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Salifu, Yendork Joana. "The psychological functioning and experiences following placement in orphanages : an exploratory study of orphanhood in Accra, Ghana." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96074.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Parental loss and orphanage placement can be stressful and can negatively influence the well-being of children. However, few studies have been conducted on the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages. As a result, the impact of orphanage placement following parental loss in Ghana is not well understood. The present study aimed to explore the psychological functioning and experiences of orphaned children placed in orphanages in comparison to non-orphaned children in Accra, Ghana.
A mixed-method design with elements of both quantitative and qualitative approaches was used. For quantitative data, questionnaires were used to source information pertaining to quality of life, stress (symptoms of depression and anxiety), problems experienced during the month, coping strategies, perceived social support, perceived self-efficacy and resilience. For qualitative data, follow-up interviews with selected orphaned participants were used to delve into participants’ experiences of placement in an orphanage. Purposive sampling was used to select participants who were aged between seven and 17 years. The sample comprised 100 orphaned children, placed in four orphanages, and 100 non-orphans sampled from two public schools in Accra. The quantitative data were analysed using the t-test, the chi-square test, Pearson product-moment correlation analyses, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression analyses. The qualitative data were analysed through content and thematic analyses. The results revealed that orphaned children showed more anxiety symptoms than non-orphans but both groups of children presented with high levels of depressive symptoms. The predominant problems for both groups of children were problems with school and relationship problems with peers and caregivers. However, for orphaned children, relationship problems with peers were commonly cited whereas for non-orphans, problems cited were relationship difficulties with caregivers. Despite the heightened emotional distress, orphaned children reported high levels of self-efficacy and resilience as well as stronger perceptions of available support from friends than non-orphans. Non-orphaned children perceived significantly stronger support from families than orphaned children. Regression analyses also revealed that for orphaned children, anxiety and support-seeking coping emerged as significant predictors of qualify of life whereas depression emerged as a significant predictor of quality of life for non-orphaned children. Self-efficacy emerged as a significant positive predictor of resilience for orphaned children whereas self-efficacy and perceived social support emerged as significant positive predictors of resilience for non-orphans.
The results of the thematic analyses of the follow-up interviews with selected orphans also revealed that orphanage placement evoked both negative and positive experiences. While orphanages provided structure, nurturance, a safe home environment and avenues for positive peer relationships that engendered a sense of belonging, they were also associated with financial constraints and relationship problems with peers and caregivers. In addition, the Christian-religious orientation of the orphaned children appeared to foster orphans’ well-being.
The present study provided evidence that both the orphaned and non-orphaned children were vulnerable to psychological distress. Therefore, interventions should be effected to both groups of children. Furthermore, the study showed that orphanages provided sanctuary and nurturance to orphans who lack parental care and could be considered as a viable form of orphan care in Ghana.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ouerverlies en weeshuisplasing veroorsaak stres en kan die welstand van kinders negatief beïnvloed. Min navorsingstudies is egter gedoen oor die psigologiese welstand van Ghanese weeskinders wat in weeshuise geplaas word. Die gevolg is dat die impak van weeshuisplasing ná ouerverlies nie goed in Ghana verstaan word nie. Die studie is daarop gemik om die psigologiese funksionering en ervarings van kinders wat ouerloos gelaat en in weeshuise in Accra, Ghana, geplaas word, te ondersoek en dit met dié van nieweesgelate kinders te vergelyk.
’n Gemengdemetode-ontwerp met elemente van beide kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe benaderings is gebruik. Vraelyste is vir die kwantitatiewe data gebruik ten einde inligting te bekom oor lewenskwaliteit, stres (simptome van depressie en angs), daaglikse streswekkers of stressors, behartigingstrategieë, waargenome sosiale steun, waargenome selfbedrewendheid en veerkrag. Vir die kwalitatiewe data is opvolgonderhoude met geselekteerde weesgelate deelnemers gevoer ten einde die deelnemers se geleefde ervarings van plasing in ’n weeshuis indringend te bekyk. Doelgerigte steekproefneming is gebruik om deelnemers tussen die ouderdom van sewe en 17 jaar oud te selekteer. Die steekproef het bestaan uit 100 weesgelate kinders wat in vier weeshuise geplaas is, en 100 nieweesgelate kinders wat as steekproef uit twee openbare skole in Accra geneem is. Die kwantitatiewe data is ontleed met gebruikmaking van die t-toets, die chi-kwadraattoets, Pearson-produkmomentkorrelasieontledings, asook eenrigting-variansie- (VARO) en regressieontledings. Die kwalitatiewe data is aan die hand van inhouds- en tematiese ontledings geanaliseer.
Volgens die resultate toon weesgelate kinders meer angssimptome as nieweesgelate kinders, terwyl beide groepe kinders met hoë vlakke van depressiewe simptome presenteer. Die oorheersende daaglikse stressors by beide groepe kinders is probleme by die skool, asook verhoudingsprobleme met die portuurgroep en sorggewers. Wat die weesgelate kinders betref, word verhoudingsprobleme met die portuurgroep egter as die mees algemene probleme aangevoer, terwyl nieweesgelate kinders verhoudingsprobleme met sorggewers aandui. Afgesien van die verhoogde emosionele nood, toon weesgelate kinders hoë vlakke van selfbedrewendheid en veerkrag, asook sterker persepsies van beskikbare bystand deur vriende, as wat die geval is by nieweesgelate kinders. Nieweesgelate kinders neem beduidend sterker bystand van families waar as wat die geval is by weesgelate kinders. Regressieontledings dui ook aan dat angs en bystandsoekende behartigingsgedrag by weesgelate kinders as beduidende voorspellers van lewensgehalte presenteer, terwyl depressie as ’n beduidende voorspeller van lewensgehalte by nieweesgelate kinders presenteer. Selfbedrewendheid presenteer as ’n beduidende positiewe voorspeller van veerkrag by weesgelate kinders, terwyl selfbedrewendheid en waargenome sosiale bystand as beduidende positiewe voorspellers vir veerkrag, by nieweesgelate kinders presenteer.
Volgens die resultate van die tematiese ontledings van opvolgonderhoude met geselekteerde weeskinders, ontlok weeshuisplasing beide negatiewe en positiewe ervarings. Weeshuise skep struktuur, koestering, ’n veilige tuisomgewing en kanale vir positiewe portuurgroepverhoudings, en gevolglik ’n gevoel van samehorigheid, ofskoon hierdie instansies ook met finansiële beperkings en verhoudingsprobleme met portuurgroepe en versorgers verbind word. Verder blyk dit dat die Christengeloof-oriëntasie van die weesgelate kinders die welstand van die weeskinders bevorder.
Die aangebode studie lewer bewys dat sowel die weesgelate as die nieweesgelate kinders kwesbaar is vir psigologiese nood. Gevolglik word intervensies vir beide groepe kinders aangedui. Die studie toon verder dat weeshuise ’n toevlugsoord en versorgingsplek bied vir weeskinders wat nie ouerlike sorg ontvang nie, en dat dit as ’n lewensvatbare vorm van weeskindsorg in Ghana beskou kan word.
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Hans, Cara Lynn, and Lawrence Payne. "Orphanages in America: Are they needed?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1546.
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The purpose of this constructivist research study was to examine the idea of returning to the orphanage system, as a placement option for children who have been removed from their homes. The authors felt that this was especially important since lawmakers have been discussing this option as an answer to the question of welfare reform, and further felt that decisions such as these should not be made without the input of professionals in the social work field.
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Doucher, Stephen S. "A View of American Orphanages Through A Study of the History of The Ohio Pythian Home." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1302220863.
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Pocock, John Willmer. "Creating a strategic justice ministry in the local church that will enable the church to care for orphans in (Benoni) South Africa." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09252009-015255/.
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Berg, Cornelis van den. "Compassion in the Asian context the establishment of a home for disabled orphans /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0402.
