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

Geography and Environmental Science

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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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10.20933/100001136Licence: CC BY

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2 Finished

Growing Up on the Streets: Building Networks of Knowledge Exchange for Delivering Impact (Knowledge Exchange)
van Blerk, L.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/02/15 → 31/07/16
Project: Research
Growing Up on the Streets Research Project
van Blerk, L.
1/05/12 → 31/12/20
Project: Research

13 Other contribution

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.
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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

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The Rights of Street Children and Youth
Hunter, J., van Blerk, L. & Shand, W., 1 May 2018, 4 p. StreetInvest.
Research output: Other contribution

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Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

Access to Document

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

Growing Up on the Streets Research Project

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

The Rights of Street Children and Youth

Cite this