Indicators of Children's Well-Being Understanding Their Role, Usage and Policy Influence /

This book contains a series of articles that represent a broad range of viewpoints about how the use of social indicators affects child and family policy. The book discusses the use of indicators as an effective tool to change policy. A distinguished, international group of researchers and policymak...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ben-Arieh, Asher (Editor ), Goerge, Robert M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Social Indicators Research Series, 27
Temas:
Social sciences.
Quality of life.
Public health.
Pediatrics.
Human geography.
Psychology.
Society.
Quality of Life Research.
Public Health.
Human Geography.
Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • GENERAL
  • GENERAL
  • The Role of Social Indicators in an Era of Human Service Reform in the United States
  • Measuring and Monitoring Children'sWell-Being: The Policy Process
  • USING THE INDICATORS
  • USING THE INDICATORS
  • Indicator Measurement in Comprehensive Community Initiatives
  • The Power of Regional Indicators in Achieving Action: The Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care
  • The Use of Indicators of Child Well-Being in the United Kingdom and the European Union
  • Using Indicators of Child Well-Being at the International Level
  • THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE
  • THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE
  • Preparing Indicators for Policymakers and Advocates
  • Using Indicators of School Readiness to Improve Public Policy for Young Children
  • Increasing the Impact of Indicators Among Legislative Policymakers
  • How Can We Better Use Whole Population and Outcomes Indicators: A Policymaker's Perspective
  • THE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE-METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
  • THE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE-METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
  • Studying the Role of Child Well-Being Indicators in the Policy Process: Using Surveys Among Decision Makers
  • Indicators and Policy Decisions: The Important Role of Experimental Studies
  • Informative or Not? Media Coverage of Child Social Policy Issues.
  • Some Possible Directions for Research
  • Studying the Impact of Indicators of Child Well-Being on Policies and Programs.

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