Nick Axford 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.
Nick Axford 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.
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.
Annotation Most of the 34 chapters presented here by Kufeldt (U. of New Brunswick, Canada) and McKenzie (U. of Manitoba, Canada) originated at Canada's National Child Welfare Research, Policy and Practice Symposium held in October of 2000. The primary focus is on the welfare of …
In 1994 a group of researchers and decision makers met to discuss the state of child welfare. Also present were a few practitioners and two youth in care. Six years later, when they met again, the number of practitioners and youth had grown considerably and were joined by a stro…