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Lawrence, Constance Diane. "English oral language usage of caregivers in selected orphanages of eastern India a phenomenological study /." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2008p/lawrence.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008.<br>Additional advisors: Lois Christensen, Lynn Kirkland, Maryann Manning, Lou Anne Worthington. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 9, 2009; title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-113).
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Wilson, Marcy Kay. ""Dear little living arguments" orphans and other poor children, their families and orphanages, Baltimore and Liverpool, 1840-1910 /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9924.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2009.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of History. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Doring, Marlene. "Situação dos órfãos em decorrência da AIDS em Porto Alegre/RS e fatores associados à institucionalização." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6136/tde-21072009-102156/.
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O número de órfãos em decorrência da aids continuará a aumentar na próxima década, particularmente nos países onde não há tratamento efetivo e universal para a aids. No mundo, 14 milhões de crianças são órfãs devido à aids, a maioria delas vive em países em desenvolvimento; entretanto, no Brasil, o número de órfãos por aids não é conhecido. Este estudo objetivou identificar as características dos órfãos por aids em Porto Alegre e verificar os fatores associados à institucionalização destas crianças. Foi realizado um estudo de corte transversal das crianças de 0-15 anos de idade, filhos de indivíduos falecidos por aids no período de 1998-2001, residentes em Porto Alegre/RS. Os dados foram coletados em inquérito domiciliar com questionário estruturado. As crianças foram rastreadas a partir dos atestados de óbitos e dos registros dos Serviços de Saúde. A abordagem dos domicílios e cuidadores foi feita de modo a garantir absoluta privacidade, evitando discriminação e estigma para os órfãos e suas famílias. A proporção de órfãos/óbito de adulto foi 2:1. Do total de crianças localizadas (853), 70 por cento são órfãs de pai e 50 por cento , de mãe. Do total 20 por cento são órfãos duplos. São meninas 52 por cento . Quanto à cor da pele: pretas/pardas-56,5 por cento ; brancas 43 por cento . A idade mediana por ocasião do óbito paterno e materno foi 7 anos (0,00-19 P25=4 P75=11) e 8 anos (0,01-17 P25=5 P75=11), respectivamente. A idade média do pai por ocasião do óbito foi 36 anos (DP 8,0) e da mãe, 33,7 anos (DP 7,7); 64,0 por cento das mães e 72 por cento dos pais tinham ou tem diagnóstico de aids; 40,6 por cento das crianças vivem com a mãe, 24,5 por cento , com os avós (idade média 60 anos DP 7,45); 11,5 por cento , com tios e 5,1 por cento , em abrigos; 88,3 por cento dos cuidadores são do sexo feminino; 56,4 por cento estudaram menos de 5 anos; 58 por cento não possuem atividade remunerada; 10,2 por cento (54) das crianças que fizeram o teste anti-HIV são portadoras do HIV/Aids e, dessas, 32 por cento estão institucionalizadas; 45 por cento das crianças vivem separadas de seus irmãos. Com base na OR ajustada, pode-se estimar que ser portador do HIV/aids aumenta a ocorrência de crianças vivendo em instituição em 4,3 vezes; crianças órfãs de mãe, em 5,9 vezes, e órfãs duplas, em 3,7 vezes e ter mãe não branca, em 4,0 vezes. Há um número de órfãos considerável em Porto Alegre e as condições de vulnerabilidade persistem, pois, além de perderem seus pais, estão em famílias empobrecidas. Melhorar as condições de vida e evitar a institucionalização dos órfãos devido à aids requer intervenções que resultem no aumento da sobrevida das mulheres com HIV/aids e que fortaleça, econômica e psicologicamente, as famílias afetadas. A redução do estigma e da discriminação pelo HIV/aids é outro desafio que se têm que enfrentar.<br>The numbers of orphans due to AIDS will continue to increase over the next decade, particularly in countries where there is no effective and universal treatment for AIDS. Around the world, 14 million children have been orphaned due to AIDS. The majority of these children live in developing countries; This study aimed at identifying the characteristics of orphans due to AIDS in a city in Porto Alegre/RS and identify the factors associated with institutionalization of orphans due to AIDS. A cross-sectional study was made among children aged 0-15 years who are the children of all individuals that lived in Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul) and died of AIDS during 1998-2001. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The children were traced via the death certificates and healthcare service records. The data were analyzed via Stata. Results: The ratio of orphans/adult deaths was 2:1. Of the total number of children located (853), 70 per cent were orphaned from their father and 50 per cent from their mother; 20 per cent were doubly orphaned. 52 per cent were girls. With regard to skin color, 56.5 per cent were black and 43 per cent were white. The median ages at the time of the mothers or fathers death were 7 years (0-19 P25=4 P75=11) and 8 years (0-17 P25=5 P75=11), respectively. The fathers mean age at the time of death was 36 years (SD=8.0), and the mothers 33.7 years (SD=7.7); 64.0 per cent of the mothers and 72 per cent of the fathers had or have a diagnosis of AIDS. 40.6 per cent of the children are living with their mother, 24.5 per cent with the grandparents (average age of 60 years; SD = 7.45), 11.5 per cent with uncles or aunts and 5.1 per cent in charitable homes. 88.3 per cent of the caregivers are female; 56.4 per cent have less than 5 years of schooling; 56 per cent do not have any remunerated activity. 10.2 per cent (54) of the children who did the anti-HIV test have HIV/AIDS and of these, 32 per cent are institutionalized. 45 per cent of the children live separated from their siblings. In multivariate analysis, HIV positive multiplied the childs chances of living in an institution by a factor of 4.3, losing its mother by 5.9, losing both parents by 3.7, and having a non-white mother by 4.0. Conclusions: This study provides population-based data on what has become of the children of persons dying of AIDS. Improving the quality of life and averting institutionalization of orphans due to AIDS requires interventions to promote the survival of mothers living with AIDS as well as specific interventions for child family placement. Reducing the stigma of HIV infection in children and racial discrimination present challenges in Brazil.
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Burgess, Debra. ""Closer Connections: A Regional Study of Secular and Sectarian Orphanages and Their Response to Progressive Era Child-Saving Reforms, 1880-1930"." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593266725885054.
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Conaway, Kierstin. "Transnational Adoption and “Orphans” from China’s Perspective: A Culturally Taboo Topic." Wittenberg University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617198600545081.
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Quesnel, Galván Lucia Beatriz. "An Orphanage in Mexico: Four United Nations' Human Rights of Children and Wolins' Prerequisites for Efficient Group Care Through the View of the Manager and Staff." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3311.
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In Mexico there are officially 1.8 million orphaned children, without counting non-orphaned children deprived of family, who also need care; of these, only 657,000 are living in 703 orphanages. Mexico's government invests less than 2% of its budget toward protection of children. There is a lack of substantive research or official assessment of orphanages. According to the scant research found, the children's human rights most frequently violated in Mexican orphanages are the rights to nutrition and health care, to be protected from further victimization, to free expression and participation, and to not be exploited. This study was carried out through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with the manager and five staff members of a respected orphanage in Mexico. It aimed to determine how they attempt to fulfill the aforementioned rights, and how their work relates to six prerequisites for efficient group-care formulated by Wolins after his vast research on the matter. Results indicate that the staff members of this orphanage view their work as spirituality in action, becoming the children's family, caring for their health through special vegetarian nutrition. They teach the children that they are the masters of their own lives and happiness, and not to see themselves as victims. From results I also suggest well supervised facilities, coupling between staff and professionals to screen children's health; a vegetarian diet based on scientific research; children's participation in rules, learning about, from and for their human rights and the idea of children being masters of their life and happiness.
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Chimange, Mizeck. "Implementation of the Zimbabwe National Orphan Care Policy: implications of partnership between government and civil society." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007188.
