Effect of Non-formal Experiential Education on Personal Agency of Adolescent Girls in Tajikistan: Findings from a Randomized Experimental Study
ConclusionsOur study contributes to the global youth development agenda by suggesting that, while non-formal experiential educational programs may have some effect on adolescents ’ psychosocial outcomes, integrated interventions involving all components of young person’s ecosystem (i.e., family, school, community) might be more effective in affecting youth agency. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Mental Health in Kenyan Schools: Teachers ’ Perspectives
ConclusionTeachers perceive a presence of mental health problems among the students. There is need for in-service training for the identification and referral and that school psychologists be employed to deal with student mental health problems. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Pathways to Social Capital and the Botho / Ubuntu Ethic in the Urban Space in Gaborone, Botswana
This study investigated theBotho/Ubuntu-driven practices of building community in the urban space in the form of Naomi and Laban, bridal and baby showers in Gaborone. Showers are gendered celebrations organised by women for a mother or father who will either receive a daughter or a son-in-law or for a woman who is engaged to be married or one who is about to become a mother, respectively. The study combined both quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry. The study first carried out secondary desktop analysis and, second, conducted fieldwork-based research. Themes such as social networks, social norms of mutuality, re...
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Strange Situation at the Border: Examining the Importance of Attachment and Consequences of Forcible Separation
AbstractImmigrant families that flee their native countries to seek asylum in the USA are now met with numerous challenges along their journey. Once they arrive, many are faced with incarceration for illegal entry, which results in the separation of children from their parents based on the immigration policies from the Trump Administration. Children of all ages are separated and held in less than desirable facilities, without any contact with their parents or knowledge of their well-being. This abrupt separation between parent and child for an extended period of time is detrimental to the development of the child. Research...
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Development and Implementation of a Family Therapy Intervention in Kenya: a Community-Embedded Lay Provider Model
AbstractThe large burden of mental health disorders among young people worldwide calls for scalable prevention and treatment models that reach children and families in low-resource settings. This paper describes the development of an evidence-informed family therapy intervention designed for lay counselor delivery in low-resource settings and presents findings on the feasibility and acceptability of implementation in Kenya. Qualitative data guided the development of a components-based family therapy that integrates multiple strategies from solution-focused and systems-based therapies, as well as those from parenting skills...
Source: Global Social Welfare - April 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Domains Approach to Perceived Problems and Solutions for Community Empowerment in an Urban Refugee Community in Kenya
This study utilized a thematic analysis informed by the domains approach to community empowerment to better understand how urban Somali refugees in Kenya describe community functioning. This Somali community identified multiple beliefs, needs, and barriers related to communal and individual functioning, relating these to the intersection of community competence, engagement, and capacity. Intersections are cause and solution to mental health problems, psychosocial dysfunction, and impeded development of community structure, necessitating prioritization of community development in any interventional efforts with this communi...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Climate Change and Natural Hazards Vulnerability of Char Land (Bar Land) Communities of Bangladesh: Application of the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI)
AbstractBangladesh is one of the disaster-prone countries and vulnerable to global climate change and natural hazards. The present study examines the degree of vulnerability and adaptability against natural hazards in rural char land (bar land) communities of the river Jamuna of Bangladesh, by calculating the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) with reference to the IPCC vulnerability framework and the sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF). The index consists of household parameters of all the three dimensions of vulnerability: exposure, sensitivity, and adaptability. Data for desired parameters were collected from hous...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Global Social Welfare Academic Research Partnerships: Lessons Learned from Two Studies in Mongolia
AbstractLiterature on scientific and ethical issues concerning research in low- and middle-income countries has expanded greatly with globalization, highlighting the need to prioritize health and human rights over sociopolitical agendas in NGO-academic research partnerships. The purposes of this paper are to examine the development of a long-term partnership of social work and public health researchers in the U.S. and Mongolia and to describe two illustrative studies of mental health issues in Mongolia. The National Institutes of Health funded the first study, which tested the efficacy of an HIV prevention and microfinance...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Multistage Processes of Identifying Children at Risk or Out of Family Care: a Case of DOVCU Project Methods in Uganda
AbstractBy 1996, Uganda had about 36 Child Care Institutions (CCIs), also known as orphanages. Over recent years, there was an exponential increase in number of CCIs and most of them are not formally licensed by the government. Available evidence in Uganda indicates that institutional care is taken as priority response to out of family children without exploring family-based care options and this has detrimental effects on child development and wellbeing as well as the future. Key factors such as HIV and AIDS, child abuse and neglect, endemic poverty, migration, and family breakdown have contributed to the increase in inst...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Qualitative exploration of HIV-related stigma and the psychosocial well-being of children orphaned by AIDS
This study explored children orphaned by AIDS perceptions and experiences of HIV-related stigma and how it has affected their psychosocial well-being. This study used a qualitative exploratory des criptive design. Thirteen participants between 8 and 17 years of age were purposively selected. Data was collected using individual open-ended face-to-face interviews, observations and field notes. Data was transcribed and analysed using a thematic analysis. Three key themes emerged, (1) children’ s experiences of stigma and discrimination; (2) children’s perceptions of HIV-related stigma; (3) and the psychosocial well-being...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Next Frontier for Social Development: Deepening Our Understanding, Discovering New Solutions, and Forging Ahead
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Source: Global Social Welfare - February 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Undervalued and Overrepresented: Voices of Migrant Domestic Workers in India
This study analyses data fr om 91 MWDWs from 6 states in India—(i) Bihar, (ii) Jharkhand, (iii) Karnataka, (iv) Madhya Pradesh, (v) Odisha, and (vi) Uttar Pradesh. The results of the study contribute towards (i) providing an insight on the everyday hardships of the MWDW (ii) emphasizing the need to diversify the discourse of domestic workers’ rights and well-being to include the role of the family, community, state, and national level infrastructure, and (iii) recommending alternative approaches for securing decent work and overall well-being that can supplement government legislation. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding Feminist Resistance to “Men-Streaming”
This article explores some of the resistance to the expansion of efforts to engage men and boys with gender programming in the field of international development. While efforts to engage men and boys face predictable resistance from those that oppose a gender equality agenda writ-large, these efforts also often face resistance from feminist women in the field. This article specifically examines the reasons why many feminist women criticize or express concerns about the growing presence of efforts to engage men and boys with gender programming. Data from interviews with women in the development field who were identified by ...
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Effects of Education Savings Accounts on Student Engagement: Instrumental Variable Analysis
This study contributes knowledge by assessing the causal effects of education savings accounts on student engagement. We evaluate causal effects by using instrumental variable methods and data from a pilot study that assessed the viability of different education funding mechanisms for junior high-school students in Ghana. Results show that the offering of an education savings account to young people with an opt-out option has great p romise for improving education account ownership. Results also show that simply having an account is not strongly predictive of school engagement. Instead, it is when people begin to save into...
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
What I Thought I Knew: Parental Involvement in the Sexuality Education of Their Children and Its Role on Sexual Abuse
This study was conducted to understand the role of parents in preventing the sexual abuse of their children through sexuality education. A qualitative approach was used to col lect data from 19 sexually abused children and 20 parents of victims of child sexual abuse in selected towns in the Ga Community in Ghana via semi-structured interviews. The findings showed that most parents were unable to provide sexuality education to their children due to social taboos and belief s about sexuality education. The few parents who attempted teaching their children about sexuality used a deterrent approach which yielded negative outco...
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
