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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ben-Arieh, Asher (Editor), Goerge, Robert M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Social Indicators Research Series, 27
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Pediatrics.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Human geography.; Psychology.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Quality of Life Research.; Public Health.; Human Geography.; Psychology, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.