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Submission Number: 96
Submission ID: 130
Submission UUID: fc555dd3-8e10-4492-beff-5c2a9b056edd
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Wed, 07/05/2023 - 14:38
Completed: Wed, 07/05/2023 - 14:46
Changed: Fri, 07/14/2023 - 12:21
Remote IP address: 146.230.0.1
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Mthembu |
| Firstname | Maud |
| [email protected] | |
| Mobile | 0828121761 |
| Institution | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| Biosketch | Dr Mthembu is a senior lecturer from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Discipline of Social Work. Dr Mthembu has a particular research interest in Child protection, the development of child-friendly tools and children and pandemics. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | The value of using a storybook to protect the psychological health of children during COVID-19 in resource-limited communities in South Africa |
| Theme Selection | THEME 1: Promoting stakeholder partnerships that protect, support and enhance resilience during adverse events and trauma |
| Subtheme ONE Selection | SUB 1.2 The protection of physical and psychological health and wellbeing of children, people with disabilities, and older people through fostering safe, sustainable, and inclusive living spaces |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused poor mental health, parental loss and food insecurity in children. At the pandemic's peak, context-relevant and child-friendly COVID-19 tools for child counselling and education were limited in low-income communities. Researchers and social work practitioners created the Uhambo Lwami storybook in isiZulu to initiate conversations with children about COVID-19. Using the Afrocentric framework, the authors present evidence from interviews with 13 purposively selected community-based social workers and child and youth workers who integrated the storybook into child counselling during the pandemic. The central theme discussed is the value of using the storybook to educate and support children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicated that the storybook could be helpful for grief and bereavement counselling and communicating COVID-19 information in a child-friendly way. The storybook further promoted child engagement and participation in sessions, strengthening the school's response to support children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper suggests that well-designed Afrocentric storybooks are a cost-effective communication tool to support counselling with children. |
| Title | Prof |
| Firstname | Mariette |
| Lastname | Van der Merwe |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Practice |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Prof |
| Firstname | Thulane |
| Lastname | Gxubane |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Practice |
| Status | Accepted |
