Nick Axford

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

Buch

Policy reforms to children's services in the UK, and elsewhere, encourage a greater focus on outcomes defined in terms of child well-being. For this to happen, a better understanding is needed of what child well-being is and how services can improve it. And unless child well-being can be measured, the necessary changes for success will be unknown. This book investigates the main approaches to conceptualizing child well-being in the UK, applies them to the child population using household survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services. The book provides a clear conceptual understanding of five definitions… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84742-065-7
EAN: 9781847420657
Produktnummer: 3946803
Verlag: Policy Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H17.9 cm x B24.7 cm x D1.9 cm
Auflage: New

Über den Autor

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.