Twelve Conclusions
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Nick Axford
Abstract
This chapter summarises the main findings of the study and presents overall conclusions. This book began by observing the growth of concern in children’s services with child well-being and arguing that this risks overlooking the fact that child ‘ill-being’ has long been a cause for concern, albeit conceptualised in several different ways, including unmet need, violated rights, poverty, poor quality of life and social exclusion. Each condition has its distinguishing features but overlaps with the others to varying degrees. Because they are different, the services required to tackle each one also require different orientations, despite the synergy that sometimes exists between them. Used carefully, therefore, all five concepts can act as useful lenses through which to view and understand children’s well-being, and so, hopefully, inform improved services.
Abstract
This chapter summarises the main findings of the study and presents overall conclusions. This book began by observing the growth of concern in children’s services with child well-being and arguing that this risks overlooking the fact that child ‘ill-being’ has long been a cause for concern, albeit conceptualised in several different ways, including unmet need, violated rights, poverty, poor quality of life and social exclusion. Each condition has its distinguishing features but overlaps with the others to varying degrees. Because they are different, the services required to tackle each one also require different orientations, despite the synergy that sometimes exists between them. Used carefully, therefore, all five concepts can act as useful lenses through which to view and understand children’s well-being, and so, hopefully, inform improved services.
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
-
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
