Experiences of Young People Early in the Transition From Residential Care in Lagos State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100
Author(s):  
Belema Sekibo
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Transitional Outcomes

This article examines the aftercare experiences of young people who have recently left a residential care institution in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a phenomenological qualitative research design with 20 care leavers, and data collected were analyzed using Attride-Stirling’s thematic networks analytical tool. The young care leavers’ aftercare experiences were marked by many challenges with employment, finances, living and surviving alone, accommodation, and social integration. These challenges were due to inadequate preparation for independent living, as well as their orphan and care backgrounds. However, care leavers were filled with resilient optimism, in terms of personal and social factors. Personal factors related to hope of a brighter future, persistence, fear of failing, and engagement in menial jobs and savings, while social factors included formal and informal support systems care leavers mobilized for improved transitional outcomes. Recommendations for policy, research, and practice are made in light of these findings.

scholarly journals PREFERENSI KONSUMEN TERHADAP BUAH-BUAHAN DI KOTA BANDAR LAMPUNG

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Riski Tuan Abda’u ◽  
Bustanul Arifin ◽  
Muhammad Ibnu
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Fruit Consumption ◽  
Nutrient Adequacy ◽  
The Social

Fruit consumption in Indonesia, especially in Lampung Province, has not reached the Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR) yet, and this threatens the health of young people in the future.  Efforts to improve the consumption begin by analyzing the influence of social and personal factors then evaluate consumer preferences for fruits in Bandar Lampung.  The consumer preferences explained by different attributes combination for several fruits, such as mangoes, oranges, and bananas.  Data were collected with the survey method to 100 respondents.  Social factors significantly influence fruit consumption.  The social factors relate to the influence of other peoples that affects fruits consumptions.  Price is an essential attribute considered by consumers when choosing fruits.  Consumers prefer cheap fruits, sweet tasted, small, and clean skinned. Key words: conjoint analysis, consumption, fruit, preferences

scholarly journals CONSUMER SHOPPING BEHAVIOUR AFFECTORS AND PATRONAGE OF SELECTED ONLINE STUDENT’S BUYERS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Ulaikere Aihumenki – Okhai ◽  
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Ajike O. ◽  
Herbertson E. ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Student ◽  
Shopping Behaviour ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Online Stores

The invention of the internet has created a new pattern in the traditional way of shopping. Online shopping is ideal for many people with disabilities and people with hectic schedules, shrinks the distance between producers and consumers. However, the patronage level of online student-buyers has affected by numerous risks leading to a decline in frequency of purchase, customer satisfaction, customer retention, and service quality and customer loyalty. Hence, this study examined the effect of consumer shopping behaviour affectors on the patronage of selected online student-buyers in Lagos state, Nigeria. Cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The population was 69, 951 online student-buyers. A sample size of 1,177 was determined using Cochran formula. Multistage sampling was adopted. A validated questionnaire was used. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.758 to 0.882. The response rate was 86.2%. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that consumer shopping behaviour affectors (social factors, personal factors, and customer perceived value, psychological factors and product perception) had a significant effect on frequency of purchase. The study recommends that the management of online stores should improve on consumer shopping behaviour affectors such as social factors and psychological factors that directly affect online student-buyers’ patronage level.

11. Care Leavers in Italy

2020 ◽  
pp. 245-268
Author(s):  
Laura Formenti ◽  
Andrea Galimberti ◽  
Mirella Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Relative Utility ◽  
Care System

Laura Formenti, Andrea Galimberti and Mirella Ferrari use data from their study of young people leaving the residential care system on reaching adulthood. They discuss the discourses around ‘care’ before offering three different ways to present narrative accounts. Each researcher demonstrates a distinctive approach – through realism, by focusing on a facet of interest, by fictionalizing the interview in order to go beyond it. Including the stories in full enables the reader to decide their relative utility.

Care Leaving and the Transition Jungle in Germany

2019 ◽  
pp. 297-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Severine Thomas ◽  
Carolin Ehlke ◽  
Josef Koch ◽  
Wolfgang Schröer
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Status Passage

This chapter presents the situation of care leavers in Germany within a so-called transition jungle and illustrates the difficulties of transitioning of young adults from residential care to independent living, focusing especially on education and access to vocational training and employment. Leaving care can be understood as a status passage in young people’s lives, during which the public welfare system produces accelerated transitions into adult life. This acceleration restricts the space and time available for individual transitions and processes of development, especially in the transition to work. The chapter will also outline two models of good practice and describe how care leavers can be supported within their transition to vocational training and work.

scholarly journals Leaving the Victorian Children’s Institution: Aftercare, Friendship and Support

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 94-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Soares
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Institutional Staff ◽  
Peripheral Position ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Performance Examining ◽  
Former Inmates

Abstract This article explores the needs of young people leaving residential care and the provision of aftercare support in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Young people’s discharge, aftercare and post-institutional experiences occupy a peripheral position in scholarship on institutional care. This essay broadens interpretations of aftercare, which have been presented as inadequate inspections that monitored employment performance. Examining the formal and informal systems that aimed to enhance care-leavers’ welfare and wellbeing, the essay offers new understandings of the ongoing provision of practical and emotional support to young people, and the importance of sustained contact and affective ties between former inmates and institutional staff.

