Exploring Concepts of Child Well-Being: Implications for Children's Services - Couverture rigide

Axford, Nick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847420656 ISBN 13 : 9781847420657

Editeur : Policy Press, 2008

Synopsis

Policy reforms to children's services in the UK and elsewhere encourage a greater focus on outcomes defined in terms of child well-being. Yet for this to happen, we need not only a better understanding of what child well-being is and how services can improve it, but also the ability to measure child well-being in order to evaluate success.

This book investigates the main approaches to conceptualising child well-being, applies them to the child population using household survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services. The author:

provides a clear conceptual understanding of five perspectives on well-being: need, rights, poverty, quality of life and social exclusion

demonstrates the value of each perspective

charts levels of child well-being in an inner-London community, including violated rights and social exclusion

sets out the features that children's services must have if they are to improve child well-being defined in these terms

This book should be read by everyone involved in developing, implementing and evaluating children's services, including researchers, policy makers and practitioners.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nick Axford is a Researcher at Dartington Social Research Unit, UK. He has worked on numerous projects to measure child well-being in service and community contexts and then use the results to design new services.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847420656
• ISBN 13: 9781847420657
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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