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Introduction
Proper nutrition is critical for maximizing brain function and enhancing learning. There is accumulating evidence that early malnutrition, marked by stunting, is associated with long-term deficits in cognitive and academic performance, even when social and psychological differences are controlled. All over the world, children living without permanent parental care are at a heightened risk for under-nutrition, putting their health and development in great jeopardy.
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To assess the nutritional and cognitive status in institutionalized orphans which might help to…
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Introduction: India is home to the largest population of orphaned children in the South Asia, who are at increased risk of poor psychosocial well-being. In the Indian context, literature on the psychosocial well-being of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is scarce. Our research was aimed at fulfi lling this gap by understanding self-reported psychosocial distress among OVC and subsequent coping strategies adopted during their stay at orphanages.
Methods: The present study was conducted in three randomly selected orphanages…
This study captures the lived experiences of twenty-four young Indian girls who have left care in the past four years. It addresses their journey of moving out of care at two levels — their preparation to leave care and their present experience. The primary focus of the study is to explore the interpretation and meanings attributed by these girls to the phenomena of transition out of care; identifying the uniqueness and commonalities that emerges from their experiences. The results expose a plethora of emotions and episodes the girls have encountered at each step of their path. Only 25% of…
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Executive function (EF) is important for physical and mental health of children. Studies have shown that children with poverty and early life stress have reduced EF. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of Yoga program on the EF of orphan adolescents. Seventy two apparently healthy orphan adolescents randomized and allocated into two groups as Yoga group (n = 40; 14 girls, age = 12.69 ± 1.35 yrs) and Wait List Control (WLC) group (n = 32, 13 girls, age = 12.58 ± 1.52 yrs). Yoga group…
This article aims to assess the relevance of Western youth development models to adolescents in institutional care in India. The authors review three frameworks for positive youth development. Youth development models are used to synthesize findings and potential implications are illustrated with a case example of an exemplary institutional care setting in India. When situated in a larger context, Western youth development models may serve as a potential resource for practitioners and institutions working with youth in alternative care.
This study examines the link between Rejection Sensitivity (RS), Attachment Pattern (AP) and Socio-Emotional Adjustment (SA & EA) among adolescent's living in orphanages and those living with their parents. Adolescents (N=360) ranging between 14–18 years completed self-report measures. The findings suggest that there exists significantly positive and negative correlation as well as significant interaction between gender and living conditions among the variables RS, AP, SA and EA.
This is an explorative study undertaken in central and south part of the Mumbai with the objective of investigating socio-economic, demographic and cultural characteristics of street adolescents in Mumbai.
The sample of this study was purposive. Quantitative data was collected by conducting personal interview with street adolescents. Three hundred-fifteen boys and 332 girls were interviewed during survey.
The mean age of the participants was 14 years. The majority of the participants were staying on the foot path. About 11 percent boys were staying alone. Nearly one-fourth of the street…
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A descriptive study was undertaken to assess the adjustment problems among adolescents residing in selected orphanage at Kerala, India. This study was aimed to identify adjustment problems of adolescents residing in orphanage as well as to find out the association between adjustment problems of adolescents residing at orphanage with their socio-demographic variables. An information booklet was also developed on adjustment problems of adolescents residing in the orphanage and its coping strategies. A quantitative research approach has been used. The data was collected using socio…
This study notes that there are currently 700 million people below the poverty line. According to this study, around 40 percent are considered vulnerable children. It further states that according to UNICEF India has approximately 11 million children living on the streets. It is one of the highest concentration of the street children in the world. To investigate the status of street children, this study investigated outreach work in Latvia, Czech Republic and India.
Statistical data was collected and qualitative research was conducted. The researchers investigated…
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Millions of children are left behind when their parents migrate from home to another place. This study examines whether parental migration can affect health and cognitive ability of left-behind children aged at 5-8 years old in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. It uses data on 7,725 children in the four countries collected from Young Lives surveys in 2007 and 2009. It finds that although parental migration helps families increase per capita consumption, it does not improve health and cognitive ability of children. The effect of parental migration varies across different…