One Introduction
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Nick Axford
Abstract
This introductory chapter sets out the three main aims of the book. The first is to identify the defining characteristics of the five concepts of child well-being — need, rights, poverty, quality of life, and social exclusion — and to explore the relationships between them. The second aim is to measure the prevalence of the conditions to which the concepts refer for a population of children representative of a particular community, and to compare the overlap between them. The third aim is to consider the implications of the findings for policy and practice in children’s services, defined here as those interventions organised and provided on behalf of children by agencies such as social services, health, education, youth justice, the benefits agency, housing, leisure providers and the voluntary sector. This is followed by discussions of child well-being in policy and practice, studies of childhood, and research on the five concepts. An overview of the subsequent chapters is also presented.
Abstract
This introductory chapter sets out the three main aims of the book. The first is to identify the defining characteristics of the five concepts of child well-being — need, rights, poverty, quality of life, and social exclusion — and to explore the relationships between them. The second aim is to measure the prevalence of the conditions to which the concepts refer for a population of children representative of a particular community, and to compare the overlap between them. The third aim is to consider the implications of the findings for policy and practice in children’s services, defined here as those interventions organised and provided on behalf of children by agencies such as social services, health, education, youth justice, the benefits agency, housing, leisure providers and the voluntary sector. This is followed by discussions of child well-being in policy and practice, studies of childhood, and research on the five concepts. An overview of the subsequent chapters is also presented.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables iv
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction 1
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Defining child well-being
- Need 15
- Rights 29
- Poverty 45
- Quality of life 59
- Social exclusion 73
- Relationships between the concepts 89
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Measuring child well-being
- Child well-being through different lenses 113
- Relationships between the conditions 131
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Implications for children’s services
- Matching conditions and service styles 141
- Developing congruent children’s services 159
- Conclusions 171
- Method 185
- Logistic regression 209
- The 60 variables 213
- Additional results 219
- References 227
- Index 259
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables iv
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction 1
-
Defining child well-being
- Need 15
- Rights 29
- Poverty 45
- Quality of life 59
- Social exclusion 73
- Relationships between the concepts 89
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Measuring child well-being
- Child well-being through different lenses 113
- Relationships between the conditions 131
-
Implications for children’s services
- Matching conditions and service styles 141
- Developing congruent children’s services 159
- Conclusions 171
- Method 185
- Logistic regression 209
- The 60 variables 213
- Additional results 219
- References 227
- Index 259
