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1 online resource (271 pages)
ISBN:
9781847423399
Serie:
Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Ser
Inhalt:
This book provides an understanding of what child welfare is, explores how it can be measured and sets out the implications for children's services in incorporating child well-being into their work.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Exploring concepts ofchild well-being -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- What this book is about -- Child well-being in policy and practice -- The study of childhood -- Research on the five concepts -- The contribution of this book -- 2. Need -- Concept -- Measurement -- 3. Rights -- Concept -- Measurement -- 4. Poverty -- Concept -- Measurement -- 5. Quality of life -- Concept -- Measurement -- 6. Social exclusion -- Concept -- Measurement -- 7. Relationships between the concepts -- The five concepts -- Similarities and differences between the concepts -- Connections between the concepts -- Conclusion -- 8. Child well-being through different lenses -- Data and measures -- Prevalence and distinguishing features -- All children in the N=234 sample -- Relationship between the conditions and risk factors -- Conclusion -- 9. Relationships between the conditions -- Two-way relationships between the conditions -- Five-way relationships between the conditions -- Conclusion -- 10. Matching conditions and service styles -- Service styles -- Targeting conditions -- Conclusions -- 11. Developing congruent children's services -- Potential contradictions between service styles -- Avoiding contradictions between service styles -- Towards congruent children's services -- 12. Conclusions -- Defining the concepts, and relationships between them -- Prevalence of the conditions, and overlap between them -- Implications for children's services -- Evaluation of the research -- Taking the research forwards -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Method -- The dataset -- The study from which data are drawn -- Devising and applying the measures -- From measures to analysis -- Evaluation of the method -- Conclusion -- Appendix B: Logistic regression -- What logistic regression does -- Why logistic regression is useful.
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ISBN 9781847420657
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Print version Exploring Concepts of Child Well-Being : Implications for Children's Services
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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