Quality of Life of School Aged Children in Orphanage Institutions

Abstract

Institutional care may affect a child's ability to make smooth transitions from one developmental stage to another throughout his/her life. Children brought up in institutions may suffer from severe behavior and emotional problems, such as aggressive or antisocial behavior, have less knowledge and understanding of the world, and become adults with psychiatric impairments. Children raised in institutions are at risk for learning problems-such as poor reading ability and have more difficulty with critical thinking, establishing cause-and-effect, and impulsivity. The Community health nurse in dealing with orphans should know the factors that contribute to health problems, to prevent these factors, advocate and improve health status as well as physical environment (Gorege, 2008). Aim of the study This study aims to evaluate the quality of life of school-aged children in orphanage institutions. 1. Identifying the health problems of school aged children. 2. Assessing the physical, social and psychological quality of life of school aged children. 3. Assessing the environmental condition of orphanages institutions. 4. Identifying the scholastic achievement of school aged children.