Development of the Faith Community Child Protection Scale with Faith Leaders and their Spouses in Senegal, Uganda and Guatemala

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20304580
AutoresKarin Diaconu (0000-0002-5810-9725, Queen Margaret University), Kanykey Jailobaeva (0000-0002-1316-8449, Queen Margaret University), Temirlan Jailobaev (Queen Margaret University), Carola Eyber (0000-0002-2835-8317, Queen Margaret University), Alastair Ager (0000-0002-9474-3563, Queen Margaret University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen62
Número3
Páginas2196-2212
Fecha de publicación2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Religion and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4197 • E-ISSN: 1573-6571
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10943-022-01660-z
PMID36242707
OpenAlexW4306292656
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

Violence, abuse and neglect constitute major threats to children’s health and wellbeing globally. However, until recently, relatively little systematic attention has been paid to the role of faith communities in shaping the protective environment for children. This paper describes the development of a measure to capture child-protective disposition amongst faith communities through field studies with faith leaders and their spouses in Senegal, Uganda and Guatemala. Identifying common factors related to child care and protection practices, orientation to child rights and approaches to discipline, the measure potentially serves to both inform and evaluate interventions seeking to engage with the beliefs and behaviours of faith communities to support children’s health and wellbeing

Faith · Geography · Neglect · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Scale (ratio) · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology