الفهرس 
Characteristics of school age children
Bio psychosocial needs of orphan childrenOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Background: Orphaned children are one of the most vulnerable and needy groups of children all over the world. Those children suffer from the trauma of loss of one or both parents,followed by lacking in satisfaction of their bio- psychosocial needs especially in the care institutions. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the effect of developing protocol of care of biopsychosocial needs on satisfaction of institutionalized school age orphans children. Design: A
Quasi- experimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in three orphanages (orphans’ care institutions) affiliated to the Ministry of Social Affairs in Tanta city and Kafr El-sheikh city. Subjects: A convenience sample of 60 of the
institutionalized school age orphans and 28 of their caregivers were included in this study. Tools:Three tools were used. Tool I: Structured interview schedule for institutionalized school age orphans children included three parts, part 1): bio-socio demographic data of institutionalized school age orphans children, part2): Assessment of satisfaction of bio psychosocial needs and Part3): Institutionalized school age orphans children observational checklist. Tool II: Structured interview schedule for caregivers included two parts, part 1): Socio - demographic characteristics of the caregivers: part 2): Caregiver’s knowledge about the bio psychosocial needs of institutionalized school age orphans children: Tool III: Orphanage structured observational checklist consisted of four parts according to environmental standers namely physical setup of the orphanage, environmental assessment and measures of safety and security, health care system
used in the home and description of the facilities in the home. Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in the mean score of bio- psychosocial needs satisfaction among the studied orphan children pre, immediately, and three months post- program intervention (P=0.001). Where, the mean scores of their total bio psychosocial needs satisfaction improved from 69.99+6.02 pre-program intervention to 92.71+4.01 immediately post and 86.23+4.85 three months post-program intervention. Conclusion and recommendations: The protocol of care was effective in satisfying and improving the bio psychosocial needs of the school age orphan children. Therefore, protocol of care of the bio psychosocial needs should be conducted at all orphanage homes to meet their bio psychosocial needs and to promote a healthier lifestyle among orphan children
Key words: Bio-psychosocial needs, Orphan children, Care institutions, Protocol of care.