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The study focused on the exploration of the implication of partnership between the government and civil society organizations in the implementation of the Zimbabwe National Orphan Care Policy (ZNOCP). The study was carried out in Masvingo District in Zimbabwe to explore on the feasibility of inter-organizational interaction in policy implementation and how it affects the service delivery system. The study incorporated government departments, civil society organizations and ward councillors who stood as the custodians of the people. The study was intended on unveiling the different contextual aspects that exist between government departments and civil-society organizations (CSOs) as individual and separate entities and how the compromising of their values would affect the partnership. Looking at the hierarchical and bureaucratic features of government institutions, the study also intended to understand how this could be concealed and compromised with CSOs‟ open agendas in public policy implementation to ensure effective service delivery to the people. The 5C protocol, critical variables in policy implementation which are policy content, context, capacity, commitment of those entrusted with the implementation process and also clients and coalitions were used as the yardsticks. These variables acted as a yardstick on which to analyze the partnership between the Zimbabwean government and the civil society in the implementation of the Z.N.O.C.P, their different attitudes, bureaucratic settings, organizational culture, values, norms, and how their readjustments or failure affect the service delivery system. It also became imperative to look at the government legislations that govern the CSO space of operation and financial aspects to understand the implications of partnership between government and civil society. An understanding of these aspects leads to an increased understanding of the feasibility of state-CSO partnerships and its implications on policy implementation.
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Knight, Felice F. "Slavery and the Charleston Orphan House, 1790-1860." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374152542.
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Mthiyane, N. P. "Setting the silences to speak : "Towards a critical consciousness of adolescent orphans"." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/611.
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Published Article<br>This paper explores comparatively the voices of the orphaned adolescents living in an orphanage and foster homes. Currently the emphasis is on children's rights; it is believed that children have rights to have their opinions heard, to refuse a demand, to voice their dissatisfaction and, in the case of orphans, to question the reasons for their status. This study is qualitative in nature and utilises the discourse analysis approach (analogue and dialogical method). A sample of ten orphaned adolescents (OAs) was randomly selected in an informal settlement in Inanda. Semi-structured interviews and diaries were used to collect data. Critical consciousness is explored in addressing silences using the adolescents' lenses as a platform for meaning-making. Through in-depth interpretation of their problems, self-awareness of the OAs was also attained, which is best for a person to develop and thrive (or not) despite challenges.
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Rosenkrans, Amy. ""The Good Work"| Saint Frances Orphan Asylum and Saint Elizabeth's Home, Two Baltimore Orphanages for African Americans." Thesis, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10271749.
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<p> Saint Frances Orphan Asylum and Saint Elizabeth Home were institutions in post-bellum Baltimore for African American orphans. Saint Frances Orphan Asylum was founded and managed by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first community of women religious of African origin. The Franciscan Sisters, whose order originated in England, directed Saint Elizabeth’s Home. As Catholic institutions, the orphanages received support, albeit in differing levels, from the Archdiocese of Baltimore. This study investigated the two institutions and their place in the Catholic Church. Primary source documents from the Oblate Sisters of Providence Archive and the Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore Archive form the basis for this dissertation. An analysis of those documents, and others, reveals that race and gender were critical factors in Catholic support of the two institutions. Saint Elizabeth Home, run by a white order of nuns, received a great deal more backing, both financial and political, than did Saint Frances Orphan Asylum. Support for the Oblates and their institution varied depending upon the leadership of the church at a particular time and the personal beliefs.</p>
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Lazaro, Philippe. "Institutionalized Child Care in Urban South Africa." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22274.
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In the developing world, child care institutions often involve more complexity than is typically reflected by the word “orphanage.” In many instances, children do not fit the widespread definition of an orphan as one with with deceased parents. Oftentimes, institutions play a partial role in a child’s development by contributing towards childcare in collaboration with a relative, an ill parent, or nearby kin. In South Africa, the need and complexity surrounding the role of child care institutions is further amplified by the region’s longstanding HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Through a primarily ethnographic study, I sought to understand and relay the nuances of a child care center in Hillbrow, an urban neighborhood in central Johannesburg known for its crime and gang proliferation. Through the developmental stages of intake and early childhood, middle childhood, and late adolesence and outward transition, I explored how children overcome traumatic pasts with the help of the center, how the center struggles with the material burdens of providing to children with a wide array of needs, and how the process of transitioning into adulthood is handled by the children and their caretakers. In conclusion, I explore the non-negotiable elements of the center’s approach to child care and make further recommendations for other institutions in a similar context as well as future academic research.
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McGinniss, David. "Histories of the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum, Ballarat Orphanage and Ballarat Children’s Home, 1866-1983." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2019. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/178623.
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The thesis outlines the development of three children’s residential institutions on the site of 200 Victoria Street, Ballarat East: the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum (1866-1909), the Ballarat Orphanage (1909-1968), and the Ballarat Children’s Home (1968-1983). These institutions are the historical precursors to the contemporary community service organisation now known as Child and Family Services Ballarat, or simply Cafs. The thesis focuses particularly on the shifting cultures of these institutions, to identify waves of change, surging and receding to form long patterns of alternating reform and repose. Established ways of operating overlapped with new and developing ideas, to create a dynamic environment constantly negotiating its relationships with government, communities and of course the families and children who came to rely on them. As a result, when transformative change occurred, it was difficult for leaders and policy-makers to recognise it as such at the time, as it was often experienced more as crisis and response. This provides a useful set of historical examples for current leadership and practitioners to learn from. Most critically, however, it locates the thousands of children who were institutionalised - eating, sleeping, playing, learning and working – as central to the narrative formation of identity for the historic institutions themselves, the contemporary organisation they have become, and the communities of Ballarat and beyond. Children were sent to these institutions from all over Victoria and Australia and made their homes in many different places when they left. Nevertheless, the stories and lives of the children from these institutions and the adults they have become are a key part of contemporary collective identity. The institutions are remembered with complex and contradictory mixtures of regret, loss, trauma and fondness, reflecting the mixed legacies that these institutions have left in contemporary Ballarat and beyond.<br>Doctor of Philosophy
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Muronda, Yeukai. "Social security and the national orphan care policy in Zimbabwe: challenges from the child headed household." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/564.
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This study focused on the policy responses formulated by the government of Zimbabwe and their implementation to meet the social needs of the people with special emphasis on the Zimbabwe National Orphan Care Policy (ZNOCP) of 1999. The challenges this policy is facing from the newly evolving structure of the child headed households was the centre of this study. At independence, the government adopted the incremental approach to policy making and extended formal social policy to the previously marginalized black majority. The ZNOCP was introduced in 1999 during the second phase of ESAP. The same period saw the spread of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. HIV and AIDS led to an increase in the number of orphans some of whom ended up in CHH without adult supervision. The day to day challenges of this group of orphans was investigated in Masvingo rural district. For this study both the qualitative and quantitative methodology paradigms were used. Secondary sources such as journal articles, published books and computer databases helped in complementing the field work. Four sets of questionnaires were administered to four groups of people which were the heads of CHH, extended families, community leadership and government officials. The analysis of this study led to the following conclusions about social policy and the plight of children in CHH. Firstly, that social policy has failed in Zimbabwe due to the incremental approach to policy making which was taken by the government because of its nature of being reformist as opposed to being transformative. Secondly, that the xiii ZNOCP is not being properly implemented therefore it does not have any impact on the lives of children in CHH. These children are struggling for basic social services like food and nutrition, clothing, education health, shelter and birth registration. Thirdly, the extended families and the community have been weakened by HIV and AIDS and impoverished by ESAP such that they cannot take care of their own families, let alone their deceased relatives‟ orphaned children as stipulated by the ZNOCP. Finally, the passive role being taken by the government in the care and protection of the children in CHH is detrimental to their welfare. The comparative case study of the Slangspruit informal settlement in South Africa shows that challenges faced by orphans are common. This study therefore recommends that there is need for the review of the ZNOCP. The new policy should come up with child care strategies which take into cognizance the evolutionary nature of the community. A human rights based approach ought to be the basis of child protection interventions in Zimbabwe. The study recommends that all stakeholders from the government down to the community need to fully participate in their various capacities in child care and protection. Resources in terms of finance and human resources should be made available and channeled to the intended beneficiaries. There is also need for capacity building in the communities and to intensify HIV and AIDS prevention, mitigation, care and treatment interventions to reduce the prevalence of orphans.
