Caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Institutional Care Facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Social Development Intervention

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dc.contributor.authorAddo, Reuben
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T16:43:15Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T16:43:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAlthough several studies have shown that children raised in institutional care facilities experience greater mental health symptoms than those raised in noninstitutionalized settings, children across sub-Saharan Africa are continually being placed in institutional care facilities. However, prior to the establishment of institutional care facilities, Africans relied on traditional cultural practices such as kinship fostering and shared child rearing to care for children, especially orphaned children. As traditional cultural practices continue to weaken, due partly to urbanization, institutional care facilities operated mostly by nonprofit organizations have become the primary alternative response to the care of orphans and vulnerable children. Traditional ways of intervening in cases of orphans and vulnerable children have been replaced with institutional care facilities, relegating the role of the extended family system. This paper examines institutional care facilities in the context of sub-Saharan Africa; in addition social development is suggested as a conceptual framework to finding alternative strategies to institutionalizing orphans and vulnerable children.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5264
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Houston Graduate College of Social Worken_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Worken_US
dc.subjectReuben Addoen_US
dc.subjectOrphans and Vulnerable Childrenen_US
dc.subjectInstitutional Care Facilitiesen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectSocial Developmenten_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Work
dc.subjectSocial work
dc.subjectOrphans and Vulnerable Children
dc.subjectInstitutional Care Facilities
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectSocial Development
dc.titleCaring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Institutional Care Facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Social Development Interventionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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