Journal of Public Administration, Policy and Governance Research

Non-Kinetic Interventions with Children Exposed to Violence and Humanitarian Crises in Cross River State, Nigeria

Humanitarian CrisisConflictChildrenViolenceInterventionNon-Kinetic
Ude Bassey Obeten,Edima Akonjom,Patience Agbo Odey

Abstract

The complexities and demographic issues affecting the society are crucial and has a way of shaping the development of man and society. Children are exposed and responds to violence, conflicts and humanitarian crisis in different ways and suffer life-long effects. Globally both kinetic and non-kinetic interventions approaches are adopted to address these challenges and the crustal injustice of the global system. This study therefore, adopted a cross-sectional survey design and questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The population of the study comprised Akamkpa, Obubra and Ogoja local government areas purposely selected from the three Senatorial Districts of the state because they are host communities to refugee in Cross River State. A total of 1140 respondents were selected from three Senatorial Districts by census sampling technique due to the relatively small population size. Simple Linear Regression was adopted to test the formulated hypotheses which were measured by using inferential statistics to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance and the findings reveals that there is a significant relationship between non-kinetic interventions like mediation and negotiation, and social program, trauma support counselling of children exposed to violence and humanitarian crisis, also family dynamics, lack of support systems,  and factorial dynamics significantly influence the exposure of children to violence and humanitarian crisis in Cross River State, Nigeria. the study recommends that Governments must also adequate training of relevant professions and HAWs on child-sensitive violence prevention and response mechanisms. There should be active involvement of all stakeholders, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of interventions. Government and stakeholders should strengthen existing social services, including counseling, support groups, and community-based programs, to provide comprehensive support to children affected by violence.

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Published Date

03/19/2026

Section

Articles

Pages

52-73

How to Cite

Obeten, U.B., Akonjom, E., Odey, P.A. (2026). Non-Kinetic Interventions with Children Exposed to Violence and Humanitarian Crises in Cross River State, Nigeria. Journal of Public Administration, Policy and Governance Research, 4(2), 52-73.
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