Improving Outcomes for Children and Families: Finding and Using International Evidence

Maluccio, Anthony (Editor)/ Canali, Cinzia (Editor)/ Vecchiato, Tiziano (Editor)/ Lightburn, Anita (Editor)/ Aldgate, Jane (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1849058199 / ISBN 13: 9781849058193

Edité par Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2010

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240 pages. 9.06x6.14x0.79 inches. In Stock.

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• Titre: Improving Outcomes for Children and Families: Finding and Using International Evidence
• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Pub
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1849058199
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781849058193
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Brand New
• Poids: 0,48 kilogramme

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Synopsis

Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential.

This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. With contributions from leading international experts, it introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services; discusses relevant approaches to designing and using evaluation methods; and provides examples of evaluation from the real world of policy and practice. Issues covered include setting appropriate indicators for service effectiveness, cross-cultural evaluation of service interventions, service user involvement in evaluation, and evaluations of family and community-based services.

This invaluable book will be essential reading for policy makers, planners, commissioners and managers across child and family welfare services, as well as researchers and other academics in the field.

À propos des auteurs

Robyn Munford is Head of the School of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy at Massey University. She has published widely on social and community work and disability studies, and her research on families has gained international recognition.

Professor Nina Biehal is Research Director at the Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York. She is leads work on vulnerable children, children in care and young people. Previously a social worker, Nina has been involved in child welfare research for many years. Her research interests focus particularly on social work with older children and adolescents. She has published widely on leaving care, runaways from care, family support and missing persons.

Anita Lightburn is Professor in the Graduate School of Social Services at Fordham University, USA, and has had 25 years' experience in evaluation. All of the editors have published widely in the fields of child and family services, child welfare and evaluation.

Peter J. Pecora is Senior Director of Research Services at the Casey Family Programs and Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has researched and published extensively in the field of child and family outcomes. His publications include Evaluating Family-Based Services and The Child Welfare Challenge.

Tiziano Vecchiato is the Director of the Fondazione Zancan. He collaborates with the Ministry for Family Policies in Italy and has previously undertaken national health care evaluation.