Developing culturally relevant indicators of reintegration for girls, formerly associated with armed groups, in Sierra Leone using a participative ranking methodology

Toward a culturally sensitive conceptualization of resilience: Participatory research with war-affected communities in northern Uganda

“…These concepts emphasize that resilience applies to systems, involving families, communities, or broader social ecologies, and refers to the process of collective reflection, planning, and action to deal with encountered disturbances and challenges that may threaten or actually affect individual and communal well-being. The indicators generated by participants in this study show some overlap with other studies reporting culturally sensitive conceptualizations of resilience, wellbeing, or mental health (Ager, Akesson, et al, 2011;Harms, Kizza, Sebunnya, & Jack, 2009;Stark et al, 2009;Ungar & Liebenberg, 2011). For instance, sociability is consistently identified as an important indicator of youth well-being across different studies and contexts.…”

“…The participants ranked the answers according to their importance by jointly positioning and repositioning the representative objects until a final ranking was agreed upon. It has been Vindevogel et al 5 argued that conscious consideration of indicators' relative importance provides a different and probably more reliable evaluation than spontaneous listing (Stark, Ager, Wessells, & Boothby, 2009). The third part of the PRM addressed the "meaning" that was obtained throughout the session by recording the explanations and motivations that the participants shared in order to rationalize their responses and to negotiate the pile and rank of objects.…”

“…This emphasizes the multidimensional character of well-being and suggests that resilience is situated at the intersection of various areas of functioning (Stark et al, 2009). The scope of these indicators thus reaches well beyond the predominant focus on absence of psychopathology as the key indicator of resilience (Barber, 2013;Tol et al, 2013).…”

Systems, strategies, and interventions for sustainable long-term care and protection of children with a history of living outside of family care

“…Children may be dispersed over large geographic areas; decline to participate in ongoing evaluation efforts because of stigma, disinterest, or discomfort; or simply be lost to follow up. Even when children are relatively easy to identify, as in the case of some children in ongoing institutional care, clear quality standards and valid outcome measures may not be established for all subgroups (Stark, Ager, Wessells, & Boothby, 2009). Furthermore, mechanisms for data-sharing between different child-serving sectors may not exist, and programs may be funded for relatively short intervals, precluding ongoing monitoring and evaluation.…”

Embodiment and Emotion in Sierra Leone

“…59 This is also close to what Douglas has argued, namely that, when taboos are broken in society, pollution occurs not only of the body but also of spiritual life. 60 Honwana has also explained how in Mozambique after the war ex-combatants were believed to be 'socially polluted' and had to undergo cleansing ceremonies, the spirits of the dead had to be appeased and corpses needed to be buried.…”