Transitioning to Adulthood: Examining Aging out of Care Experiences of Adolescent Girls in Addis Ababa, the Case of Kechene Female Children and Youth Institutional Child Care and Rehabilitation Center
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Adolescents‘ transitioning to adulthood is a critical point that demands the support of significant others for the smooth transition of adolescents into independence. Adolescent girls‘ aging out of institutional child care experiences and associated problems are a neglected issue in Ethiopia though adolescent girls who are still in institutional child care and who have already exited from institutional care have been experiencing problems of playing an adult role and reintegrating into the surrounding community upon their discharge from institutional care. To uncover adolescent girls‘ aging out of institutional child care experiences, qualitative descriptive case study design was carried out based on the experiences of three adolescent girls who had already left institutional care and four adolescent girls who are expected to leave care in the year 2015-2017 with particular reference to Kechene Female Children and Youth Institutional Child Care and Rehabilitation Center in Addis Ababa. Data were also collected from two key informants; from one staff of the institution and one Kechene community dweller, seven care givers from the institution, and three professionals working in the institution and in Addis Ababa City Administration Women and Children Affairs Bureau. Participants of the study were recruited via non- probability purposive sampling technique and data were collected through the use of an in-depth interview, FGD, Key informant interview, observation, and document review. The generated data were analyzed by using qualitative thematic analysis tool. The study found that adolescent girls‘ emancipation from the institution is done without a well designed path way plan though there is a program called rehabilitation scheme for those adolescent girls screened for leaving care
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Transition to adulthood; ageing out; institutional care; adolescence; adolescent girls; developmental task; qualitative; descriptive; case study, cross sectional study