Research Principles and Conceptual Framework

Lorraine van Blerk; Wayne Shand; Patrick Shanahan

doi:10.20933/100001136

Research Principles and Conceptual Framework

Lorraine van Blerk, Wayne Shand, Patrick Shanahan

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Abstract

• Research with 198 street children and young people aged 14-20 in three African countries over three years.
• Young people living and working on the street have been trained to be Research Assistants.
• The research uses the ‘capability approach’ as a framework to understand life growing up on the streets.
• The findings will contribute to a deeper understanding of life for young people and inform international policy and service planning.

Original language	English
Type	Briefing Paper
Media of output	Online
Publisher	StreetInvest
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	England
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20933/100001136
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014

Publication series

Name	Growing up on the Streets: Briefing Papers
Publisher	StreetInvest
No.	1

Keywords

Street children
Young people
Capability approach
International policy
Service planning

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Research Principles and Conceptual Framework

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

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Growing Up on the Streets: Building Networks of Knowledge Exchange for Delivering Impact (Knowledge Exchange)

Growing Up on the Streets Research Project

Living on the Streets, Making Plans for the Future: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

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

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

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Research Principles and Conceptual Framework

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

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Projects

Growing Up on the Streets: Building Networks of Knowledge Exchange for Delivering Impact (Knowledge Exchange)

Growing Up on the Streets Research Project

Research output

Living on the Streets, Making Plans for the Future: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

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

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

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