Indicators of Children's Well-Being

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. GENERAL

   1. The Role of Social Indicators in an Era of Human Service Reform in the United States

      • TOM CORBETT

      Pages 3-20

   2. Measuring and Monitoring Children’sWell-Being: The Policy Process

      • ASHER BEN-ARIEH, ROBERT M. GOERGE

      Pages 21-30

3. USING THE INDICATORS

   1. Indicator Measurement in Comprehensive Community Initiatives

      • JAMES R. MCDONELL

      Pages 33-43

   2. The Power of Regional Indicators in Achieving Action: The Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care

      • SARAH C. SHUPTRINE, NICOLE RAVENELL

      Pages 45-62

   3. The Use of Indicators of Child Well-Being in the United Kingdom and the European Union

      • JONATHAN BRADSHAW

      Pages 63-81

   4. Using Indicators of Child Well-Being at the International Level

      • SHELLEY PHIPPS

      Pages 83-90

4. THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE

   1. Preparing Indicators for Policymakers and Advocates

      • KRISTIN ANDERSON MOORE, BRETT BROWN

      Pages 91-103

   2. Using Indicators of School Readiness to Improve Public Policy for Young Children

      • LISA G. KLEIN

      Pages 105-129

   3. Increasing the Impact of Indicators Among Legislative Policymakers

      • THOMAS H. LITTLE

      Pages 131-140

   4. How Can We Better Use Whole Population and Outcomes Indicators: A Policymaker’s Perspective

      • CORNELIUS HOGAN

      Pages 143-147

5. THE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE—METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

   1. Studying the Role of Child Well-Being Indicators in the Policy Process: Using Surveys Among Decision Makers

      • JEFFREY CAPIZZANO, MATTHEW STAGNER

      Pages 149-160

   2. Indicators and Policy Decisions: The Important Role of Experimental Studies

      • PAMELA MORRIS, LISA GENNETIAN

      Pages 161-171

   3. Informative or Not? Media Coverage of Child Social Policy Issues.

      • DALE KUNKEL, STACY SMITH, PEG SUDING, ERICA BIELY

      Pages 173-191

   4. Some Possible Directions for Research

      • JULIEN TEITLER, ASHER BEN-ARIEH

      Pages 193-198

   5. Studying the Impact of Indicators of Child Well-Being on Policies and Programs

      • ALFRED J. KAHN, SHEILA B. KAMERMAN

      Pages 199-202

6. Back Matter

   Pages 203-204

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7. THE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE—METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XI

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8. THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XI

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9. USING THE INDICATORS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XI

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ROBERT C. GRANGER William T. Grant Foundation During the past 10 years or so, a number of researchers, policymakers, and prac- tioners have made important progress on the identi?cation and use of indicators of children’s well-being. The United States federal government, via the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, as well as such private funders as the Annie E. Casey Foundation, have supported many of these efforts. During this time, the William T. Grant Foundation, who was not a primary funder of such activities, was nevertheless one of the many institutions bene?ting from the work. Fortunately, Asher Ben-Arieh, Larry Aber, and Bob Goerge persuaded us to support a working conference on how to assess the effects of indicator usage on policiesandprograms.Thisvolumeistheresultoftheirtalentsandtheclearthinking of many of their colleagues. It is my pleasure to introduce the volume with a few thoughts about its contributions and the questions that remain.

• Child Care
• European Union (EU)
• Nation
• family policy
• population
• social indicators
• social policy
• well-being

From the reviews of the first edition:

"This book offers important insights and sources of useful data for psychologists interested in contributing to the improvement of the life conditions of children. Most important, the text offers psychologists an opportunity to reflect on how they might contribute to the work that is needed for Americans to achieve the good and healthy society that Maslow (1943) envisioned as enabling its citizens to achieve their highest purposes." (Patricia T. Ashton, PsycCRITIQUES, January, 2007)

• Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  Asher Ben-Arieh

• Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago, USA

  Robert M. Goerge

Policies and ethics