THE ROLES OF AGENCY AND STRUCTURE IN FACILITATING THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OUT OF CARE AND INTO INDEPENDENT LIVING

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian D Van Breda
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
South African ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Structural Interventions ◽  
The West ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Corporate Parenting ◽  
Agency And Structure

The vulnerability of young people leaving residential care has been widely noted in the literature, prompting research on the process of transitioning out of care and triggering debates between the roles of agency and structure in youth transitions. Care-leaving research and programmes from the West have tended to give primary attention to structural interventions, centred on the notion of ‘corporate parenting’. By contrast, South African research on care-leaving has tended to emphasise the agency of young people in exercising resilience in sub-optimal contexts. This article analyses findings from recent South African care-leaving research on the contributions of agency (particularly resilience at the micro level) and structure (particularly interventions at the macro level) to the successful transition out of care and into independent living. Evidence confirms the importance of considering both agency and structure, as well as the interaction between them.

scholarly journals Determinants of participation and quality of life of young adults with cerebral palsy: longitudinal approach and comparison with the general population – SPARCLE 3 study protocol

BMC Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Arnaud ◽  
Carine Duffaut ◽  
Jérôme Fauconnier ◽  
Silke Schmidt ◽  
Kate Himmelmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Young People ◽  
General Population ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Effective inclusion in society for young people with disabilities is increasingly seen as generating opportunities for self-development, and improving well-being. However, significant barriers remain in the vast majority of activities meaningful for young adults. Research argues that various personal (disabilities, health) and environmental (access to the resources needed, accessible environment, discrimination, lack of personal economic independence) factors contribute to limited participation. However, previous studies conducted in young people with cerebral palsy (CP) mainly investigated the transition period to adulthood, and did not fully consider the whole range of impairment severity profiles or environmental barriers. In this study, we will use the follow-up of the SPARCLE cohort and a comparison group from the general population (1) to investigate the impact of the environment on participation and quality of life of young adults with CP, (2) to determine predictors of a successful young adulthood in educational, professional, health and social fields, (3) to compare quality of life and frequency of participation in social, work and recreational activities with the general population, (4) to document on participation and quality of life in those with severe disabilities. Methods The SPARCLE3 study has a combined longitudinal and cross-sectional design. Young adults with CP aged 22 to 27 years in 6 European regions previously enrolled in the SPARCLE cohort or newly recruited will be invited to self-complete a comprehensive set of questionnaires exploring participation (daily life and discretionary activities), health-related quality of life, body function, personal factors (health, personal resources), and contextual factors (availability of needed environmental items, family environment, services provision) during home visits supervised by trained researchers. Proxy-reports or adapted questionnaires will be used for those with the most severe impairments. The recruitment of a large group from the general population (online survey) will enable to identify life areas where the discrepancies between young people with CP and their able-bodied peers are the most significant. Discussion This study will help identify to what extent disabilities and barriers in environment negatively affect participation and quality of life, and how previous valued experiences during childhood or adolescence might modulate these effects.

scholarly journals Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in Young People Leaving Care in England: A Study Profiling the Language, Literacy and Communication Abilities of Young People Transitioning from Care to Independence

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4107
Author(s):  
Judy Clegg ◽  
Ellen Crawford ◽  
Sarah Spencer ◽  
Danielle Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Language Literacy ◽  
Key Staff

Research indicates children and young people in care have a high prevalence of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) as part of a complex set of vulnerabilities. This study describes the profile of language, literacy and communication abilities of a cohort of care leavers. The language, literacy and communication abilities of 44 young people leaving care between the ages of 16 and 26 years were assessed using standardized measures. Demographic data about the young people was collected along with a survey to key staff to capture their perceptions and experiences of the language and communication abilities of these young people. Ninety percent of the care leavers’ language abilities were below average and over 60% met criteria for DLD in combination with literacy difficulties, developmental disorders and social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH). The implications of unidentified DLD on the lives of young people leaving care is discussed. Earlier identification of DLD is advocated to enable services to intervene to facilitate more positive outcomes and life chances for this very vulnerable population.

A Challenging Future: Current Barriers and Recommended Action for Our Field

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Webber ◽  
Brenda Scheuermann
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
Recommendations For Action ◽  
Recommended Action

More children and youth are developing emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) while services are dwindling. Social factors, unsympathetic public policy, and ineffective educational programming are formidable barriers for those of us who care about and work with these young people. However, we cannot desist in our responsibility as professionals. Through expanded expertise and ardent advocacy, we can make a difference in these regressive trends. This article presents an overview of current forces impinging on the field of EBD and offers some recommendations for action.

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