Factors Associated with Child Malnutrition in the Somali Region of Ethiopia: a Cross-Sectional Survey
AbstractIn Ethiopia, malnutrition contributes to more than one-third of under-five child deaths. This cross-sectional study aimed at identifying risk factors for child malnutrition by examining the role of underlying determinants such as food insecurity and water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions (WASH). A total of 116 households with under-five children in the Somali region of Ethiopia were recruited using a simple random sampling technique. Data was collected using a questionnaire that assessed socioeconomic status, child anthropometrics, household food insecurity, dietary diversity, and WASH. SPSS version 24 and R ver...
Source: Global Social Welfare - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Is Socioeconomic Inequality Boosting Intimate Partner Violence in India? An Overview of the National Family Health Survey, 2005 –2006 and 2015–2016
ConclusionPoverty and deprivation among men often emerge as potentially important drivers of this. Interventions to empower women would not only expand women ’s access to economic services and opportunities, but should also collaborate with men and women to tackle men’s livelihoods, male gender stereotypes, and masculinity norms. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - June 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Author Correction: Known by the Children ’s Condition: Associative Stigma Among Family Carers of Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Source: Global Social Welfare - June 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Intimate Partner Violence Approval in South Africa: Evidence from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey
ConclusionThe study draws the attention of policymakers and other stakeholders in South Africa to place more attention and priority on rural men and those with low levels of education when designing and implementing policies and programs to address wife beating. There is also a need for targeted efforts aimed at educating community leaders, heads of households and men about the negative consequences of wife beatings and domestic violence in general. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 31, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Sex Workers as Mothers: Correlates of Engagement in Sex Work to Support Children
ConclusionsFSW mothers who report engagement in sex work to support children are distinct from their counterparts in key areas related to HIV and other health outcomes. Neglecting to account for this important social role may lead to missed opportunities to meaningfully promote physical and mental health and to engage women on their own terms. Future research and interventions should seek to address FSWs as whole social beings and center their experiences and needs as mothers. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Smoking Cigarettes, Marijuana, and the Transition to Marriage among Cohabiters in the USA
This study employs data from seventeen waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Discrete-time logistic regression models are used to test whether lower rates of cigarette and marijuana smoking among cohabiters are associated with the transition to marriage. Results indicate that lower levels of marijuana and cigarette smoking are associated with the transition to marriage among male and female cohabiters. Not smoking cigarettes and marijuana is associated with a significantly higher odds of transition to marriage for both sexes. The findings show that smoking status may play a significant role in the odds o...
Source: Global Social Welfare - May 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Social Work Organizations ’ Role in the Social Capital Building in China: A Case Study Among Rural Migrant Workers in Xiamen
AbstractNon-governmental organizations (NGOs) are considered important actors in promoting social capital, social welfare, and social work organizations (SWOs) and are fast-developing in China. This research adopted a case study to look into SWOs ’ (Social Work Organization’s) capacity to build social capital among rural migrant workers (RMWs) in Xiamen, China. It is found that SWOs’ capacity in linking social capital is still weak. Their capability in social networking and trust and norms building is over-shaped by the environmental f actors. SWOs’ role in building social capital in China is social construction pr...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Enacting Community Development Principles in Women Empowerment Projects: a Case Study in Ondo State, Nigeria
AbstractThere is increasing global interest in women empowerment and the ways in which rural women are involved and supported in community development. Women empowerment, a vital component of community development, is closely linked to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5 in the United Nations Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which is geared toward achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls by the year 2030. While there is broad consensus about the importance of women empowerment for economic growth, scant attention is given to how community development principl...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Attachment and Its Social Determinants, Kenyan Child and Adolescent Perspective from Two Informal Settlements in Nairobi: A Qualitative Study
This study offers an opportunity to look at the number of risk and protective factors associated with SDH using children's narratives around their attachment relationships. The research was carried out in Kariobangi and Kangemi health centers of Nairobi County, Kenya. All 83 participants were recruited from the community with the assistance of community health workers. Fifty-seven percent of participants were girls; 65.1% of ages 12 –14 and 34.9% of ages 8–11 years. Child Attachment Interview (Target et al.,2003) was used to study attachment security as well as adolescents ’ understanding of their relational and soc...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
“They Have Overstayed Their Welcome”: the Discursive Construction of Collective Identities in Kenya’s Quest to Close the Dadaab Refugee Camp
AbstractDadaab refugee camp, located in the northern part of Kenya, is currently the world ’s largest refugee camp in both size and population. Having been in existence for more than 25 years since the outbreak of civil war in Somalia and the subsequent disintegration and demise of the Somali state, since its inception, the camp has been a home to refugees fleeing from war and famine, not only from Somalia but also from Uganda, Ethiopia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Eretrea and Sudan. This paper analyses the news articles on the quest to close Dadaab refugee camp by the Kenyan Government. Applying the analytic and ...
Source: Global Social Welfare - March 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Adolescent Marriage in Northeast Ethiopia: The Case of Delanta District
ConclusionThis study indicated that adolescent marriage was higher in the area. Delaying the age at first marriage by implementing the Ethiopian Family Code proclamation is needed (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
ConclusionOur work has shown some feasibility of applying the theory-guided system strengthening model in improving child mental health service system and research capacity in one of the three SMART-Africa partnering countries. Our mental health landscape and resource mapping in Kenya also illustrated that capacity building in SSA countries involved complex dynamic, history, and some overlap efforts with multiple partnerships, and these are critical to consider in training activity and evaluation design. (Source: Global Social Welfare)
Source: Global Social Welfare - February 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Social Network and Adjustment of Indian Women in Taiwan: a Qualitative Study
AbstractSocial networking is recognized as one of the major supplies in human life progression. This social form significantly influences the altercation of needs as well as supports. There are various types of social networks that vary as the function of respect to the mass of networking members, contact frequency, geographical vicinity, and subsequent arrangements. Herein, the present analysis examines mainly the workplace influences on the social networking structures within the prosperous immigrants, the types of support (i.e., social, emotional, or instrumental) they get from their co-workers, and the various approach...
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Poverty Alleviation Programs for Female Slum Dwellers in Ghana: The Case of Ashaiman
AbstractAlthough poverty is a global problem, it hugely affects the slum population who are mostly located in the developing and underdeveloped countries. Slums experience higher levels of poverty partly due to their limited access to resources, and limited poverty alleviation programmes from governments, as they are treated as informal and illegal settlements. Female slum dwellers in Ghana experience high poverty levels, as their limited access to resources and programmes has been exacerbated by patriarchy in the country which has disempowered many women. This qualitative study explores poverty alleviation programmes for ...
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Known by the Children ’s Condition: Associative Stigma Among Family Carers of Children with Cerebral Palsy
AbstractThe experience of associative stigma (stigma that persons experience because they are associated with persons who belong to a stigmatized category in society) could have negative impacts on carers ’ and children’s health and well-being. This descriptive qualitative study therefore focused on associative stigma among family carers of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Using the convenience sampling technique, sixty-one family carers were purposively rec ruited to participate in the study. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted to collect ...
Source: Global Social Welfare - January 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