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Dailydaitė, Aušra. "13–18 metų našlaičių, gyvenančių globos įstaigoje ir pas globėjus, socializacijos ypatumai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080618_120324-46988.
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Tyrimo tikslas: Nustatyti 13–18 metų našlaičių, gyvenančių globos įstaigoje ir pas globėjus, socializacijos ypatumus.
Tyrimo uždaviniai:
1. Nustatyti našlaičių, gyvenančių globos įstaigoje ir pas globėjus, socialinės adaptacijos ypatumus 2006 ir 2008 metais.
2. Išryškinti našlaičių, gyvenančių globos įstaigoje ir pas globėjus, vidinės būsenos ypatumus 2006 ir 2008 metais.
3. Išsiaiškinti našlaičių, gyvenančių globos įstaigoje ir pas globėjus, ateities perspektyvos suvokimo ypatumus 2006 ir 2008 metais.
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1. Nustatyta, kad respondentų, gyvenančių globos įstaigoje ir pas globėjus, socialinė adaptacija yra skirtinga. Išryšk��jo, jog didžioji dauguma našlaičių, gyvenančių globos namuose pagalbos prašo draugų (2006 m.– 50 proc., 2008 m.– 40 proc.), tuo tarpu, pas globėjus gyvenantys našlaičiai dažniausiai pagalbos prašo pas savo giminaičius (2006 m.– 41 proc., 2008 m.– 43 proc.). Pastebėta, jog 2006 metais 25 proc. globos namuose gyvenančių našlaičių pagalbos prašė auklėtojų, tačiau 2008 metais tokių buvo tik 7 proc. (p<0,05).
Paaiškėjo, jog 2006 metais globos namuose gyvenančius respondentus įžeidinėjo pažįstami asmenys – 25 proc., vyresni– 19 proc., aplinkiniai – 13 proc. Tuo tarpu, 2008 metais juos jau labiausiai įžeidinėjo klasiokai ir vyresni žmonės – 13 proc. Pastebėta, kad pas globėjus gyvenančius našlaičius 2006 metais įžeidinėjo klasiokai – 12 proc., o 2008 metais jau labiau įžeidinėjo aplinkiniai žmonės – 23 proc., klasiokai – 17 proc. (p<0,05).
Pastebėta... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]<br>Goal of the Study: to determine the specifics of socialization processes observed in the 13-18-year-old orphan children who live in foster homes or with foster parents.
Objectives of the Study:
1. To determine the specifics of social adaptation processes observed in the orphans who live in foster homes or with foster parents in the year 2006 and 2008.
2. To emphasize the specifics of the inner state observed in the orphans who live in foster homes or with foster parents in the year 2006 and 2008.
3. To reveal the specifics of the future perspective perception in the orphans who live in foster homes or with foster parents in the year 2006 and 2008.
Conclusions
1. It was determined the respondents who live in foster homes and those who stay with foster parents differ in terms of social adaptation. The study suggested that the majority of the orphans living in foster homes look for help among their friends in case of need (50% in 2006; 40% in 2008), whereas the orphans who stay with foster parents usually ask their relatives for help (41% in 2006; 43% in 2008). It was noticed that in 2006, 25% of the orphans living in the foster home approached the teachers of the institution when they needed help, however, in 2008 the number of such children dropped down to 7% (p <0.05).
It turned out that during 2006, 25% of the respondents who lived in foster homes were offended by the familiar people, 19% were offended by elder people and 13% of the respondents experienced offence from... [to full text]
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Grefve, Josefin, and Evelina Jonsson. "Barns upplevelser av vad som främjar hälsa och välmående när de bor på barnhem : - En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136295.
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Titel: Barns upplevelser av vad som främjar hälsa och välmående när de bor på barnhem. Bakgrund: Över 153 miljoner barn beräknas vara föräldralös utifrån en rad olika orsaker så som missbruk, krig och sjukdom. Många av dessa barn drabbas av ohälsa, både psykiskt, fysiskt och emotionellt då deras grundläggande behov blivit åsidosatta. Detta kan leda till negativa konsekvenser i vuxenlivet dock finns det även stärkande och skyddande aspekter av att komma till barnhem för dessa barn. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att belysa barns upplevelser av vad som kan främja hälsa och välmående i situationen att bo på barnhem. Metod: I denna studie har åtta artiklar med kvalitativ ansats valt ut. Dessa har barnens perspektiv i fokus. Artiklarna har kvalitétsgranskats, analyserats och slutligen sammanställts. Resultat: När barnen kom till barnhemmet beskriver det att de fick sina grundläggande behov tillgodosedda, såsom husrum, mat, utbildningen och sjukvård. Emotionella behov blev även tillgodosedda genom stabila relationer med personal och vänner. I majoriteten av studierna uttrycker barnen vikten av att bli älskad och respekterad; att känna sig önskad och accepterad; känna att någon bryr sig och att känna en samhörighet. Konklusion: Att få de grundläggande behov tillgodosedda var viktigt för att öka tryggheten. Andra betydelsefulla aspekter var att ha stabila relationer till vuxna och vänner samt tillgång till utbildning.
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Кузьменко, О. А. "Особливості розвитку прийомних сімей та дитячих будинків сімейного типу в Україні". Thesis, Чернігів, 2019. http://ir.stu.cn.ua/123456789/19687.
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Кузьменко, О. А. Особливості розвитку прийомних сімей та дитячих будинків сімейного типу в Україні : магістерська робота : 231 «Соціальна робота» / О. А. Кузьменко ; керівник роботи Герасименко О. В. ; Національний університет «Чернігівська політехніка», кафедра соціальної роботи. – Чернігів, 2019. – 116 с.<br>Станом на 2019 р. в статистиці України залишається категорія дітей, які
за певних обставин залишаються пοза сімейним вихοванням, позбавлені
батьківської опіки. Причин тοму безліч, і не οбοв’язкοвο це смерть батьків.
Серед дітей, які перебувають на οбліку в οрганах οпіки та піклування, лише
десяту частину станοвлять біοлοгічні сирοти, решта – це діти, які стають
сирοтами при живих батьках, так звані сοціальні сирοти. Для пoдoлання
сирітства активно впрoваджені державні прoграми сімейнoгo вихoвання
дітей-сиріт. Дo сімейних фoрм вихoвання в Україні віднoсяться: прийoмна
сім'я, oпікунствo, усинoвлення, дитячий будинoк сімейнoгo типу тощо.
У розділі 1 роботи досліджуються проблеми сирітства в українському
суспільстві, проілюстровано міжнародний досвід реалізації технологій
сімейного влаштування та виховання дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених
батьківського піклування, розкрито осοбливοсті сοціальнο-психοлοгічнοї
адаптації дитини-сирοти дο життя у прийοмній сім'ї та у дитячому будинку
сімейного типу.
В другому розділі роботи проведено емпіричне дослідження соціальнопсихологічних труднощів та особливостей взаємодії батьків і дітей у
прийомній сім’ї та дитячому будинку сімейного типу.
Розділ 3 роботи присвячено рекoмендаціям щoдo пoдoлання сoціальнoпсихoлoгічних труднoщів в рoзвитку прийoмних сімей та дитячих будинків
сімейнoгo типу в Україні.
