In 2021 and 2023 Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) completed a household survey of children and caregivers, in demonstration countries Guatemala, Kenya and Moldova, to understand their experience of CTWWC services, the protective factors in their families, and the status of child well-being. Part of CTWWC’s evaluations, the resulting findings are designed to help CTWWC and other care reform actors to understand the successes and challenges of reintegration from residential care and the provision of family strengthening support. Part of the survey was designed with the guidance of children and young people in Guatemala and Kenya with experience of reintegration from residential care. Changing the Way We CareSM is a global initiative implemented by Catholic Relief Services, Maestral International, and other global, national and local partners working together to change the way we care for children around the world.
Survey design process with children and young people and resulting tool:
- Child- and Adolescent-Defined Well-Being: Designing a household survey with children and young people – report on process used for designing and facilitating focus group discussions with children and young adults, that informed the household survey design.
- Development of a Child-Informed Measure of Subjective Well-Being for Research on Residential Care Institutions and their Alternatives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – article in Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal on development of tool and exploratory factor analysis to create subscales.
First round (2021, year three of the initiative) reports on Guatemala and Kenya household surveys:
- Complete Kenya and Guatemala Household Survey Results
- Subjective well-being of Kenyan children reunified with families from residential care institutions: A closer look at child disability – article in Child Protection and Practice exploring how the subjective well-being of children who reunified with family after living in residential care varies by child disability status.
- Young people’s experiences of support, belonging, and freedom before and after leaving residential care institutions in Kenya – article in Children and Youth Services Review looking at how young people in Kenya conceptualize their experiences of living in and leaving residential care.
Second round (2023, year five of the initiative) reports on Guatemala, Kenya and Moldova household surveys: