Improving Health and Social Outcomes for Children through the Use of a Community Caregiver Service Provision Model in Côte d’Ivoire

An Exploration of Community-Based Services and Resources Available to Boost the Capabilities of AIDS-Orphaned Adolescents and Primary Caregivers to Achieve Emotional and Psychosocial Wellbeing

“…According to Banstola, Ogino and Inoue (2020), "self-esteem is an important aspect of mental health and it is believed to be one of the predictive factors for the psychological well-being of adolescents in their unique period of identity development" (p. 1). Indeed, many other previous studies have also found that, adequate psychosocial and educational support services offered to children and adolescents orphaned due to HIV and AIDS enabled them to fare well emotionally, socially, psychologically and academically (Muriuki, Andoh, Newth, Blackett-Dibinga, & Biti, 2016;Sitienei & Pillay, 2019b;Thomas, Ahmed, Tan, & Grigorenko, 2021;Visser, Zungu, & Ndala-Magoro, 2015). The Community and Youth Development Worker describes the psychosocial support programme offered through his sector as the one that provides group therapy activities for adolescents orphaned due to AIDS and other vulnerable children within the community.…”

Child protection policy: Understanding drivers of violence affecting children in Côte d’Ivoire

“…However, current approaches in Côte d'Ivoire, embedded in the field of child protection, continue to address the more traditional forms of violence: economic exploitation, harsh discipline and gender-based violence expressed as early marriage and FGM. Community-based programmes are at the forefront of this agenda (Muriuki et al, 2016). Three flagship programmes have been implemented: (a) a programme dedicated to the care of orphans and vulnerable children, in particular due to HIV infection (PN-OEV); (b) a programme to combat gender-based violence; and (c) a programme to combat the economic exploitation of children (Krueger & Canavera, 2010).…”

The impact of para-professional social workers and community health care workers in Côte d'Ivoire: Contributions to the protection and social support of vulnerable children in a resource poor country

“…This study used data from the Côte d'Ivoire Community Caregivers (2013) study (Muriuki, Andoh, Newth, Blackett-Dibinga, & Biti, 2016), collected by Save the Children, an international non-governmental, non-profit organization. The Côte d'Ivoire Community Caregivers study data included interviews and survey data collected from OVC, guardian/parents, and para-professionals.…”