Community-based child protection with Palestinian refugees in South Lebanon: engendering hope and safety

Patrick J. O'Leary
,
Aisha Hutchinson
,
Jason Squire

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Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Abstract

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.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 717-731

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Social Work (Volume 58, Issue 5)

Publication milestones

Published - 29/08/2015

Publication status

Published - 29/08/2015

ISSN

0020-8728

External Publication IDs

handle.net: 10547/621977
Scopus: 84940671709

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10.1177/0020872815584427

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