Ocнoвнi пoлoжeння poбoти oбгoвopювaлиcя на VШ Міжнародній
науково-практичній конференції студентів, аспірантів і молодих учених
«Інноваційний розвиток інформаційного суспільства: економікоуправлінські, правові та соціокультурні аспекти» 17 грудня 2019 р., Чернігів.
Наукοва нοвизна дοслідження пοлягає в розробці рекoмендації щoдo
пoдoлання сoціальнo-психoлoгічних труднoщів у рoзвитку прийoмних сімей
та дитячих будинків сімейнoгo типу в Україні<br>As of 2019, the statistics of Ukraine remain the category of children who, in
certain circumstances, remain beyond family education, deprived of parental care.
There are many reasons for this, and it is not due to the death of the parents.
Among children in care and care, only a tenth is biological orphans, the rest are
children who become orphans with living parents, the so-called social orphans. To
overcome orphanage, state programs for family education of orphans have been
actively implemented. Family education forms in Ukraine include: foster care,
guardianship, adoption, family-type orphanage, etc.
The first ection explores the problems of orphanage in Ukrainian society,
illustrates the international experience of implementing technologies of family
placement and orphanage and children deprived of parental care, reveals the
peculiarities of the social-psycho-logical adaptation of the child's orphan's home
life family type.
In the second section of the paper, an empirical study of the sociopsychological difficulties and peculiarities of parent-child interaction in the foster
home and family-type orphanage is conducted.
In the third section, we hope for recommendations for overcoming social
and psychological difficulties in the development of foster families and orphanages
in Ukraine.
The main provisions of the work were discussed at the VIII International
Scientific Conference of Students, Graduate Students and Young Scientists
"Innovative Development of Information Society: Economic, Administrative,
Legal and Socio-Cultural Aspects" December 17, 2019, Chernihiv.
The scientific novelty of the research is to develop recommendations for
overcoming social and psychological difficulties in the development of foster
families and family-type orphanages in Ukraine
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Holmberg, Britta. "The orphan and the saviour- a relationship of love, gratitude and commodities : A critical discourse analysis of the construction of the narrative about the helper and the orphanage child." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-108888.
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This study explores the construction of the orphanage child and the helper in the context of voluntourism, orphanage tourism, support and establishment of orphanages. Since residential care is rarely put forward as a “good solution” for children without parental care in Sweden or other Western countries, the purpose of this study is to understand how orphanages for children from the South are legitimised as a solution in narratives about the helpers and the orphans. Through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) I have studied the widespread narrative about the helper and the orphan and its relation to larger global development strands, such as neo-liberal discourses, post-colonial discourses and globalization discourses. The study found that the narratives about the helper and the orphanage child are constructed in a way that reinforces stereotypes about the active, caring helper from the global North and the passive and needy yet happy orphanage child from the South. The underlying assumption in the testimonials and stories about the helper is that there are no other options and that the orphanage placement is in the best interest of the child
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Bubacz, Beryl M. "The Female and Male Orphan Schools in New South Wales, 1801-1850." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2474.
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This thesis is concerned with an examination and re-assessment of the establishment, operation and management of the Female and Male Orphan Schools, in the first half of the nineteenth century in New South Wales. The chaplains and governors in the early penal settlement were faced with a dilemma, as they beheld the number of children who were ‘orphaned’, neglected, abandoned and destitute. In order to understand the reasons why these children were in necessitous circumstances, the thesis seeks to examine the situations of the convict women, who were the mothers of these children. Governors Philip Gidley King and Lachlan Macquarie respectively in 1801 and 1819 established the Schools, which provided elementary education, training and residential care within a religious setting. Researching the motives underlying the actions of these men has been an important part of the thesis. An examination of the social backgrounds of some of the children admitted to these Schools has been undertaken, in order to provide a greater understanding of the conditions under which the children were living prior to their admissions. Information about family situations, and the social problems encountered by parents that led them to place their children in the Schools, have been explored. The avenues open to the girls and boys when they left the Schools, has formed part of the study. Some children were able to be reunited with family members, but the majority of them were apprenticed. A study of the nature of these apprenticeships, has led to a greater understanding of employment opportunities for girls and boys at that time. In 1850 the Schools were amalgamated into the Protestant Orphan School at Parramatta. By examining the governance and operation of the Schools during their last two decades as separate entities, we have more knowledge about and understanding of these two colonial institutions. It is the conclusion of this thesis that some of the harsher judgements of revisionist social historians need to be modified. It was the perception that more social disorder would occur if action was not taken to ‘rescue’ the ‘orphaned’ children, usually of convict parentage. However genuine charity, philanthropy and concern was displayed for the children in grave physical and moral danger. The goals of the founders were not always reached in the Orphan Schools, nevertheless they performed an invaluable service in the lives of many children.
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Bubacz, Beryl M. "The Female and Male Orphan Schools in New South Wales, 1801-1850." University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2474.
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Doctor of Philosophy<br>This thesis is concerned with an examination and re-assessment of the establishment, operation and management of the Female and Male Orphan Schools, in the first half of the nineteenth century in New South Wales. The chaplains and governors in the early penal settlement were faced with a dilemma, as they beheld the number of children who were ‘orphaned’, neglected, abandoned and destitute. In order to understand the reasons why these children were in necessitous circumstances, the thesis seeks to examine the situations of the convict women, who were the mothers of these children. Governors Philip Gidley King and Lachlan Macquarie respectively in 1801 and 1819 established the Schools, which provided elementary education, training and residential care within a religious setting. Researching the motives underlying the actions of these men has been an important part of the thesis. An examination of the social backgrounds of some of the children admitted to these Schools has been undertaken, in order to provide a greater understanding of the conditions under which the children were living prior to their admissions. Information about family situations, and the social problems encountered by parents that led them to place their children in the Schools, have been explored. The avenues open to the girls and boys when they left the Schools, has formed part of the study. Some children were able to be reunited with family members, but the majority of them were apprenticed. A study of the nature of these apprenticeships, has led to a greater understanding of employment opportunities for girls and boys at that time. In 1850 the Schools were amalgamated into the Protestant Orphan School at Parramatta. By examining the governance and operation of the Schools during their last two decades as separate entities, we have more knowledge about and understanding of these two colonial institutions. It is the conclusion of this thesis that some of the harsher judgements of revisionist social historians need to be modified. It was the perception that more social disorder would occur if action was not taken to ‘rescue’ the ‘orphaned’ children, usually of convict parentage. However genuine charity, philanthropy and concern was displayed for the children in grave physical and moral danger. The goals of the founders were not always reached in the Orphan Schools, nevertheless they performed an invaluable service in the lives of many children.
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Harvey, Janice. "The Protestant Orphan Asylum and the Montreal Ladies' Benevolent Society : a case study in Protestant child charity in Montreal, 1822-1900." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38202.
