: e5b1769e747b9d3aa2a0a36dc81e224d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-05 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior This research makes an analysis of the process of accountability of mothers of children and adolescents living on the streets, abandonment context in which their children are. The presence of children and adolescents living on the streets of our cities constitutes one of the cruelest expressions of social inequality that affects our country. This phenomenon is not new in the history of Brazil, and even with the economic, social and legal advances in recent decades, continues to exist. Several scientific studies have been conducted on this topic, however, there is a prevalence in these theoretical debates a discussion of the various factors causing this phenomenon and care to this population policies. In conceptual and empirical field we did not find a deeper reflection on the importance of the mother of the boys and girls on the streets as provider affective, moral and material in the lives of their children and the whole family. This thesis aims to develop an analysis of the naturalization process and accountability of the roles socially assigned to the family institution, more specifically the mother figure in the material and emotional care of their children, and the consequent "blame" those mothers who, for various reasons, do not correspond to moral, social and legal imposed by various segments of society. This study also sought to analyze the mother figure of perspective, the reasons why your child to get the experience of living on the street. The methodological process is based on the socio-historical analysis of conceptual approaches on family, gender, race / ethnicity, deepening the different theme determinations addressed in relation to children, adolescents and their families. We conducted a case study based on the analysis of the life stories of three women mothers of young people on the streets, interviewed for this search. Through these analyzes it was possible to realize how much these individual reports are organized around certain individual and collective events, moving beyond the merely subjective character. The categorization and analysis of the speeches of the people-subject took into consideration the fact that in quantitative research data collection occurs in a context fluent relations in the interactive process with the subjects, in order to reach its essence. Opting for this type of research is rightly given the fact that it encourage respondents to think freely about any subject, object, or concept, which allowed researchers to access objective aspects, but also subjective, of respondents spontaneously. From the analysis and discussion of the data it can be said that despite all the adversities and misunderstandings that mark the lives of these women, they are those who take on the difficult task of being the mainstay of the family and the primary affective and moral reference for your children A presente pesquisa realiza uma análise sobre o processo de responsabilização das mães das crianças e adolescentes em situação de rua, pelo contexto de abandono no qual os seus filhos se encontram. A presença de crianças e adolescentes vivendo nas ruas das nossas cidades se constitui em uma das mais cruéis expressões da desigualdade social que atinge o nosso país. Este fenômeno não é recente na história do Brasil, e mesmo com os avanços econômicos, sociais e legais nas últimas décadas, persiste em existir. Vários estudos científicos já foram realizados sobre este tema, todavia, há uma prevalência nesses debates teóricos de uma discussão em torno dos diversos fatores geradores desse fenômeno e das políticas de atendimento a essa população. No campo conceitual e empírico não encontramos uma reflexão mais aprofundada sobre a importância da mãe dos meninos e meninas em situação de rua como provedora afetiva, moral e material na vida de seus filhos e de toda a família. Esta tese objetivou o desenvolvimento de uma análise sobre o processo de naturalização e de responsabilização dos papeis socialmente atribuídos à instituição familiar, mais especificamente à figura materna, no cuidado material e emocional dos seus filhos, e à consequente culpabilização dessas mães que, por diversos motivos, não correspondem às exigências morais, sociais e legais impostas pelos mais diversos segmentos da sociedade. Este estudo também buscou analisar, na perspectiva da figura da mãe, os motivos que levaram seu filho a buscar a experiência de viver na rua. O processo metodológico fundamenta-se na análise sócio-histórica das abordagens conceituais sobre família, gênero, raça/etnia, aprofundando as diferentes determinações do tema abordado em relação às crianças, adolescentes e suas famílias. Realizou-se estudo de caso a partir da análise das trajetórias de vida de três mulheres mães de adolescentes e jovens em situação de rua, entrevistadas nesta pesquisa. Através dessas análises foi possível perceber o quanto esses relatos individuais se articulam em torno de certos acontecimentos individuais e coletivos, superando assim o caráter unicamente subjetivo. A categorização e análise das falas das pessoas-sujeitos levou em consideração o fato de que na pesquisa quantitativa a coleta dos dados se dá em um contexto fluente de relações no processo interativo com os sujeitos, com o objetivo de atingir a sua essência. A opção por essa forma de pesquisa se deu justamente ao fato dela estimular as entrevistadas a pensar livremente sobre algum tema, objeto ou conceito, o que permitiu ao pesquisador acessar aspectos objetivos, mas também subjetivos, dos entrevistados, de maneira espontânea. A partir da análise e discussão dos dados pode-se afirmar que apesar de todas as adversidades e desencontros que marcam as vidas dessas mulheres, são elas aquelas que assumem o árdua missão de ser o esteio da família e a principal referência afetiva e moral para os seus filhos

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Lancellotti, Helena Patini. "Tecnologias de governo, infância e rua : um estudo sobre as categorias e as práticas dos serviços que acompanham crinças e adolescentes em situação de rua em Porto Alegre." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/140349.

