Assessing the “orphan effect” in determining development outcomes for children in 11 eastern and southern African countries

Campbell, Penelope; Handa, Sudhanshu; Odongo, Shirley; Palermo, Tia

doi:10.1080/17450120903193907

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“…Existing evidence supports this view, as analyses show a correlation between household economic welfare and child well-being (Akwara et al 2010;Campbell et al 2010). How and when improved household economic welfare contributes to greater child wellbeing, however, are not well understood.…”

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confidence: 56%

A case for integrated development: pathways to improve child well-being

Rutherford¹,

Bachay

2016

Development in Practice

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Economic strengthening interventions may increase income, assets, and food security. Donors and implementers see the potential for improvements in child well-being. This article presents lessons learnt from the implementation of two economic strengthening interventions. It finds missed opportunities with regard to child nutrition, and recommends: (1) integrating economic strengthening interventions with complementary development activities; (2) deep formative assessment to inform programme design; and (3) the use of community-based feedback loops. Development practitioners, funders, policymakers, and researchers must take every opportunity to improve the lives of children as young as possible to build healthy families, communities, and nations.Les interventions de renforcement économique peuvent avoir pour impact l'augmentation des revenus, des actifs et de la sécurité alimentaire. Les donateurs et les responsables de la mise en application des politiques y voient un potentiel pour l'amélioration du bien-être des enfants. Cet article présente les leçons apprises lors de la mise en application de deux interventions de renforcement économique. Il révèle des occasions manquées en rapport avec la nutrition de l'enfant, et recommande: (1) l'intégration des interventions de renforcement économique à des activités complémentaires de développement; (2) une évaluation formative en profondeur pour orienter l'élaboration des programmes; et (3) un retour communautaire d'informations. Les praticiens du développement, les donateurs, les décideurs politiques et les chercheurs doivent saisir toutes les opportunités d'amélioration de la vie des enfants dès leur plus jeune âge afin de contribuer à la fondation de familles, de communautés et de nations.Las intervenciones orientadas a fortalecer ciertos aspectos económicos pueden derivar en ingresos más elevados, en el aumento del número de activos y en mayor seguridad alimentaria, lo que determina que tanto los donantes como los operadores vean su potencial para mejorar el bienestar de los niños. El presente artículo da cuenta de los aprendizajes surgidos a partir de la implementación de dos intervenciones enfocadas en ciertos aspectos económicos. Al respecto, se detectaron oportunidades no aprovechadas en términos de la nutrición de los niños. Por ello el artículo recomienda: (1) integrar las intevenciones para fortalecer la economía mediante la realización de actividades de desarrollo complementarias; (2) realizar un profundo análisis formativo destinado a orientar el diseño de programas; y (3) hacer uso de circuitos de retroalimentación comunitarios. Los operadores de desarrollo, ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 56%

A case for integrated development: pathways to improve child well-being

Rutherford¹,

Bachay

2016

Development in Practice

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“…Furthermore, in other studies, Ainsworth and Filmer (2006), Campbell et al (2010) and Olanrewaju et al (2015) who conducted studies on orphans and vulnerable and their access to other support services such as education and psychosocial support, it was found that socio-demographic and household factors also influenced receipt of these support services as it was specifically stated that wealth, gender and regional variation are all more important predictors of receipt of support services. Therefore, this study supports other studies including those of Foster and Germann (2002), Harber (2009) and Datta (2013) that proposed community-based care as viable approach to taking care of orphans and vulnerable children as it places children at the centre of all development programmes, ensures different levels of community ownership and participation (Ansell and Young, 2004;Sanou et al, 2009) and believed to be the most cost-effective strategy for providing care and support to OVC but proposes that interventions on service provision for OVC should be integrated into other programs such as the Hard-to-Reach (HTR) programs and the new Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) program Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) program (Adebayo, 2017) as this would help improve service provision to households, case management, tracking, monitoring and follow-up of services and militate against the influence of socio-demographic factors such as Victor 169 region of residence.…”

Section: Household Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-demographic determinants of health support services among orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria

Chapot¹

2018

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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Worldwide, the population of orphans and vulnerable children is estimated to be around 160 million with sub-Sahara Africa accounting for 80% of these children owing largely to the effect of HIV/AIDS, civil wars, road accidents, sectarian violence, terrorism, and other factors. Efforts have been made over the years by governments and development partners to mitigate the effects of orphanhood, but these efforts have failed to achieve the required objectives because various socio-demographic factors influence receipt of support services provided to OVC. This study therefore, examined the sociodemographic determinants of child health support services provided to OVC in Nigeria by employing a cross sectional research design utilizing secondary data obtained from the household recoded dataset of the 2013 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) and analyzed at univariate, bivariate, and multivariate levels (n=5114). The findings showed that region and age of child influenced receipt of health support at the bivariate level (p<0.05). Furthermore, at the multivariate level, only region of residence was significantly associated with the receipt of health support as residence in the North East, North West, and South South regions significantly influenced receipt of health support services by OVC in these regions (p<0.05). The study concluded that socio-demographic factors influenced health support services provided to OVC and recommends that interventions should ensure an equity-focused approach based on vulnerability status of children in providing support services. Also, innovative and integrated approaches should be employed in identification, service provision, tracking and monitoring of services provided to OVC in Nigeria.

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“…However, another study using DHS data from eleven countries found a consistent association between orphanhood status and first sex, but no clear relationship between being an orphan and either early marriage or pregnancy for women (Palermo and Peterman 2009). In terms of educational achievement, studies regularly find that being an orphan, especially a double or maternal orphan, is associated with more grade repetition and higher rates of school dropout (Birdthistle et al 2009;Campbell et al 2008;Case and Ardington 2006;Evans and Miguel 2007). To the extent that migration is associated with both orphanhood and important changes in family structure, it may not only directly affect adolescent transitions, but also indirectly alter adolescent trajectories.…”

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confidence: 99%