Health and social development innovation guidance framework: harnessing progressively positive responsiveness optimation potential among youth and their parents, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

Whereas intricately interlaced on one another like the “two sides of a coin”, Health and Social Development dimension remains less focused upon as the society‟s principal priority traction. The overwhelming emphasis has rather been on the disorders, risks, resilience, and services provision pathways. This Thesis has endeavoured to address Health and Social Development Innovation Guidance Framework: Harnessing Progressively Positive Responsiveness Optimisation Potential among Youth and Their Parents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017 & 2018; principally expressed with what was coined as the “Minimal Bedrock Core Building – Block Attributes Continuum Set”; and the “Health and Social Development Optimisation Prototype Model Innovation Guidance Framework”. Clearance to the ethical and technical soundness was obtained from the University of South Africa and the Ethical Board of the Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau. On top of the integrative, expansive conceptual and theoretical digest and eventually followed with the systematic capitalisation, constellation, and advancement of the Meta–Theoretical trajectory, the study has soundly implemented the Mixed – Methods and Multi – Methods abductive approach. Reasonably adequate sample size estimates were ensured in all cases. Both the probabilistic and non probabilistic sampling techniques were employed upon appropriate justification and specific indication. The triangulated primary data set was gathered using the systematic blends of the structured closed - and open-guided modules mixture. The entire Study Team, procedures, and modules were subjected to the pretesting and revision exercises on two rounds. Appropriate statistical and non-statistical computer software packages were employed during the expansive analyses process. Based upon the triangulated set of evidences, studying the complex phenomenon of harnessing progressively positive health and social development responsiveness optimisation potential among the youth and their parents was found not only practicable and acceptable, but also critically important. The findings across the set of segments have, in clear terms, revealed that there were considerable variations between the youth and their parents. Rich enough insights and perspectives were generated. Ranges of factors were incriminated. Health and social development responsiveness optimisation should warrant maximised preoccupation. Consideration of systematically aligned, multi-faceted, multi-level, and streamlined optimisation measures, including the judiciously custom-made prototype model innovation guidance framework is recommended.