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Esta dissertação é resultado de uma pesquisa etnográfica com o serviço Ação Rua, que atua na abordagem e no acompanhamento de crianças e adolescentes configurados como em situação de rua na cidade de Porto Alegre/RS e com a Proteção Especial de Média Complexidade vinculada à Fundação de Assistência Social e Cidadania (FASC). O objetivo desta pesquisa foi compreender como as categorias tipificadas no Projeto Ação Rua – rua sobrevivência e rua moradia – estão sendo utilizadas e reconfiguradas no espaço coordenado pela Proteção Especial e na prática cotidiana de duas equipes que fazem parte do programa. A partir do trabalho de campo, foi possível perceber como está ocorrendo à gestão da situação de rua na cidade e quais elementos vêm compondo essa categorização. Com este trabalho, espero contribuir para os profissionais que tornaram possível a concretização deste estudo e para as reflexões dentro do campo da Antropologia do Estado, das práticas de governo e dos estudos sobre gestão da infância e juventude em situação de rua. This dissertation is the result of an ethnographic research with the AçãoRua service, which operates on the approach and accompaniment of children and adolescentes configured as homeless in the city of Porto Alegre/RS, and with the Middle Special Protection Complexity linked to Fundação de Assistência Social e Cidadania (FASC). The objective of this research was to understand how the categories typified by the Ação Rua Project - street survival and street housing - are being used and reconfigured in the space coordinated by the Special Protection and the daily practice of two teams who are part of the program. From the field work, it was revealed how the management of the streets is happening in the city and which elements have been composing this categorization. With this work, I hope to contribute with the professionals who made possible the realization of this study and also with the reflections in the anthropology of state field, the governance practices and studies about the management of childhood and youth in the streets.

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Buys, Ada C. "Living with a sibling with Autism/PDD Assessing the effects using play therapy methods /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10222004-100132.

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Birkeland, Anna-Lena. "Psychosocial aspects of living with congenital heart disease : child, family, and professional perspectives." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Pediatrik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-60761.

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Background: The vast majority of infants born with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adulthood because of the developments in cardiology in recent decades. This thesis aims to describe the psychosocial situation of child/adolescent cardiac patients and their families, investigate the situation faced by parents and siblings initially and over time, investigate the approaches paediatric cardiologists use in encountering the family, and describe the teamwork occurring in paediatric cardiology teams (PCTs) in Sweden. Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework was based on a quality of life model applied to children, a stress-coping model, and a psychosocial approach including support, profession, and teamwork. Methods: The research combines quantitative data collection/analysis and qualitative research interviews/content analysis. Results: Complexity: The three grades of medical complexity differed regarding the number and severity of psychosocial symptoms, the children with the most complex CHD having the most severe symptoms. The most frequent symptoms in the whole patient group regarding various spheres were: healthcare and treatment-related needs in the external sphere, family symptoms in the interpersonal sphere, and mental/psychosomatic symptoms in the personal sphere. Coping: Being informed of a child’s/sibling’s heart disease has emotional consequences, so information, communication, and support are essential. Breaking the news of a child’s disease can be described as a turning point still significant after ten years. The professionalism of the doctor’s approach in breaking the news is crucial. Profession: Among paediatric cardiologists, how to break bad news to a family is an important concern, evident in findings regarding the significance of trust and confidence and the use of various emotional positions. Paediatric cardiologists commonly wish to be skilled at handling this situation, and attaining the needed skills calls for reflection, education, and sharing experience. Team: PCTs in Sweden aim and try to work in a structured way. In PCTs, there is a need for leadership, resource coordination, coaching, and a forum for joint reflection. Dependence on the physician on the team was identified in all PCTs. The challenge of managing increasing complexity at both the family and system levels requires interprofessional teams. Conclusions: These studies illustrate the psychosocial complexity and the need of psychosocial support. Emotional consequences, communication, information and support are essential both for the children, parents/families and for the professionals. To manage this complexity organizational alteration action plans are required. There is a need for a forum to stimulate dialogue and common reflection in the local PCT and at the regional and national centres.

