1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Do Thi Thu Phuong 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: July 13, 1986 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision No. 1745/2017/QD/XHNV dated July 13, 2017, on the recognition of doctoral students in the first batch of 2017 at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
6. Changes in the training process:
Supplementing supervisors and changing the doctoral dissertation topic according to Decision No. 644/QD/XHNV dated March 15, 2019, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
7. Thesis title: Social integration of orphaned children at SOS Children's Village and Birla Children's Village, Hanoi.
8. Major: Social Work 9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Scientific supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doan Thi Thanh Huyen
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
11.1. After reviewing the research problem, the author analyzed the relevant content of previous studies, pointing out the missing content in those studies in order to find a direction for in-depth research on the social integration of orphaned children from a social work perspective.
11.2. The thesis has pointed out the current state of social integration of orphaned children in the following aspects: integration in education; integration in career guidance; integration in health and medical care; and integration in social relationships. According to the researcher's assessment, orphaned children have been given opportunities and resources, but still face some difficulties regarding policies, characteristics of upbringing, and the children's ability to integrate.
11.3. The thesis evaluates social work activities in supporting education, career guidance, healthcare, and counseling for orphans. From this, it points out several limitations such as: unprofessional implementation; staff lacking specialized knowledge and skills; and insufficient resources.
11.4. After evaluating social work activities in supporting the integration of orphans, the thesis author proposed several solutions to improve the effectiveness of social work activities to enhance the integration of orphans: supplementing policies and regulations for the development of the social work profession; professionalizing social work activities in supporting educational integration; diversifying information sources in career guidance; strengthening resource mobilization and capacity building in healthcare and medical services; establishing social work departments to improve the effectiveness of social work activities to enhance the integration of orphaned children.
12. Practical applicability: The solution to improve the effectiveness of social work (section 4.2 – Chapter 4) can be applied to supporting the social integration of orphaned children in Children's Villages.
The research findings are applied to activities supporting children in special circumstances at social assistance facilities.
13. Further research directions: Research on the social integration of orphaned children upon returning to their hometowns after leaving Children's Villages.
14. Published works related to the dissertation:
14.1. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2018), “Social integration for orphaned children in centralized care facilities from a social work perspective”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Development of Therapeutic Services in Social Work in Vietnam, pp. 224-228.
14.2. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2019), “Model of social work for orphaned children in Hanoi”, Journal of Sociology (3), pp. 71 - 85.
14.3. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2020), “Laws and policies on social integration for orphaned children at social assistance facilities”, Journal of Education and Society (2), pp. 216 – 220.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Do Thi Thu Phuong 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: July 13, 1986 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Admission decision number: 1745/2017/QD/XHNV, dated July 13, 2017 on the first group of doctoral students in 2017 accredited by University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
6. Changes in academic process:
Both the thesis's supervisor is added and thesis's title is adjusted according to Decision No. 644/QD/XHNV dated March 15, 2019 of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Hanoi National University).
7. Official thesis title: Social inclusion of orphans at SOS Children's Village and Birla Children's Village, Hanoi.
8. Major: Social Work 9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doan Thi Thanh Huyen
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
11.1. After doing literature review, the author analyzed relevant contents of previous studies, pointing out missing issues in these studies to find direction, from social work perspective, for the in-depth research of activities to support social inclusion of orphans.
11.2. The thesis indicates the status of orphans' social inclusion in terms of learning; health and medical care; career orientation and social relationship. According to the author, even though being given the opportunities and encouraging resources, orphans still face the difficulties in nurturing characteristics, policies and themselves abilities to integrate.
11.3. The thesis evaluated social work activities to support orphans in the matter of education, health care, career orientation and counseling. With that, it listed some limitations relating to unprofessional activities, officials with in-depth knowledge deficiency, lack of human resources.
11.4. After evaluating, the author proposes solutions to improve the effectiveness of social work activities, and to promote social inclusion for more orphans, including: adding policies and regulations for the development of Social Work Profession; professionalizing social work activities to support academic inclusion; diverse information sources in career orientation; mobilizing resources; increasing capacity of healthcare; establishing a department of social work.
12. Practical applicability, if any: The solutions for improving the efficiency of social work activities (Section 4.2 – Chapter 4) can be applied to support orphans' social inclusion in Children's Village.
13. Further research directions, if any: Social inclusion of orphans leaving Children's Village and returning to their hometown.
14. Thesis-related publications:
14.1. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2018), “Social inclusion of orphans in intensive care units from social work perspective”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Development of therapeutic services for Social Work in Vietnam, pp.224 – 228.
14.2. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2019), “Model of Social Work for orphans in Hanoi”, Journal of Sociology (3), pp.71 – 85.
14.3. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2020), “Laws and Policies on social inclusion for orphans in social assistance centers”, Journal of Education and Society (2), pp.216 – 220.
