Country Experience in Preparing for the National Baseline Survey on Violence
Against Children
Philippines
BRENDA S. VIGO Executive Director
Council for the Welfare of Children Bangkok, Thailand
26 June 2013
Child-Friendly Philippines: A Caring and Protective Society fo, byr and with the Children
Philippine Delegation
BRENDA S. VIGO
Executive Director
Council for the Welfare of Children
Chairperson National Steering Committee on VAC Principal Investigator for NBS-VACS
LAURIE S. RAMIRO, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept of Behavioral Sciences
and Dept of Clinical Epidemiology
University of the Philippines Manila
Member
National Steering Committee on
VAC
Consultant for NBS-VAC
DIRECTOR PATRICIA B. LUNA
Department of Social Welfare and
Development
Member
National Steering Committee on
VAC
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DR. BERNADETTE J. MADRID
Executive Director
Child Protection Unit Inc
Manila
Member
National Steering Committee on
VAC
Ms. AMIHAN ABUEVA
Philippine Representative
ASEAN Commission on Women and
Children’s Rights
Presentation Outline
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1. Introduction: The Philippines
2. Background and Context:
The Council for the Welfare of Children and its
involvement in NBS-VAC
3. Related VAC Initiatives in Building Linkages and Resource Mobilization
3. The Philippine VAC Study
– Technical aspects
– Response Plan for NBS-VAC
– Next steps
Demography
Philippines archipelago 7,107 islands
Land area 300,000 square kilometers
With 3 major island groups
(Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao)
Composition 17 regions
80 provinces
138 cities
1,496 municipalities
42,027 barangays (villages)
(as of March 31, 2012)
Population 92.34 M (2010 Census)
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Population by Age Group 0 – 17 years old 40.0 million
18 – 59 years old 46.8 million
60 years old & above 5.5 million
Age group population is estimated by applying the 2000 Census structure to the total population of 2010 Census
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The Council for the Welfare of Children and its involvement in NBS-VAC
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• Government of the Philippines (GoP) was invited to participate in a Regional Consultation Workshop in December 2009
- agreed to work towards the development of a regional evidence based on violence against children/child maltreatment at country level
- as the country’s way of fulfilling its commitment to children
- as the country’s fulfillment to its obligations as state party to CRC
• Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) is the national focal agency for children in the Philippines and the national focal agency on VAC
• Specific for the NBS-VAC, CWC utilizes its existing structure on VAC called the National Network to End Violence Against Children (NNEVAC) composed of select government agencies, Non-Government Organizations
• NNEVAC developed the National Strategic Framework for Action to End Violence Against Children and Action Plan which research is one of the strategic actions to be pursued
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• On September 9, 2010, the Council Board approved the conduct of the NBS-VAC and its Institutional Structures:
NNEVAC will serve as the National Steering Committee (NSC) with extended membership to include International Organizations, statistical and ethical agencies and Academe
Functions
- Provide guidance on the over-all implementation of the NBS-VAC
- Develop Terms of References regarding the roles and responsibilities of partners (US-CDC, UNICEF Manila and Regional Office and others as may be identifies
- Attend to the selection of prospective research contractors
- Review technical documents and deliverables
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- Facilitate coordination to ensure smooth implementation of the research
- Regular update on the NBS-VAC to appropriate CWC structures
- Hold regular meetings for updating, discussions and resolution of issues and concerns related to the implementation
- Did Cog Lab of the VAC-CDC questionnaire
Technical Working Group on VAC (T-VAC or VAC Core Group) was constituted from the NSC to attend to specific and immediate research concerns
NBS-VAC Steering Committee
Members
• Implementing agency: Council for the Welfare of Children
• National Steering Committee on Violence Against Children (NSC–
VAC)
Cooperating agency :
• UNICEF, Manila
• United States, Centers for Disease Control (US-CDC)
• University of the Philippines Manila
• Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc.
• Consuelo Foundation
• PLAN Philippines
• Save the Children
• World Vision Development Foundation, Inc.