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Ara?jo, Katia Cristiane Vasconcelos de. "A experi?ncia da crian?a com a droga :caracter?sticas do uso e circunst?ncias familiares." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2006. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17466.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KatiaCVAB.pdf: 1446099 bytes, checksum: 1566a0ab8e73fa2d8681f190faa7c2ff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior The study is a reflexion of the use of drugs among children, pointing that as one of the most serious social problem nowadays. Customize the abuse of drugs reflecting on the childhood and the family s influence of the problem of the children that use drugs, is the main objective of this thesis. Choosing the qualitative method of research, the investigation starts with the reports of the children and mothers assisted at Centro de Refer?ncia e Apoio ? Crian?a e ao Adolescente Usu?rios de Drogas, program of specialized assistance of 1? Vara da Inf?ncia e da Juventude de Natal/RN. The research was done through semi-structured interviews, in a total of six subjects: three children and their respective mothers. Through the reports of the subjects, it is brought theorical reflexions that illustrates their perceptions and conceptions about topics like the usage of drugs, the circumstances the usage of drugs was started, the family s structure and dynamic, the situation on the streets, and other factors that affect the development of a child in her/his environment. It is proved that the usage of drugs in Brazil, problem that has been increasing the number of children affected by, is a multi faceted and complex phenomenon but some factors of social and family risks deserve to be pointed out like the manner of support future actions in the prevention area O estudo faz uma reflex?o sobre o uso de drogas entre crian?as situando-o como um dos mais graves problemas sociais da atualidade. Caracterizar o abuso de drogas, refletindo sobre sua condi??o de inf?ncia e investigar a influ?ncia da fam?lia no desencadeamento do problema nestas crian?as, se configura como o objetivo central deste trabalho. Optando pelo m?todo de pesquisa qualitativa, a investiga??o se d? a partir dos relatos de crian?as e m?es atendidas pelo Centro de Refer?ncia e Apoio ? Crian?a e ao Adolescente Usu?rios de Drogas, programa de atendimento especializado da 1? Vara da Inf?ncia e da Juventude de Natal/RN. Os dados foram coletados atrav?s de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, com um total de seis sujeitos, sendo tr?s crian?as e suas respectivas m?es. Atrav?s das falas e depoimentos dos sujeitos, busca-se trazer reflex?es te?ricas que ilustrem as percep??es e concep??es deles acerca de temas como o uso de drogas, as circunst?ncias em que se iniciou o uso, a estrutura e din?mica familiares, a situa??o de rua, e outros fatores que comprometem o desenvolvimento da crian?a no meio em que vive. Comprova-se que o uso de drogas no Brasil, problema que acomete cada vez um maior n?mero de crian?as, ? um fen?meno multifacetado e complexo, por?m, alguns fatores de risco sociais e familiares merecem destaque como forma de subsidiar futuras interven??es na ?rea de preven??o

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Ehlin, Maria, and Sanna Rundquist. "Stress och aktivitetsbalans bland lärare : En enkätundersökning." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Hälsohögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39994.

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Psykisk ohälsa ökar i samhället och de som arbetar inom kontaktyrken löper stor risk att utsättas för stress. Tre av tio lärare i förskoleklass, grundskolan och fritidshem har besvär relaterade till arbetet som i stor utsträckning är orsakad av stress. En individs aktivitetsbalans påverkar dennes hälsa och välbefinnande. Syftet var att beskriva lärares självskattade stress och aktivitetsbalans. Examensarbetet gjordes genom en kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie med bakgrundsfrågor, frågor om stress och instrumentet Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ). Det var 57 respondenter som besvarade enkäten. Respondenterna skattade högre stress på arbetet än utanför arbetet. Respondenterna har en relativt låg aktivitetsbalans. Det finns ett signifikant negativt samband mellan stress och aktivitetsbalans. Det finns ingen signifikant skillnad mellan respondenterna med hemmaboende barn och utan hemmaboende barn, på variablerna stress på arbetet, stress utanför arbetet eller aktivitetsbalans. Arbetsterapeuter skulle kunna ge hälsofrämjande och förebyggande insatser till lärare, för att minska deras stress och bibehålla och förbättra deras aktivitetsbalans. Resultatet kan inte generaliseras då det är få respondenter, men det kan ligga till grund för vidare studier. Mental illness increases in the society and those who works in contact professions have a high risk be exposed to stress. Three in ten preschool teachers, recreation instructors and compulsory school teachers have troubles related to the work, stress is a common cause. A person’s occupational balance influences health and well-being. The purpose was to describe self-rated stress and occupational balance among teachers and recreation instructors. A quantitative cross-sectional study which included demographic questions, questions about stress and the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ). There was 57 participants. The participants self-rated higher stress at work than outside work. The participants had a low occupational balanced. It was a negative correlation between stress and occupational balanced. It was no significant difference between those living with or without children, on the variables stress at work, outside work or occupational balanced. Occupational therapists can provide health promotional and prevention measures to teachers and recreation instructors to decrease their stress, maintain and improve their occupational balance. The results can not be generalize because of a low number of participants, but it can be used for future studies.

