@article{1454812,
      recid = {1454812},
      author = {Gwenzi, Getrude Dadirai,},
      title = {Rethinking the meaning of family for adolescents and youth  in Zimbabwe's child welfare situations /},
      pages = {1 online resource (193 pages)},
      abstract = {This book examines the lives of children and young adults  living in residential care systems in Zimbabwe and their  unique conceptualization of family. While the importance of  family for the development and wellbeing of children can't  be overemphasized, the questions of what and who counts as  family to orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) are  under-researched. Gwenzi brings a social constructionist  approach to study OVCs in institutional care as well as  living with their families in Zimbabwe, finding that they  do not have a single definition of family and that they use  diverse characteristics to describe what family means to  them. With the data suggesting a need for belonging,  continuity of relationships, protection, and trust, this  study makes recommendations for policy and practice with  youth in alternative care in sub-Saharan Africa.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1454812},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23375-3},
}