• DSWD Social Technology Bureau
• DSWD Standards Bureau
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COUNCIL BOARD
RSCWC
17 Regions
SECRETARIAT (Executive Director)
TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
GROUP
Sectoral Panels/ Committees Provincial
/LCPC
Municipality /City /LCPC
Barangay Council for the Protection of
Children (BCPC)
Deputy Executive Director (CWC)
Policy and Planning Division (PPD)
Localization and Institutionalization Division (LID)
Administrative and Finance Division (AFD)
Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO)
Management Information System Unit
Committee on Children in Need of Special Protection (CNSP)
National Network to End Violence Against Children (NNEVAC)
- also stand as the National Steering Committee on NBS-VAC
CORE GROUP ON VAC
Monitoring and Reporting Response Mechanism (MRRS)on Grave Child Rights Violations in Armed Conflict Situation
The Council for the Welfare of Children
Structures
Related VAC Initiatives
Some Research/Study Initiatives
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National Baseline Study on Violence Against Children in
selected public schools
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Health-Risk Behaviors among Adults in a Developing Country Setting, Child Abuse and Neglect
Chid Maltreatment Prevention in the Philippines : An Assessment
Baseline Surveys for the National Objectives for Health
Children exposed to domestic violence: Conclusions from the literature and challenges ahead
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Legislation
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R.A. 9775 (Anti-Child Pornography Act)
R.A. 9344 (Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act)
R.A. 9262 (Anti-VAW and their Children Act)
R.A. 9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act)
R.A. 9231 (Elimination of the Worst Forms of
Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection
for the Working Child)
1987 Constitution
R.A. 9523 (Certification of the DSWD to declare
a “Child legally available for Adoption”)
RA 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act)
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• Resource Mobilization Initiatives
- Donor’s forum
- Proposal submitted for funding to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOH/DOST-PCHRD), Save the Children, Plan International, World Vision, World Health Organization-Manila and Consuelo Foundation; various embassies and multi national agencies
General Objective
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To gather national baseline data on
violence against children experienced
in a variety of situations and locations
Specific Objectives
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• To determine the prevalence of violence against
children (VAC) in various forms and settings;
• To identify potential risk and protective factors for
violence against children (VAC);
• To identify the health consequences of VAC;
• To assess children’s knowledge and utilization of
health, legal and welfare services;
• To obtain stakeholders’ views about the reasons
why VAC
Specific Objectives
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• To obtain stakeholders’ views about the
reasons why VAC persist in the Philippine
setting, the adequacy/inadequacy of existing
services, the type of services still needed as
well as capability-building needs of
implementors; and
• To make recommendations on improving
and enhancing interventions to better
identify, prevent and respond to violence
against children (VAC) .
Methodology
• Study design: use of mixed designs, combining
qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Quantitative: a national prevalence survey on VAC in
randomly selected households in 17 regions .
• Qualitative: Key Informant Interviews (KII) with
community stakeholders such as local officials, health
officials, educators, social workers, lawyers and other
relevant professionals.
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Study population
I. Quantitative prevalence survey:
Male and female individuals aged 13 – 24
years
II. Qualitative KII: community leaders, VAC
implementors and professionals
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Sampling design
•Quantitative survey - three-stage cluster design
- First stage
selection of a primary sampling unit (PSU) which can either be one barangay with approximately 150 households or several small contiguous barangays combined to contain about 150 households.
PSUs will be randomly sampled from a masterlist derived from the National Statistics Office Population Census and stratified by region.
In each region, a different set of PSU’s will be chosen for males and females.
Allocated number of PSUs per region will be selected with “probability proportional to size”
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Second stage:
to draw from the household units listing a systematic sample of households (SSU) from each PSU.
-Sampling frame for the households will be taken from barangay records
Third stage:
Per household, one individual aged 13-24 years will be selected as the final respondent (Elementary Unit or EU).
If more than one eligible respondent in the household, the final respondent will be chosen randomly using the Kish method.
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Sample size (Prevalence survey)
Using formula for cluster design:
Number of regions= 17
Number of PSUs (barangays) = 155
( Female: 67; Male:88)
Number of SSUs (households) =4,602 households
(Female: 2000; Male =2602)
Minimum number of final respondents (EUs) = 1,938
(Female= 848, Male=1090)
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QUALITATIVE Sampling design
Purposive sampling according to position and
type of work.
Sample size (Qualitative KIIs)
6 - 8 informants per sample community
Instrumentation
• CDC-developed questions
• Site-specific questions: Issues on bullying,
cyberviolence, CICL, physical and
psychological neglect, dating violence
Instrumentation
Interview guide for significant community
stakeholders. Include questions on:
• stakeholders’ perceptions about VAC
• availability of VAC-related services in the
community
• extent of utilization by the target clients
• perceived reasons for using or not using these
services.
• needs assessment
Main data collection
• Prior to the main data collection, all ethical
issues will be addressed.
• To avoid sampling bias, a waiver for
parental consent will be requested from the
IRB
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• The CDC portion of the questionnaire will be
collected through the use of a monitor gadget
called IPAQ.
• For the site-specific questions, data gathering may
be interviewer-administered or self-administered
with interviewer assistance, depending on the
preference of the respondent and his/her level of
literacy.
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• If interviewer-administered, the sex of the
interviewer and respondent will be matched.
The age of respondent and interviewer must
be within same range.
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If self-administered, the questionnaire will be
placed in a sealed envelop and given to the
respondent for him/her to asnwer in a
private place.
The field assistant will just be nearby to
answer any queries from the respondent or
to assist the respondent if needed
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Response Plan
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• Guide for interviewer on what to do in case of manifestations of distress among respondents
• Provide with a list of service providers with child care and social work interventions
• Survey teams will be trained on the referral process to ensure that participants clearly understand where they can obtain health and welfare services, including counselling.
Response Plan
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• On-call Referral professionals will be hired (Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists) to provide crisis interventions, as necessary
• Tracking form will be utilized to monitor cases
NEXT STEPS
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ACTIVITIES 2013
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Finalization and translation of
questionnaire (CDC/Site
specific)
x
Pretesting and finalization of
translated questionnaire
x
Recruitment of field staff x
Orientation and training of
interviewers, field supervisors
and field assistants
x x
NEXT STEPS
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ACTIVITIES 2013 2014
J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A
Main data-collection,
monitoring
x x x
Hiring and training of
data editors and
encoders (for site
specific Q)
x
Data processing and
analysis
x x x
Write-up/submission
of report
x x
Results
dissemination/validati
on (regional/national)
x x
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