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Mtonga, Jonnathan. "On and Off the Streets : children moving between institutional care and survival on the streets." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Norsk senter for barneforskning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-15920.

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The new social studies of childhood advocate for children to be viewed and approached as social actors who are competent participants on matters affecting them. It further suggests that childhood should be viewed as a social construct; it takes note of differences and variations in childhoods that need to be taken into account when coming up with programs and interventions for children. To researchers, this calls for a shift from doing research “on” children to doing research “with" children. It is these notions of new social studies of childhood that have guided my study. My thesis explores factors that prompt street children to escape institutional care in preference for the streets, and challenges they encounter on the streets and how they manage to survival regardless of the challenges they are exposed to. Gender differences in the way street life affects boys and girls are highlighted. The study employed qualitative research methods namely, semi-structured interviews; participant observation, focus group discussions. The total number of participants in this study was 20, 10 boys and 10 girls. 5 girls were living on the streets and the other 5 were living under institutional care but previously they had lived on the street. Accordingly, 5 boys were living on the streets and the other 5 were living under institutional care but previously they had lived on the streets. The study realizes that street children defy the widely held idea of vulnerability and dependence arising from the conviction that a “proper” childhood involves being nurtured by parents within a home and secluded from the dangers of the adult world. However, through their social network, seen as social capital, and by employing their agency, street children are able to develop survival mechanisms that sustain their lives in the absence of parents. Based on the accounts from girls, the study documents that cultural norms and gender stereotypes put girls at a disadvantage as they have limited survival mechanism and they are generally more vulnerable than boys. Knowledge based on street childrens’ perspectives and reflections about their lives is crucial as a resource for developing interventions.

