Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lorraine van Blerk; Wayne Shand; Patrick Shanahan

doi:10.20933/100001137

Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lorraine van Blerk, Wayne Shand, Patrick Shanahan

Geography and Environmental Science

Research output: Other contribution

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Abstract

· To understand street children and youth’s capabilities on the street a longitudinal approach is required.

· Street children and youth are the experts on their own lives and therefore research about their lives must be participatory.

· Participatory research also provides young people with a sense of ownership of the research and an opportunity to develop their own responses to the findings and outcomes.

· There are significant practical and ethical challenges that need to be carefully considered when engaging street children and youth in research.

Original language	English
Type	Briefing Paper
Media of output	Online
Publisher	StreetInvest
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20933/100001137
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014

Publication series

Name	Growing up on the Streets: Briefing Papers
Publisher	StreetInvest
No.	2

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Projects

1 Active

Growing Up on the Streets Research Project

van Blerk, L.

1/10/12 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

Research Output

16 Other contribution
1 Commissioned report

In the Shadow of a Pandemic: Harare's Street Youth Experience COVID-19

Chitsiku, S., Hunter, J., Maunzeni, V., van Blerk, L. & Shand, W., 1 Jul 2020, University of Dundee.

Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

Building Assets on the Streets: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

Hunter, J., van Blerk, L. & Shand, W., 19 Dec 2018, 4 p. StreetInvest.

Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

File

62 Downloads (Pure)

Friendship on the Streets: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

Hunter, J., van Blerk, L. & Shand, W., 1 Aug 2018, 4 p. StreetInvest.

Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

File

76 Downloads (Pure)

Prizes

2017 Stephen Fry Awards Public: Engagement Project of the Year

van Blerk, Lorraine (Recipient), Wayne Shand (Recipient) & Hunter, Janine (Recipient), 2017

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Cite this

van Blerk, L., Shand, W., & Shanahan, P. (2014, Mar). Methodology: Longitudinal, Participatory Research with Street Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. StreetInvest. https://doi.org/10.20933/100001137

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