TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.
AU  - Gwenzi, Getrude Dadirai,
CN  - HV1351
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-031-23375-3
DO  - doi
ID  - 1454812
KW  - Children
KW  - Youth
KW  - Children
KW  - Youth
KW  - Families
KW  - Belonging (Social psychology) in children
KW  - Belonging (Social psychology)
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-23375-3
N2  - 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.
SN  - 9783031233753
SN  - 3031233751
T1  - Rethinking the meaning of family for adolescents and youth in Zimbabwe's child welfare situations /
TI  - Rethinking the meaning of family for adolescents and youth in Zimbabwe's child welfare situations /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-23375-3
ER  -