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Harrison, Carmen. "The experience of stress in adolescents living in low-income communities in the Western Cape : the role of self-esteem, coping and perceived social support." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86625.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Contextual stressors that are associated with living in low-income communities have an adverse impact on the mental health of adolescents. International studies indicate that this outcome is influenced by the presence of factors that may buffer the impact of stressors, or which may increase adolescents' vulnerability to experiencing stress. The present study was aimed at exploring the factors that influence the mental health of 173 school-going adolescents residing in low-income communities in the Western Cape. By using a quantitative method with a correlational design, the research explored the relationship between depression (measured on the Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition) and the following factors respectively: self-esteem (measured on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale), coping strategies (measured on the Coping Strategies Indicator), perceived social support (measured on the Social Support Appraisals Scale) and resilience (measured on the Resilience Scale for Adolescents). Results of the correlational analyses indicated that high self-esteem, higher use of the problem-solving coping strategy, stronger perceived social support and higher resilience were significantly related to decreased levels of depression. In contrast, higher use of the avoidant coping strategy was significantly related to higher levels of depression. These results indicate that while some factors may buffer the impact of perceived contextual stressors on adolescents' mental health (for example, problem-solving coping, stronger perceived social support and resilience), other factors may increase adolescents' vulnerability to experiencing depression (for example, avoidant coping). These results may inform interventions focused on promoting mental health or preventing incidence of depression in adolescents living in low-income communities. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kontekstuele stressors wat geassosieer word met ŉ bestaan in lae-inkomstegemeenskappe het ŉ nadelige impak op die geestesgesondheid van adolessente. Internasionale studies dui daarop dat hierdie resultaat beïnvloed word deur die teenwoordigheid van faktore wat die impak van stressors kan versag of adolessente se kwesbaarheid vir stres kan verhoog. Die huidige studie is daarop gemik om ondersoek in te stel na die faktore wat die geestesgesondheid van 173 skoolgaande adolessente, wat in lae-inkomstegemeenskappe in die Wes-Kaap woon, beïnvloed. Deur ŉ kwantitatiewe metode met ŉ korrelasionele ontwerp te gebruik, het die studie ondersoek ingestel na die verhouding tussen depressie (bepaal volgens die Beck-depressie-inventaris-Tweede uitgawe [Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition]) en die volgende faktore: selfagting (bepaal volgens die Rosenberg-selfagtingskaal [Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale]), hanteringstrategieë (bepaal volgens die hanteringstrategie-aanduider [Coping Strategies Indicator]), waarneembare sosiale ondersteuning (bepaal volgens die sosiale-ondersteuningstakseringskaal [Social Support Appraisals Scale]) en geeskragtigheid (bepaal volgens die geesteskragtigheidskaal vir adolessente [Resilience Scale for Adolescents]). Die resultate van die korrelasionele ontleding dui daarop dat hoë selfagtingsvlakke, ŉ toename in die gebruik van probleemoplossingstrategieë vir die hantering van situasies, beter waarneembare sosiale steun en hoër geeskragtigheidsvlakke ŉ beduidende verwantskap toon met ŉ afname in depressievlakke. In teenstelling hiermee was daar ŉ opvallende verband tussen vermydingsgedragstrategieë en hoër depressievlakke. Hierdie resultate dui daarop dat hoewel sommige faktore die impak van waarneembare kontekstuele stressors op die geestesgesondheid van adolessente kan versag (byvoorbeeld probleemoplossingstrategieë vir die hantering van situasies, beter waarneembare sosiale steun en geeskragtigheid), ander faktore die adolessente se kwesbaarheid vir depressie kan verhoog (byvoorbeeld vermydingsgedragstrategieë). Hierdie resultate kan moontlik ŉ bydrae lewer tot ingrypings wat gemik is op die verbetering van geestesgesondheid of op die voorkoming van die voorkoms van depressie by adolessente wat in lae-inkomstegemeenskappe leef.

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Conticini, Alessandro. "We are the Kings : the children of Dhaka's streets." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525968.

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This thesis is about children in street situations in Bangladesh, with a particular focus on those in the capital city of Dhaka. Using a constructivist paradigm involving qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, this work answers three major questions: 1. What are the causes, and dynamics of, migrating to the street for children in street situations? 2. How do children in street situations develop coping strategies and secure their livelihoods on the street? 3. What are the consequenceso f streetl ife over the children's lifecourse? In the conclusion, the study's main findings are presented and their implications for policy are examined. The thesis starts by setting the phenomenon of street life experienced by children within a broad literature and highlights the many unresolved and interdisciplinary challenges that the topic presents. The theoretical framework is then developed, an Integrated Rights and Livelihoods Analytical Framework (IRLAF) that combines child rights and sustainable livelihoods frameworks. This new conceptual framework is built on the strengths of the two approaches, partially solving the problems arising from their respective constraints. The second part of the thesis focuses on the analysis and findings of field research. It investigates not only the living conditions of children once on the street but also their personal histories and compares these with the general experience of growing up in Bangladesh. The causes of street migration are multiple, complex and overlaid, but violence within the family and local community and lack of social capital in the children's households are leading causes for the migration. Coping strategies developed on the street depend on children's experiences, opportunities and personal characteristics. Gender is an important factor in these processes. Four simplified phases of street life are identified: initial adaptation, acceptance, inurement and, sometimes, dependence. These phases have implications for children's capacity to manage, protect and promote their livelihoods once on the street. Children in street situations main livelihood needs are: feeling of love and. number of trusted friends, cooperative activities, earning money, working and playing activities, food, education, health status, use of space and feeling of security. The consequences of street life in the short and mediumterm commonly include resilience against adversities, inclusion/exclusion processes and the development of a Buis generis system of norms and morality compatible with the street environment. An initial understanding of some of the long-term consequences of street life is provided by presenting four case studies of the individual lifecourses of former children in street situations. This helped to clarify how street living influences the different outcomes in children's adulthood which in turn can be considered successful, unsuccessful or mixed. Overall, this thesis shows how a dominant and unchallenged narrative shapes the public understanding of and ongoing interventions to help children in street situations in Bangladesh. The concluding remarks openly challenge this narrative, its accuracy, reliability and utility when compared with the main findings of this study. The conclusion examines the implications of the research findings for theories of the livelihoods of children in street situations and for policies and actions to support children on the street.

