Darkwah Ernest, Daniel Marguerite, Yendork Joana Salifu
Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7807, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG84, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2018 Feb 20;18(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12914-018-0151-9.
This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children's Homes in Ghana. The focus was on investigating caregiver perceptions of proper child care, their experiences with having to work with child rights principles and the implication of these for their relationships with the children and the care services they deliver.
Adopting a qualitative approach with phenomenological design, data were collected from 41 caregivers in two children's homes in Ghana using focus group discussions and in-depth interviews.
It emerged that caregivers experienced frustrations with perceived limitations that child rights principles place on their control over the children describing it as lessening and, at the same time, complicating the care services they provide.
The findings suggest a need for a review of the implementation strategies of the child rights approach in that context. A re-organization of the children's homes environment and re-orientation of caregivers and children regarding their relationship is also suggested.
本研究探讨了在加纳儿童之家的背景下，受雇照顾儿童者如何体验儿童照料、家长控制和儿童权利之间的关系。重点是调查照顾儿童者对适当儿童照料的看法、他们在遵循儿童权利原则方面的经历，以及这些对他们与儿童的关系以及他们提供的照料服务的影响。
采用定性的现象学设计方法，通过焦点小组讨论和深入访谈，从加纳两家儿童之家的41名照顾儿童者那里收集数据。
结果表明，照顾儿童者对儿童权利原则给他们控制儿童带来的明显限制感到沮丧，他们将这种限制描述为使他们的控制权减弱，同时也使他们提供的照料服务变得复杂。
研究结果表明，在这种情况下需要审查儿童权利方法的实施策略。还建议重新组织儿童之家的环境，并在照顾儿童者和儿童之间的关系方面对他们进行重新引导。
