{"product_id":"exploring-concepts-of-child-well-being-9781447305859","title":"Exploring Concepts of Child Well-Being","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolicy reforms to children's services in the UK and elsewhere encourage a greater focus on outcomes defined in terms of child well-being. Yet for this to happen, we need not only a better understanding of what child well-being is and how services can improve it, but also the ability to measure child well-being in order to evaluate success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis book investigates the main approaches to conceptualising child well-being, applies them to the child population using household survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services. The author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nprovides a clear conceptual understanding of five perspectives on well-being: need, rights, poverty, quality of life and social exclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\ndemonstrates the value of each perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\ncharts levels of child well-being in an inner-London community, including violated rights and social exclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nsets out the features that children's services must have if they are to improve child well-being defined in these terms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis book should be read by everyone involved in developing, implementing and evaluating children's services, including researchers, policy makers and practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Axford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281065193723,"sku":"9781447305859","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_400daca3-bbbd-4ee4-bad4-c0acac67ddbf.jpg?v=1771294109","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/exploring-concepts-of-child-well-being-9781447305859","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}