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Aliaga, Labun Inonge. "Children on the streets, welcoming daycare in the city environment." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23198.pdf.

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Johansson, Charlotta. "Safety and mobility of children crossing streets as pedestrians and bicyclists." Doctoral thesis, Luleå, 2004. http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1544/2004/027.

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Hancock, Peter Mark. "Education in the streets : an ethnographic study of homeless youth in New York City /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1988. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/1080822x.

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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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Löer, Kathrin. "At home with the unhoused : conversations with men and women living on the streets of Berlin." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1355596.

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Homeless individuals in Berlin can be included into the group of people who do something more interesting than architects would ever dream of. With their knowledge of the city and the ability to claim spaces, they create their home within the city context. They use the city and what the city offers, to their advantage and create their homes with what is available in the city. They are not homeless. For the "city users" the city becomes home- the city home.To tell the stories of individuals who make the city their home, this thesis describes the daily routine of several individuals (with insights gained from a two-month internship) and appreciates these people for how they manage to survive somewhat independently on the streets of Berlin.It is argued that these individuals are not future clients for architects. Instead, it is suggested that we --architects, designers, planners, policy-makers, and others – have much to learn from those we consider to be homeless. Department of Architecture

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Mahlangu, Nompumelelo Innocentia. "Factors that contribute to street children leaving rehabilitation centres and returning to the streets /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06172005-154603/.

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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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Mahlangu, Nompumelelo Innocentia. "Factors that contribute to street children leaving rehabilitation centres and returning to the streets." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25588.

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Much of prevailing research on street children pertains to their experiences at home prior to their abode on the streets, as well as their ordeal on the streets once they have departed from their homes. Only a few studies highlight their experiences in rehabilitation centres. Hence no study was undertaken to explore factors that contribute to their departure from rehabilitation centres and return to the streets. The aim of the study was to determine why do some of the street children who were formerly placed in the rehabilitation centres return to the streets. Thus the objectives of the study were to (a) determine the norms and values that are applicable in the centres and (b) determine whether their tendency of returning to the streets results from their negative perception of certain factors in the centres, as well as their desire to resume the life that they adopted on the street prior to their placement in the centres. The sample comprised of sixteen street children who have previously resided in the centres. Focus group interviews were adopted as data collection techniques, and the children were subjected to four focus group interviews. A semi-structured interview was also conducted to one of the caregivers in the centre. A Grounded Theory Approach, which is an integration of the methods proposed by Strauss and Corbin (1990), Glaser (1992), Creswell (1998) and Strauss and Corbin (1998), was utilised for the analysis of the interviews. The findings evinced that the children's departure from the centres and return to the streets culminated from their familiarity with street life, desire to return home, discontentment with some of the living conditions in the centres, ill-treatment by the police and older boys, as well as their desire to resume street life, that is, to partake in income-generation activities and to be reunited with other children who reside on the streets. Much of their interaction with the caregivers also contributed to their retreat from the centres. The caregivers subjected them to discrimination, ill-treatment, false accusations, humiliation, restriction and threatened to transfer them to another centre. In addition to the above- mentioned factors, there were unanticipated findings that also emerged during the study. The findings were clustered as follows: factors that influenced the children to leave the centre and return home, factors that influenced the children to leave their homes and reside on the streets, factors that influenced the children to leave the streets and reside in the centre and factors that influenced the children to leave their homes and return to the streets. Therefore, the children's negative perception of the conditions that they were subjected to in the centres contributed to their return to the streets, as they related well with other street children and were able to earn an income on the streets. Dissertation (MA (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2002. Psychology unrestricted

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Sandin, Esbjörn. "Föräldrar utan fast bostad : Erfarenheter av föräldraskap på genomgångsboende för bostadslösa." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-6708.

