Children And War Quiz 1

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Anna Freud:

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The first psychologist to publish studies on the effects of war on children and wrote the book War and Children.

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AK47

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A weapon considered of mass destruction and causes the greatest child mortality.

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army wife/ bush wife:

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African women taken against their will and forced to be spouses of soldiers; provide support to soldiers, do military tasks, and sometimes participate in combat

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CAFF:

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Children Associated with Fighting Forces

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CP:

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Child Protection.

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CPiE

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Child protection in emergencies. A part of UNICEF.

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SGBV:

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Sexual and Gender based violence

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basic aid:

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refers to assistance to vulnerable people in the form of food, water, shelter, clothing, and safety.

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CEDC

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children in extremely difficult circumstances and not provided with the most basic needs.. “Children who live in circumstances where multiple basic and psychosocial needs are not being met, and whose survival is thereby at serious risk. Includes street children, orphans, expoited and trafficked children, children in complex emergencies, soldier children, displaced children.

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child protection

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preventing and responding to violence, exploitation and abuse against children, while building and strengthening a protective environment for children. Child protection consists of reducing risks to children’s holistic well-being, making children’s rights a reality, and creating an enabling environment that supports children’s positive development.”

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cholera

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A bacterial illness which swims in an individual’s intestines and then infect other people causing death as fast as 48 hours; the major issue is dehydration.

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crude mortality rate:

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the mortality rate from all causes of death for a population during a specified time period

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malnutrition:

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Significantly insufficient nutrition, usually for a prolonged period of time. Measured in terms of individuals wasting, stunting, and weight in comparison generally to the BMI (body mass index).

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Kwashiorkor

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is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet. Symptoms: changes in skin pigment; decreased muscle mass; diarrhea; failure to gain weight and grow, fatigue; hair changes. Typically occurs when the mother gives birth to a newborn and still has an infant she breast feed, but there is not enough for both so the older child doesn’t get milk due to the newer child.

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marasmus

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is a form of severe protein-energy malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency. A child with marasmus looks emaciated. (http://www.primehealthchannel.com/marasmus.html ← good link describing related symptoms and causes, such as a woman stopping breast feeding)

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complex emergency

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a situation of crisis or disaster involving multiple losses of systems that promote health and survival, and multiple immediate threats to survival. The losses and threats drastically affect basic and psychosocial needs. Accessibility to safety and assistance are limited by the situation. War is almost always seen as a complex emergencies.

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typhoid

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Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salm

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measles

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is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically aparamyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus.

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polio

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not considered a crisis illness because you do not die quickly. The virus was almost eradicated by 1990, the WHO annouced impending complete victory over the disease.

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crisis illness

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illnesses and contagion resulting from infrastructure breakdown associated with war, displacement, and complex emergencies. Deadliest killers: febrile illness, respiratory illness, and malnutrition.

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mortality

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The condition of being mortal or susceptible to death. **I think this is referring to mortality rates with the diseases or mortality for children in crises in general?

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famine

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extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or large geographical area, extreme hunger or starvation.

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Ottawa Convention

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In 1997 the ottawa convention sought to prohibit the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti personnel mines. 122 governments have signed the treaty and over 40 have begun to ratify the law. The united states, Russia and China have yet to sign the treaty.

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humanitarian

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refers to having concern for, or helping to improve, the welfare, and happiness of others. Involves active engagement and a universal respect for humanity; no discrimination.
pedal edema: swelling in the feet and hands caused by poor circulation.

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humanitarian aid

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refers to assistance given to people in dire need, given in accordance with humanitarian principles.

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protective factors

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resources, skills, contexts, situations that reduce risk.

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psychosocial

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refers to the inseparable interplay between psychological experience and social/cultural contexts. The term recognizes the connection between feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and the social environment. The term is used to describe how experience and intervention necessarily have both psychological and social ramifications.

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psychosocial needs

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: needs related to the social and cultural context of survival, including mental health, education, religion, citizenship, family, society, cultural rituals, access to productivity and work, learning opportunities, etc.

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impartiality

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principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons.

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psychosocial development

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of children is defined as the psychological and social changes that children make as they mature. Psychological aspects of human development (the capacity to perceive, analyze and learn from experiences, to understand oneself and others, and experience emotion) are inextricably connected with social development (the ability to form attachments, maintain reciprocal social relationships, and to learn and follow the social codes of behavior of one’s own culture).

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inclusive education:

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An approach to educating children with special educational needs; for example educating children on landmine awareness, or teaching how to feed their younger siblings.

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psychosocial programming:

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humanitarian programming that has emphasis on psychological and social aspects of conflict. Programs have been developed to address these psychosocial issues in an attempt in increase well-being.

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risk

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an increase in the probability or occurrence of pathology or negative outcome. Similar to the concept of danger.

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M16

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A weapon considred of mass destruction and causes the greatest child mortality.

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resilience

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successful adaptation under adverse conditions, and the ability to recover from stress or trauma. Evidence of resilience is found when children experience adverse events and:
show relatively few negative reactions while experiencing stress and adversity
subsequently do well,
adapt well to the adverse circumstances, reduce the risks posed by adversity, and show enhanced survival skills after learning during the adverse events
Resilience is a dynamic process involving learning, problem-solving and positive adaptation within contexts with obstacles to development and significant adversity

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risk assessment

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the assessment of an individuals or population’s danger and the evaluation of it; anything that may increase the probability or occurrence of pathology or negative outcome in a particular context.

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trauma

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In medicine, a trauma refers to a complex injury. In psychology, “trauma” refers to the psychosocial experience of an injury, loss, serious threat that is unusual to normal human experience. This is a controversial term for researchers of war-affected children; by definition war-affected children have experienced an event (war) that is beyond normal experience, but their reactions to the event vary, making it unclear if their war experience is “traumatic.”

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UNHCR

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. According to the book Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care, usually more than half of any refugee population are children so refugee children need special protection. As refugees they are are especially at risk with the uncertainty and unprecedented upheavels which are increasingly marking the post-Cold War era. In order to improve and enhance the protection and care of refugee children, UNHCR has adopted a Policy on Refugee Children, endorsed by the UNHCR Executive Committee in October 1993. At their core lies the realization of the need which children have for special care and assistance.

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UNICEF:

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United Nation’s Children Fund prevents and responds to violence, exploitations, and abuse against children. They build and strengthen protective environments for kids. There are 3 elements: prevention, response, and strengthening.

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UXO

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unexploded ordinance, mortar, or artillery shells or cluster bombs which for some reason haven’t gone off yet, so they lie waiting “for some kid or goat to kick it”

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Vulnerability

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characteristics that increase the probability of negative outcome if exposed to risk.

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war

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usually this term refers to armed mass or group conflict involving killing and loss of life, involving political goals and intentional destruction of infrastructure. The term has many possible definitions with more or less specificity.

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well-being

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a state of health, good quality of life, the ability to enjoy human rights, happiness and/or prosperity; the condition of being contented, healthy, or successful. Psychology makes a distinction between objective and subjective well-being. The term is used in a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, and politics.