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As Lower Canada/Quebec industrialized, the system of poor relief that developed followed a private, confessional model. While the Catholic Church controlled services for Catholics, the lay Protestant elite controlled the relief network for their community. Elite women played a major role in this network, managing most of the charities for women and children.<br>This thesis uses the two most important female-directed Montreal charities---the Protestant Orphan Asylum and the Montreal Ladies' Benevolent Society---to study Protestant charity and particularly child charity from 1822 to 1900. It examines the organization and work of female charity committees as well as the services offered, the relevance of gender to charity management, and attitudes to childhood and family. Extensive source material, from the archives of the two societies, enables an analysis of the characteristics of the children admitted, as well as of the management committees, and their policies.<br>In this period, serving on a charity board was an expected activity for elite women. As a result, committees had many members. However, this thesis reveals that only a small number of women actually participated in the substantial administrative and organizational work that was involved in running a charity. This lack of participation made it more difficult to supervise the institutions and to organize fund-raising events.<br>Formed by the elite to regulate as well as to help the poor, these charities permit an examination of working-class agency. Organisers used their control of admissions and discharges as well as the institutional regime to impose their values of parenting and work. Nonetheless, the study of these two charities shows that families managed to use charities to shelter their children temporarily, occasionally circumventing restrictive access rules or challenging a charity's refusal to discharge children.<br>As "ladies" acting in public, the women in control of these charities were influenced by restrictive gender ideologies, particularly that of "separate spheres." Gender conscious and conservative, they respected social conventions in their public appearances and deferred to men in critical areas such as investments. Yet, at the same time, they affirmed their abilities and defended their authority and their autonomy in areas considered in the women's sphere, including child-care and charity management.<br>Understanding charity from within a conservative culture that emphasized religion, tradition, and values like work, family, and social hierarchy, these benevolent women sought to relieve the poor but they also sought to train useful citizens. In their charity work, they faced many complex questions connected to child abuse, changes in apprenticeship systems, adequate training for children, and the rights of parents. This study argues that both their conservative approach and their women's culture, centered on a personal approach, influenced the way they dealt with these issues. Of equal importance, however, was the experience they had acquired over years of child-charity work. As a result of these factors, their emphasis on protecting the children under their care increased over time. Consequently, the policies they developed in favour of helping families with temporary care and in favour of using apprenticeship and finally extended training in the institution itself diverged from those advocated by late-century reform groups, which opted for placing children in families instead of institutions and which advocated more restrictive, scientific charity methods.
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Eriksson, Beatrice, and Maria Grönte. "ON DIFFERENT TERMS - Social work among vulnerable children in a developing country." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25000.
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The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding, from a Swedish context, of how you can do social work with vulnerable and orphaned children in a developing country such as Uganda. We have investigated this through the example WEBALE, an NGO working in a context where among other things HIV/AIDS, poverty and a defective social safety net have led to social problems affecting children. Further, we have also aimed at acquiring a deeper understanding of what it is that motivates the volunteers and the director to work with vulnerable children at WEBALE. In order to fulfil this aim, the research has the following two key questions: What is the motivation for the teacher volunteers and the manager to work with vulnerable children at WEBALE? How do the teacher volunteers perceive the social work with the children in everyday life at WEBALE and what experiences do they have from this? The study is a field study with a phenomenological and ethnological approach. We were present at and took part in the everyday life of the informants at the school and orphanage in Uganda for eight weeks. The investigation uses a qualitative method where four interviews and participant observations were carried out. The results are analyzed in connection with theories on social work defining preventions and interventions, where theories on risk- and protection factors and the salutogenetic theory on SOC have been used. The analysis is also connected to theories on social work with children from a developmental-ecological and attachment-theoretical perspective. The results show what it is that motivates the volunteers and manager to work as volunteers in this specific contest through personal accounts of their background. Our observation is that the motivation of the volunteers and the manager to work with orphaned and vulnerable children is closely connected to their own background and childhood. The biggest reason for this kind of a life choice seems to be a sense of coherence and the largest motivating factor is that the work they do feels meaningful. The results further highlight the social work that is carried out and how the volunteers perceive their work at WEBALE. The study shows that the volunteers (who mainly consist of teachers) carry out what can be called social work, according to the definitions of interventions and preventions within various fields, such as health, education, emotional and behavioural development, ability to take care of oneself, social behaviour, family and social relations, and identity.
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"Risk factors associated with care for orphaned children: A case-control study of orphans in orphanages and orphans in family care in Kinshasa." Tulane University, 2006.
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This study examines the system of family care for orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa with the example of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Applying a retrospective research design - the case-control design - to the study of orphaned children, the research attempts to explain why some orphans leave their relatives and enter orphanages while the other larger group is taken in by members of the extended family Two groups of children are compared: orphans staying at the sites of orphanages and orphans from a similar background that continue to live with family members. All children in the sample have lost one or both of their parents and are between 8 and 20 years old. A total of 880 children have been interviewed. Children in orphanages and children in family care are compared with respect to three sets of risk factors: (a) demographic risk factors, (b) social risk factors, and (c) experiences of violence and discrimination in the family The data analysis suggests that among the indicators that were examined, experiences of violence and discrimination are most important in predicting the outcome variable. Some of the demographic characteristics also figured prominently as predictors. Surprisingly, the social characteristics appear to be less relevant in differentiating between cases and controls. Orphans at high risk to leave the family include (a) maternal orphans, (b) children that lost their parent(s) at a young age, (c) orphans from families with few adult relatives, (d) orphans without sibling support, (e) orphans without access to essential social services, in particular schooling, and (f) children that suffer violence, discrimination or other forms of abuse by a family adult. The cultural phenomenon of children accused of sorcery ('enfants dits sorciers') is especially disturbing. With more than 50% of the children in orphanages and 20% of the children in family care accused of sorcery by family members, the research confirms earlier impressions that the belief in sorcery is becoming a most significant factor in child abandonment in the Democratic Republic of Congo<br>acase@tulane.edu
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Engle, Emily Anne. "A tale of two orphanages: charity in nineteenth-century Indianapolis." Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7912/C2XT03.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>This thesis studies the way Indianapolis women and men from the 1820s to 1890s influenced the social development of the city through the creation and operation of benevolent institutions. Before the Civil War, Indianapolis citizens created benevolent institutions to aid individuals who could not care for themselves—specifically, individuals with physical and mental needs. When the city’s population drastically increased following the Civil War (and the emergence of railroads), Indianapolis citizens began founding benevolent organizations intended to shape certain behaviors/control specific societal problems—specifically, juvenile offenders and prostitution.
A study of two Indianapolis orphanages reveals that some Indianapolis citizens established childcare institutions to care for individuals who could not care for themselves (i.e., dependent children) while other individuals created childcare institutions in attempts to control how children were raised. Founded in 1849 by white, Protestant Indianapolis women, the Widows and Orphans Friends’ Society (WOFS) subscribed to the belief that poor children should be raised away from the influence of their parents in orderly environments so they would grow into productive, contributing members of society. Established in 1870 by Quaker women, the Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children (IAFCC) did not subscribe to this belief. Rather, African American parents used the IAFCC as a means of temporary childcare during a family crisis.
The rich records left behind by the WOFS and the IAFCC allow for a study of these organizations’ founding, finances, and operations. This thesis concludes that African American parents had more agency with the Quaker-run IAFCC than white parents had with the WOFS.
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Akinware, Margaret Abosede. "Pilot study of the adaptation of an established measure to assess the quality of child services in a selected orphanage in Zambia : the Inclusive Quality Assessment (IQA) tool." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/543.
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This study set out to pilot the Inclusive Quality Assessment (IQA) process adapted for use in British Columbia in 1998 from the Inside Quality Assurance tool of the University of North London Centre for Environmental and Social Studies in Aging. The current study was exploratory to determine the tool's suitability and appropriateness in a non-Western culture. The IQA tool was successllly implemented in a selected orphanage where it was administered to assess the quality of care provided to orphans. This exercise involved the participation of orphans and caregivers in identifying their needs and how to fulfill them. It also involved the role of the frontline managers in planning and improving the quality and assurance of care to orphans in their institution. The researcher concludes that this tool is appropriate for regular evaluation of s e ~ c e s in childcare facilities and home settings but will require effective policy formulation and implementation to make it a reality in Zambia.
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MARQUES, GUEDES Ana Isabel. "Les enfants orphelins - education et assistance : les colegios dos meninos orfaos: Evora, Porto et Braga (XVIIe-XIXe siecles)." Doctoral thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5894.
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Defence date: 15 December 2000<br>Examining board: Prof. Dominique Julia (supervisor) ; Prof. Stuart Woolf ; Prof. Doutor Francisco Ribeiro da Silva ; Prof. Gérard Delille<br>PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017
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Rudd, Christina E. "Ouerbegeleidingskursus vir kinderhuisouers." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11391.