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Families lacking adequate housing are increasingly becoming a concern for social services throughout Sweden, challenging a key promise of the social democratic universalist welfare-state. This raises questions about experiences of parenthood under the threat of facing homelessness or while living in temporary and inadequate residence in the Swedish context. A qualitative, explorative interview study among parents without access to the housing market and housed by social services is proposed for this investigation. Interview-analysis using an inductive thematic framework-based model with content-analysis and interpretation suggests that the sample groups perceptions of reality revolves around four main interconnected themes or categories; housing history, mental processes, child-parent relationship, adaptation. These categories each accommodates subthemes such as process, exclusion, depression, repetitive thinking, closeness. Participants housing history is viewed as a process encompassing experiences of inadequacy and their mental processes seems to be dominated by different dimensions and levels of stress, depression and cognitive malfunctioning associated with future plans and living space. The study indicates that these experiences forge a strong and close parent-child relationship and seems to affect participants’ way of viewing their position in society. Observing the results through a theoretical lens concludes that concepts drawn from systems theory, social constructivist ideas such as social representation and positioning theory widens our understanding of how participants situation. Results are also in line with previous qualitative as well as quantitative studies, and can be used to construct concepts and hypothesises regarding identity, class, exclusion and family relations that needs to be tested in further research. Finally, results suggest a careful approach within a social work context towards families living under studied living conditions. It seems pivotal to be aware of how unstable housing can affect mental processes, self-identity and family relationships but keeping in mind that these individual factors are linked to societal structures that lie at the core of homeless or at risk homeless parents’ situation.

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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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Rivas, Plaza Veronica. "Norrtullsgatan living street : A public life investigation and design proposal." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296220.

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‘Norrtullsgatan Living Street’ is a public life investigation and design proposal to increase accessibility and attractiveness for people along Norrtullsgatan in Vasastaden, Stockholm. It is a response to the Levande Stockholm Programme, an urban place-making strategy to test potential pedestrian streets by restricting traffic and introducing pop-up furniture during the summer and winter months to create pedestrian-friendly environments. Vasastaden is located North of the city center with the major public transport hub of Odenplan and a significant number of people walking along its narrow sidewalks towards Drottninggatan. This area is an important pedestrian zone that connects the city center to other parts of Stockholm with great potential to activate already existing public spaces and create a network of livable streets. This thesis aims to investigate possible long-term strategies based on public life studies, a comprehensive street analysis, and urban place-making interventions that focus on pedestrians, cyclists, and the experience at the street level to create a ‘living street’. This project wants to strengthen and highlight the benefits of walking not only as a choice of mobility but also as a social, economic, and well-being outcome for the city. Moreover, it instigates further the concept of what makes a walkable city. People want to feel comfortable and safe during their walk but they also want to have a pleasurable experience. Urban design qualities, by all means, influence those choices. By following the evaluation of the temporary design during the summer and winter streets, this project re-assess those strategies to proposed permanent design to promote inclusive public spaces. As a result, this thesis emphasizes the importance of design strategies that are well-integrated into a community by taking into consideration site-specific conditions and users. At the same time, it hopes to contribute with input to the already tested pedestrian zones to become meeting places with rich content, high urban qualities, and a strong identity.

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Chama, Samson. "Program Approach for Childheaded Households in Zambia." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1614.

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Using an emergent design, this study developed a program approach for young people in the child headed households of Zambia. Phase I dealt with prior ethnography, Phase II focused on independent living services, and Phase III concerned translation to Zambia. A total of 36 participants from Richmond, consisting of 20 Richmond Department of Social Services workers and youth and 16 Africans, were recruited. Three major themes emerged: feasibility, content, and quality. Lessons learned about translational research highlight the need for uniformity in a cultural screen’s composition. This might enhance the richness of perspectives on young people. Lessons for the Department of Social Services include a need to focus on tracking young people exiting services. This might involve exit interviews with young people and guidance with life decisions. There were lessons about decisions regarding local and expert knowledge in the translation process. This often becomes difficult when there are no assurances of participant uniformity. Paying attention to issues of local and expert knowledge would eliminate decision barriers that might arise during the translational process. Implications for social work education suggest that an emphasis on cultural competency might help students at the BSW and MSW levels to become better managers of adolescents. Implications for practice and policy include enhancing access to education and health for all young people. This process might be facilitated by the enactment of polices that highlight education and health for all young people at national and state levels. The following are crucial considerations for practice with young people: recruiting and training appropriate staff, promoting civic education, collaborating with young people, strengthening community involvement, strengthening agency collaboration, and developing targeted services. Implications for further research include: exploring what areas to consider when making a paradigm jump, considering cultural principles as bridges for making that jump, examining the implications for translational research as opposed to diffusion of innovation, determining what types of research samples would eliminate some of the gender issues that emerge with focus groups, recruiting more young people as participants, and conducting a study that focuses on lived experiences of young people.

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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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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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