Data-Based Child Advocacy Using Statistical Indicators to Improve the Lives of Children /

• Main Author: O'Hare, William P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Human rights.; Statistics.; Quality of life.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Human Rights.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

This book locates, organizes and summarizes information about the use of child indicators in an advocacy context. It provides a conceptual framework that allows readers to see a wide variety of work as part of a unified field.  It provides a description of key concepts and illustrates these concepts...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1 What is Data-Based Child Advocacy?
• 2 Types of Advocacy Activity Using Child Indicators
• 2.1 Increasing Public Awareness about Child Well-Being
• 2.2 Making Data on Child Well-Being Easily Available
• 2.3 Advocating for More and Better Data on Children
• 2.4 Child Well-being Monitoring
• 2.5 Goal Setting
• 2.6 Evaluating Programs and Policies
• 3 Development of the Data-Based Child Indicator Movement
• 4 Communication Issues
• 5 Conclusions
• Appendix 1 Data-Based Child Advocacy in Latin America
• Appendix 2. Some Key Questions Regarding Data-Based Child Advocacy Publications.