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M.A. (Social Work)<br>The purpose of this study was to provide a parent education course specially tailored to the needs of the houseparent in a childrens home. The course is intended for utilization as part of the normal in-service training programmes of resident staff. Existing materials from a large number of sources were assembled and reintegrated into a course suitable for this purpose. The focal point of the course is improvement of the relationship between houseparent and child with a view to enabling the child to utilize opportunities for growth towards a positive self-concept, responsibility, self-reliance and self-confidence. The subjects covered in the course are as follows: motivation for in-service training of resident staff knowledge of the self and self-awareness statutory procedures which precede placement in a childrens home maternal deprivation and its effect on the child in residential care developmental theory a theory of behaviour and misbehaviour factors in the family situation.
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Witkowska-Krych, Agnieszka. "Dziecko wobec Zagłady. Instytucjonalna opieka nad sierotami w getcie warszawskim." Doctoral thesis, 2020. https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/3848.
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Netshifhefhe, Thinawanga Maureen. "The challeges facing orphans and vulnerable children due ti HIV & AIDS and its impact on their social life." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/765.
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Magagula, Thabsile Nokulunga. "The role of children's homes in the educational performance of primary school learners in Mbabane, Swaziland." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19835.
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The study aims to explore the role of children’s homes in the educational performance of primary school learners. It employed qualitative approach which follows a case study design. It was conducted in three schools and children’s home. The participants consisted of six caregivers, six teachers and six learners whose responses were collected using in-depth interviews as an instrument. They were all purposefully selected as they possess information that is rich and relevant to my study. Participants were told that their interview was voluntary and they were free to withdraw at any time if they feel uncomfortable. The confidentiality in order to protect the identity of the participants was maintained.
The data were collected by writing response from participants and using tape recorder. It was then transcribed, organised, marked by hand, and coded to produce themes. The major findings are that children’s homes can affect the performance negatively or positively; positively, if homes create enough time for children to study and have more access to people and resources in support of their studies and negatively in that there are numerous educational barriers that the caregivers in the children’s home face daily when it comes to assisting the orphaned and vulnerable learners in their school work.
Based on the findings, the study gives a number of recommendations, namely, there is need to strengthen collaborative efforts between government and other non-governmental organisations to ensure increased availability of necessary resources to the orphaned and vulnerable learners; caregivers in children’s homes need to receive proper training and assistance in order to be able to handle the psychological difficulties experienced by the orphaned and vulnerable learners; education and legal campaigns must be put in place to eliminate stigma associated with orphan-hood.<br>Inclusive Education<br>M. Ed. (Inclusive Education)
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Jahan, Noor. "A social educational profile of adolescent orphan girls of orphanages in Delhi." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/5689.
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"A Community Arts Project at an Orphanage in Mexico: A Research Study Investigating the Effects of Collaboration between Dance Artists and an Orphan Population through the Medium of Dance." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38768.
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abstract: This document explores a community dance project at an orphanage in Mexico and the investigations following. This project researched how dance can be used to create a transformative and empowering experience for the participant and what discoveries of identity are made through dance. The research took place at an orphanage in Texcoco, Mexico and at Arizona State University. The participants in this research include three dance artists from Arizona State University and 10 ten-year-old children from Mexico. The portion that took place in Mexico was conducted in daily three-hour classes over the span of two weeks. For five months following the two weeks in Mexico, weekly rehearsals were held and a culminating concert was performed on November 20th–22nd of 2015.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Masters Thesis Dance 2016
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Mthiyane, Ncamisile Parscaline. "Orphans in an orphanage and in foster care in the Inanda Informal Settlement : a comparative study exploring the ways the children cope with loss and create purpose in their lives." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2014.
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The number of orphans in South Africa is reaching crisis levels. This is a cause for concern. Most of the deaths seem to be due to the HIV/AIDs pandemic. Children left orphaned have to develop coping strategies. The focus of this study is on the perceptions the orphaned children have of their lives, the attributions they make for events, and the ways they cope. Most importantly, the study is interested in how they cope with loss and then recreate meaning and purpose. To assist these children, it is important to understand their feelings and thoughts after loss, and how they manage to adapt to new environments. This is only possible by giving the children voice and to see life through their eyes. A sample of ten orphans was randomly selected from a list of schools and learners provided by the Department of Education. Adolescents were chosen because they are generally more articulate than younger children, about their emotions and experiences. Five orphans from an informal settlement orphanage in Inanda, and five from a secondary school in the same area were interviewed. A semi-structured interview schedule and diaries were used to collect data from the children. Discourse Analysis was the method used to construct meaning of the material generated. Because the interviews were conducted in the first language of the children, translation into English was necessary. The Appendices provide sample transcripts. Some of the findings of the study were surprising. For example, it was evident that several of the children preferred living in an orphanage to being with relatives, who had, in some instances, offered to foster them. Abuse, alcohol misuse and marginalisation were cited as reasons. The assumption of the researcher had been that family would always be the better option. It was also found that the informal fostering of orphaned children from extended families meant that government grants were not forthcoming. Financial stresses and strains frequently resulted in the maltreatment of fostered children. Poverty and crime in the informal settlement studied seem to bring added burden to children already traumatised by death and the forced moving of home. Another feature that was significant, is the number of fathers who were "absent" when fostering became necessary for the children. Either through force of circumstances or choice, fathers who were still living frequently did not play a part in their children's lives. The recommendations of the study focus on rectifying the anomalies just outlined. Schools, in particular, need to recognise their role in alleviating the daily plight of orphaned children. Academic achievement often redeems a life that is tenuous and painful because it creates the possibility of something better in the future. Through effort the children can take greater charge of their lives.<br>Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of Durban-Westville, 2003.
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Alix-Surprenant, Manuelle. "La circulation des « faux orphelins » en Haïti : parcours non linéaire des jeunes en orphelinats." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24133.
