1. Full name of PhD student: Do Thi Thu Phuong 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: July 13, 1986 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 1745/2017/QD/XHNV dated July 13, 2017 on recognition of PhD students, batch 1, 2017 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
6. Changes in the training process:
Supplementing supervisors and changing the doctoral thesis topic according to Decision No. 644/QD/XHNV dated March 15, 2019 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
7. Thesis topic: Social integration of orphans at SOS Children's Village and Birla Children's Village, Hanoi city.
8. Major: Social Work 9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Scientific advisors: Prof. Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doan Thi Thanh Huyen
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
11.1. After an overview of the research problem, the author analyzed the related content of previous studies. The author pointed out the missing content in the studies to find a direction for in-depth research on social integration of orphans from the perspective of social work.
11.2. The thesis has pointed out the current status of social integration of orphans in the following aspects: Integration in learning; integration in career orientation; integration in health and medical care; integration in social relations. According to the researcher's assessment, orphans have been given opportunities and resources but still face some difficulties in terms of policies, nurturing characteristics, and children's integration capacity.
11.3. The thesis evaluates social work activities in supporting education, career orientation, health care, medical care and counseling for orphans. From there, it points out some limitations such as: unprofessional implementation; staff lack of specialized knowledge and skills; lack of resources.
11.4. After evaluating social work activities in supporting the integration of orphans, the author of the thesis proposed a number of solutions to improve the effectiveness of social work activities to enhance integration for orphans: supplementing policies and regulations on developing the social work profession; professionalizing social work activities in supporting integration in learning; diversifying information sources in career orientation; strengthening resource mobilization and improving capacity in health care and medical care; establishing a social work department to improve the effectiveness of social work activities to enhance integration for orphans.
12. Practical applicability: The solution to improve the effectiveness of social work activities (section 4.2 - Chapter 4) can be applied to the practice of supporting social integration for orphans in Children's Villages.
Research results on support activities for children in special circumstances at social assistance facilities.
13. Further research directions: Research on social integration of orphans when they leave the Children's Villages and return to their hometowns.
14. Published works related to the thesis:
14.1. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2018), “Social integration for orphans in residential care facilities from a social work perspective”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Developing therapeutic services in social work in Vietnam, pp. 224 - 228.
14.2. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2019), “Social work model for orphans in Hanoi”, Journal of Sociology (3), pp. 71 - 85.
14.3. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2020), “Laws and policies on social integration for orphans 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.
