The Contribution of Religion Based Organization to Family‘s Psychosocial and Spiritual Care for Children: The Case of Children and Youth Supported by Genete Eyesus Child and Family Development Program.
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2019-06
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Addis ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to understand the contribution of religion based organization to family‘s psychosocial and spiritual care for children and youth in Genete Eyesus Child and Family Development Program. The study was conducted to explore the contribution of religion to the family‘s psychosocial and spiritual care for their children and youth with a particular reference to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches-Child and Family Affairs Organizations in Addis Ababa. The research employed mixed, descriptive phenomenological approach to describe the Contribution of religion to family‘s psychosocial and spiritual care for children. Questionnaires were used to collect data from children while the interview schedule was used to collect data from the organization Officials, children‘s family and the children and youth. Data were gathered using in-depth interviews and questionnaire. For in-depth interview a total of 15 respondents and for questioner a total 172 children in the age of 14 up to 24 years old who have been helped by the Organization. The data collected quantifications were encoded categorized and organized ready for analyses which were processed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 for descriptive statistics, and the transcription of in-depth interviews and open ended questionnaire responses for the qualitative part including triangulation and observation.
The findings of the study indicate that children are affected by lack of psychosocial and spiritual care from parents, religion based organization and society. Lack of psychosocial and spiritual care a major risk factor for their well-being. Children from their own parents and caregivers in the households appear to be abused emotionally and physically. Children who lack psychosocial and spiritual care tried to commit suicide, the desire to commit matricide and patricide, feel lonely, depressed due to the influence they face in their household and society. In order to improve children and youth‘s psychosocial and spiritual care, the study recommends that the organization, should give counseling service and different training (life skill, peer education, skill of stress management… etc.). The family also should give psychosocial and spiritual care for their children, which require proper intervention in the area to improve the psychosocial and spiritual well-being of the affected children and youth. The Conclusion was made and the major finding was discussed in relation to other research findings. This study has its own implication for social work practice, research and Policy.
Key words: Religion, Psychosocial and Spiritual Care
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Religion, Psychosocial and Spiritual Care