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Partant de la prémisse que 80% des enfants institutionnalisés ne sont pas orphelins (Tolfree 1995, 4), ce mémoire porte sur la production et la circulation des « faux orphelins ». Suivant un terrain ethnographique de quatre mois auprès de jeunes institutionnalisés et de responsables d’orphelinat au Cap-Haïtien, en Haïti, je soutiens que les responsables d’institution agissent de façon substitutive puisqu’ils s’acquittent des fonctions parentales même si la famille biologique existe et qu’elle est connue des institutions. En s’attribuant un pouvoir ascendant sur les familles biologiques, les responsables d’institution destituent les parents de leurs responsabilités et relèguent ces derniers à un statut fantomatique. Dans un contexte de survie, les jeunes apprennent à cumuler et à performer différents statuts, un processus transformatif qui se réalise dans la négociation de leur agentivité et dans l’exploration de la liminalité de leurs multiples statuts. Cette stratégie permet aux « faux orphelins » d’accéder à des services et ressources pour devenir des commodités et poursuivre leur fonction économique envers leur famille biologique. À partir d’une analyse systémique axée sur les concepts d’intersubjectivité, de commodification, de performance, d’agentivité et de présence absente, je démontre que la production des « faux orphelins » est une stratégie à laquelle de multiples acteurs contribuent, notamment les responsables d’institution, les jeunes ainsi que leur famille. Le cadre théorique de la circulation des jeunes est productif pour identifier toutes deux l’institutionnalisation des jeunes et l’adoption internationale comme stratégies de mobilité qui n’agissent pas à titre de finalités absolues mais plutôt de parcours dans l’espace et dans le temps.<br>Based on the fact that 80% of institutionalized children are not orphans (Tolfree 1995, 4), this study focuses on the production and circulation of “fake orphans”. After 4-months of ethnographic fieldwork with institutionalized youths and orphanages directors in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, I argue that, through their actions, agency heads essentially serve as substitutes for conventional parental functions, despite their knowledge of the existence of the children’s biological families. When ascribing themselves an ascending power over biological families, agency heads are dismissing parents of their own responsibilities and therefore demoting them to a ghost-like status. Driven by a survival mode, institutionalized youths learn to accrue and perform different statuses, a transformative process produced by the negotiation of their agency and the exploration of the liminality of their multiple status. This strategy allows “fake orphans” to access services and resources, which transform them into commodities and allow them to fulfill an economic function for their biological family. Based on a systemic analysis focused on concepts intersubjectivity, commodification, performance, agency, and absent presence, I demonstrate that the production of “fake orphans” is a strategy in which multiple actors are taking part, among them agency heads, youths, and their family. The theoretical framework of circulation of children is productive for identifying both youth institutionalization and international adoption as mobility strategies which are not to be conceptualized as oriented toward a final destination, but rather as a journey in space and time.<br>Baze sou lefèt ke 80 % nan timoun ki nan enstitisyon yo pa òfelen (Tolfree 1995, 4), etid sa a konsantre sou pwodiksyon ak sikilasyon « fo òfelen ». Apre 4 mwa travay etnikografik sou teren ak jèn k ap vin nan enstitisyon epi ak direktè òfelina nan Okap, Ayiti, mwen analize ke, atravè aksyon yo, dirijan ajans yo esansyèlman sèvi ranplasman pou fonksyon konvansyonèl paran yo, malgre ke yo konnen egzistans fanmi byolojik timoun yo. Lè yo bay tèt yo pouvwa anwo fanmi byolojik yo, dirijan ajans yo retire pwòp responsabilite yo nan men paran yo epi konsa vin fè yo jwe yon wòl preske tankou fantom. Nan chèche lavi, jèn k ap viv nan enstitisyon yo pral aprann jere plizyè estati diferan, yon pwosesis transfòmasyon ki sòti nan efò yo fè pou yo mèt tèt yo epi konprann flou ki genyen lè w ap viv ak plizyè estati diferan an menm tan. Estrateji sa a pèmèt « fo òfelen » jwenn sèvis ak resous, ki fè yo vin yon pwodwi yo menm ki ranpli yon fonksyon ekonomik pou fanmi byolojik yo. Baze sou yon analiz sistemik ki konsantre sou konsèp kosibjektivite, komèsifikasyon, pèfòmans, ajantivite, ak prezans absan, mwen demontre ke pwodiksyon « fo òfelen » se yon estrateji ke plizyè aktè patisipe ladan, pami yo dirijan ajans, jèn yo, ak fanmi yo. Fondasyon teyorik sikilasyon timoun itil pou idantifye alafwa fenomèn mete jèn nan enstitisyon ak fenomèn adopsyon entènasyonal kòm estrateji mobilite ki pa dwe konsèptualize tankou de jès ki gen yon destinasyon final, men plis tankou de vwayaj nan espas ak tan.
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Борисенко, Дар`я Русланівна. "Теоретичні та практичні аспекти захисту прав дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування". Магістерська робота, 2020. https://dspace.znu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/12345/2890.
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Борисенко Д. Р. Теоретичні та практичні аспекти захисту прав дітей-сиріт та дітей позбавлених батьківського піклування : кваліфікаційна робота магістра спеціальності 081 "Право" / наук. керівник О. О. Щипанова. Зaпорiжжя : ЗНУ, 2020. 110 c.<br>UA : Робота викладена 110 сторінках друкованого тексту. Перелік посилань включає 100 джерел. Охорона дитинства в Україні визначена як стратегічний загальнонаціональний пріоритет, який заключається у створенні належних умов для розвитку дитинства, гарантуванні та забезпеченні реалізації прав дитини. Під час ратифікації Конвенції Організації об’єднаних націй про права дитини, Україна зобов’язалася дотримуватися наступних фундаментальних принципів у сфері захисту дітей: пріоритетність інтересів дітей; забезпечення прав дітей на повноцінне життя у суспільстві; залучення до життя спільноти; неприсутність дискримінації. В Україні, у зв’язку із пониженням життєвого рівня населення, нестабільною ситуацією в країні, соціальною напруженістю у суспільстві, світоглядною невизначеністю існують такі верстви дитячого населення як діти-сироти та діти, позбавлені батьківського піклування. Саме зазначені чинники посилили проблему дитячого сирітства в Україні, їх бездоглядності й безпритульності.
В умовах девальвації моральних цінностей, різкого зниження життєвого рівня населення, спонукали до збільшення кількість дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування. У нових соціально-економічних умовах проблеми захисту прав дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування, не тільки не втратили своєї актуальності, а й набули особливої гостроти. Треба наголосити, що сьогодні в Україні нараховується понад 324 тис. дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування. На профілактичному обліку служб у справах дітей перебуває майже 250 тис. дітей, які бродяжать та жебракують. Щорічно в притулках перебуває від 35 до 40 тис. дітей. Майже 30 тис. дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування, потребують соціального сприяння та матеріального забезпечення. В Україні кожна десята дитина, яка перебуває під опікою держави не має рідних. За офіційною статистикою Департаменту з питань захисту прав дітей та усиновлення Міністерства соціальної політики, на 1 січня 2019 в Україні 78 485 дітей-сиріт, де 25–28 % – сироти, інші – діти, сироти за живих батьків та діти, позбавлені батьківського піклування. Зокрема, із загальної кількості понад 63 918 дітей перебувають під опікою найближчих родичів, водночас 29 000 діти – із родин, які опинилися у складних життєвих обставинах, але можуть виховувати дітей, відтак в інтернатних закладах залишаються близько 7 600 дітей.
Мета дослідження полягає у повному та всебічному вивчені наукових праць, міжнародного досвіду, чинного законодавства України та виходячи за вивченого сформулювати наукові висновки щодо захисту дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування.
Об’єктом дослідження є суспільні відносини, які виникають у сфері захисту дітей-сиріт та дітей, позбавлених батьківського піклування.
Предметом дослідження є теоретичні та практичні аспекти захисту прав дітей-сиріт та дітей позбавлених батьківського піклування.<br>EN : The work is outlined in 110 pages of printed text. The list of links includes 100 sources. Childcare in Ukraine has been identified as a strategic nationwide priority, which is to create the right conditions for childhood development, to guarantee and ensure the realization of the rights of the child. In ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ukraine committed itself to upholding the following fundamental principles in the field of child protection: the priority of the interests of children; ensuring the rights of children to a full life in society; involvement in community life; non-discrimination. In Ukraine, due to the declining standard of living, unstable situation in the country, social tensions in society, ideological uncertainty, there are such strata of the child population as orphans and children deprived of parental care. These factors exacerbated the problem of orphaned children in Ukraine, their homelessness and homelessness.
In the context of devaluation of moral values, a sharp decrease in the standard of living of the population, the number of orphans and children deprived of parental care was increased. In the new socio-economic conditions, the problems of protecting the rights of orphans and children deprived of parental care have not only lost their relevance but also become particularly acute. It should be emphasized that in Ukraine today there are more than 324 thousand orphans and children deprived of parental care. There are nearly 250,000 wandering and begging children on record for child services. There are between 35 and 40 thousand children annually in shelters. Nearly 30,000 orphans and children deprived of parental care need social assistance and financial support. In Ukraine, every tenth child in the care of the state has no relatives. According to official statistics from the Department for the Protection of Children's Rights and Adoption of the Ministry of Social Policy, as of January 1, 2019 in Ukraine 78 485 orphans, where 25-28% are orphans, others are children, orphans for living parents and children deprived of parental care. In particular, more than 63,918 children are under the care of their closest relatives, while at the same time 29,000 children are from families who have found themselves in difficult life circumstances but can raise children, so about 7,600 children remain in residential care.
The purpose of the study is to fully and comprehensively study the scientific works, international experience, the current legislation of Ukraine and to formulate scientific conclusions on the protection of orphans and children deprived of parental care.
The subject of the study is the social relations that arise in the field of protection of orphans and children deprived of parental care.
The subject of the study is theoretical and practical aspects of protection of the rights of orphans and children deprived of parental care.