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DESCRIBING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ORPHANS IN EGYPT
THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVES OF RESIDENTS, CARETAKERS AND
GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WORKERS
by
Reymon Adly Ethnasios
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Reymon Adly Ethnasios
Object Description
| Title | Describing the care and treatment of orphans in Egypt through the perspectives of residents, caretakers and government social workers. |
| Author | Ethnasios, Reymon Adly |
| Author email | reymonethnasios@yahoo.com;ethnasio@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-08 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-29 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-30 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-30 |
| Date published | 2012-07-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Brewer, Dominic |
| Abstract | There are as many as 1.7 million orphans in Egypt, and the Egyptian orphanage sector is largely a non-governmental enterprise relying on private support with minimal government supervision. Increased public demand for adequate social services is aligning with national and international committees to modernize the orphanage sector. Missing from this discourse, however, are the voices of those who live, work, and regulate these homes. This dissertation examines the care and treatment of orphans in Egypt from the perspectives of adult orphanage residents, orphanage caretakers and government social workers from the Ministry of Social Solidarity. Interviews and focus groups took place in Cairo, Egypt, during the summer of 2011, to answer four research questions: 1) What are the socio-cultural factors, e.g. etiology, of orphanhood? 2) What are the roles of the government social worker? 3) What are the admittance and discharge procedures like? 4) How do adult orphans describe and evaluate their psychological problems? The findings suggest there are multiple socio-cultural factors associated with orphanhood: a number of organizational obstacles limit the role of the government social worker, important legal and social factors mitigate admittance and discharge procedures, and evidence of psychological complaints show characteristic similarities with institutionally-reared children in other foreign orphanages. The study suggests several important reforms are needed, which include expanding access for alternative models of care, empowering community-based professionalization groups, and advancing mental health research. |
| Keyword | international social work; orphans; orphanhood; orphans in egypt; social work in egypt; orphanhood stigma; mental health of orphans; social policy in egypt. |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Ethnasios, Reymon Adly |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-EthnasiosR-1060.pdf |
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| Full text | DESCRIBING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ORPHANS IN EGYPT THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVES OF RESIDENTS, CARETAKERS AND GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WORKERS by Reymon Adly Ethnasios A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2012 Copyright 2012 Reymon Adly Ethnasios |
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