Community-based child protection with Palestinian refugees in South Lebanon
Engendering hope and safety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9974883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul O’leary (0000-0002-6084-3734, Griffith University, corresponding author), Patrick O’Leary (Griffith University), Aisha Hutchinson (0000-0002-5474-676X, Tilda Goldberg Centre, University of Bedfordshire, UK), Jason Squire (0009-0008-3649-2592, Foundation Terre des hommes Lausanne, Switzerland, and Universiti Sains Malaysia) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 717-731 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872815584427 |
| OpenAlex | W2137092542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 25 |
Engendering hope with refugee children is an important role of those working in child protection. This article reports on one part of an evaluation of a community-based child protection project working with Palestinian refugees in southern Lebanon. Validated tools were used to measure levels of hope in 222 children and young people before and after social work intervention. Results were compared to a smaller group of similar children who received no intervention. Children who received social work intervention were shown to have significant improvement in hope. Results highlight the need for early intervention and in some cases intensive contact
Child protection · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Refugee · Social protection · Work (physics · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |