Duration and steps of the assessment: The Inter-Agency Child Protection Needs Assessment was carried out through different stages during May and June 2010. These stages included the following steps: Identifying of objectives, terms of reference and designing of the assessment plan; Reviewing, developing and adapting of the tools; Selecting and briefing team leaders; Selecting and training team members, Supervising field work, including providing regular technical and logistical support to team members; and Collecting field reports; analyzing data and preparing final field reports. The field work of the assessment was conducted during the period 21 27 May 2010. – Assessment tools: The Inter-Agency Comprehensive Child Protection Assessment in Conflict-Affected Governorates in North Yemen was conducted utilizing tools adapted from the Inter-Agency Emergency Child Protection Assessment Toolkit (Global Child Protection Working Group); forms developed and used in Palestine, Iraq and Sudan and local assessment tools. The attached interview forms were used to assess children’s experiences, their psychosocial functioning and capacity of the protective environment. . The assessment tools included the following: 1) A semi-structured interview form for displaced children; 2) A semi-structured interview form for caregivers of children; 3) A semi-structured interview form for community leaders and stakeholders; 4) A guided form with discussion points for group interviews to displaced caregivers; and 5) A guided form with discussion points for group interviews to displaced children and adolescents. Sample Size and Selection: It was determined that 5% of the internally displaced population is a sufficient size of sample in order to apply the resultant rates to the internally displaced population in Yemen. A cluster sampling approach was adopted in order to select the interviewed displaced households or families in the target areas. Accordingly, sample selection was conducted through the following steps: The geographic bounds of the displaced areas were identified; The locations and number of IDP households within each area were determined; The IDP clusters to be assessed were selected; The households within each IDP cluster were chosen; and The caregiver and one of his or her children between the ages of 8-18 years within the selected household were invited to be interviewed.
Duration and steps of the assessment: The Inter-Agency Child Protection Needs Assessment was carried out through different stages during May and June 2010. These stages included the following steps: Identifying of objectives, terms of reference and designing of the assessment plan; Reviewing, developing and adapting of the tools; Selecting and briefing team leaders; Selecting and training team members, Supervising field work, including providing regular technical and logistical support to team members; and Collecting field reports; analyzing data and preparing final field reports. The field work of the assessment was conducted during the period 21 – 27 May 2010. Assessment tools: The Inter-Agency Comprehensive Child Protection Assessment in Conflict-Affected Governorates in North Yemen was conducted utilizing tools adapted from the Inter-Agency Emergency Child Protection Assessment Toolkit (Global Child Protection Working Group); forms developed and used in Palestine, Iraq and Sudan and local assessment tools. The attached interview forms were used to assess children’s experiences, their psychosocial functioning and capacity of the protective environment. . The assessment tools included the following: 1) A semi-structured interview form for displaced children; 2) A semi-structured interview form for caregivers of children; 3) A semi-structured interview form for community leaders and stakeholders; 4) A guided form with discussion points for group interviews to displaced caregivers; and 5) A guided form with discussion points for group interviews to displaced children and adolescents. Sample Size and Selection: It was determined that 5% of the internally displaced population is a sufficient size of sample in order to apply the resultant rates to the internally displaced population in Yemen. A cluster sampling approach was adopted in order to select the interviewed displaced households or families in the target areas. Accordingly, sample selection was conducted through the following steps: The geographic bounds of the displaced areas were identified; The locations and number of IDP households within each area were determined; The IDP clusters to be assessed were selected; The households within each IDP cluster were chosen; and The caregiver and one of his or her children between the ages of 8-18 years within the selected household were invited to be interviewed.
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