An investigative comparison between family-based and institutional-based care in response to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children. A case study of Celebrated Ivordale home.
- Author
- Muchenje, Amos A.
- Title
- An investigative comparison between family-based and institutional-based care in response to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children. A case study of Celebrated Ivordale home.
- Abstract
- The study was an investigative comparison between family-based care and institutional-based care models’ responsiveness to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) a case study of Ivordale Celebrated Home. Five research objectives that served as the basis of this study are as follows to assess the psychosocial well-being of children in family-based and institutional based care at Celebrated Ivordale Home, to compare educational outcomes between family-based and institutional-based care models at Celebrated Ivordale Home, to evaluate the health outcomes of children in family-based care versus institutional-based care living at Celebrated Ivordale Home, to examine the cost-effectiveness of family-based and institutional-based care models at Celebrated Ivordale Home and to identify challenges and opportunities in implementing institutional-based and family based care models at Celebrated Ivordale Home. Using qualitative research design and guided by the constructivist philosophy to get adequate information on the responsiveness of the two models of care to the needs of OVCs, a case study which was comparative in nature was used, focus group discussions and interviews were the research methods that were employed by the researcher on gathering information. 12 children from both models of care were interviewed and also participated in focus group discussions, 6 care givers and 2 social workers were also interviewed. The research found out that in terms of psychosocial well-being family based care holds significant advantages over institutional based, in educational outcomes institutional based care is superior to family based, in terms of health outcomes institutional based care emerged stronger than family based , family based care came out as cheaper in terms of operational costs compared to institutional based care, but however, invisible economic and psychological cost on care givers in family based care are often overlooked, the study confirms that both models are constrained by policy gaps, bureaucratic barriers and under-resourced social service. The study recommends the developing of a national hybrid model in childcare in Zimbabwe combining strengths of institutions and family care models.
- Date
- June 2025
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Family Based Care
- Institutional Based Care
- Celebrated Ivordale Home
- Supervisor
- Dr. B. Demeh
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
- Media
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