Applying community-based participatory research to better understand and improve kinship care practices: insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Oge Chukwudozie; Clare Feinstein; Celina Jensen; Claire OʼKane; Silvia Pina; Morten Skovdal; Rebecca Smith

doi:10.1097/FCH.0000000000000052

Applying community-based participatory research to better understand and improve kinship care practices: insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Oge Chukwudozie, Clare Feinstein, Celina Jensen, Claire OʼKane, Silvia Pina, Morten Skovdal, Rebecca Smith

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Abstract

While the principles behind community-based participatory research are firmly established, the process of taking community-based participatory research with children and youth to scale and integrating it into the programming of non-governmental organizations has been scarcely documented. This article reflects on the experiences of Save the Children in implementing a multicountry community-based participatory research program to increase understanding of kinship care in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The article discusses challenges faced and lessons learned and highlights how the research process enabled action and advocacy initiatives at different levels-leading to an increase in support and policy attention for children living in kinship care.

Original language	English
Journal	Family and Community Health
Volume	38
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	108-19
Number of pages	12
ISSN	0160-6379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000052
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2015

Keywords

Adolescent
Child
Child Advocacy
Child Welfare
Community-Based Participatory Research
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Family
Female
Foster Home Care
Humans
Male
Nigeria
Public Policy
Quality Improvement
Research Design
Sierra Leone

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Applying community-based participatory research to better understand and improve kinship care practices: insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. / Chukwudozie, Oge; Feinstein, Clare; Jensen, Celina et al.
In: Family and Community Health, Vol. 38, No. 1, 11.12.2015, p. 108-19.

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Chukwudozie, O, Feinstein, C, Jensen, C, OʼKane, C, Pina, S, Skovdal, M & Smith, R 2015, 'Applying community-based participatory research to better understand and improve kinship care practices: insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone', Family and Community Health, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 108-19. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000052

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