Key indicators of child and youth well-being : completing the picture / edited by Brett V. Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Brett V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Social conditions--Statistics.

Children.

Youth--Social conditions--Statistics.

Youth.

Children--Health and hygiene--Statistics.

Youth--Health and hygiene--Statistics.

Social indicators.

Health status indicators.

Youth--Health and hygiene.

Statistics.

Children--Health and hygiene.

Youth--Social conditions.

Children--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxx, 485 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2008]

Summary:

Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. In this new book, the nation's leading development researchers review the recent progress made in the measurement, collection, dissemination, and use of indicators of child and youth well-being. In addition, they identify opportunities for future research to expand and improve on the indicator data available, so as to develop greater measures of positive development.

The first eleven chapters cover key indicators in the areas of health, education, social and emotional development, and the social context indicators of the family, peers, school, and the community. The book then goes on to demonstrate the use of indicators for influencing policy at the state and local levels. One chapter discusses how social indicators were used to guide welfare reform and another recounts the use of the indicators to guide local planning. The volume concludes with a discussion of summary indices of well-being and the methodological challenges of constructing such indices. Written in an accessible manner for policy makers, practitioners, and researchers concerned with children's well-being, including experts in developmental, social, community, and educational psychology, the book also serves as a supplementary text in public policy and the social sciences. The policy chapters will be of particular interest to those who use child and youth indicators to guide policy development.

Contents:

Introduction: About the Chapters / Brett V. Brown xxi

Part I Health Indicators

1 Key Indicators of Health and Safety: Infancy Preschool, and Middle Childhood / Dennis P. Hogan, Michael E. Msall 1

2 Indicators of Youth Health and Well-Being: Taking the Long View / Matthew W. Stagner, Janine M. Zweig 47

Part II Education Indicators

3 Progress in the Development of Indicators of School Readiness / Tamara Halle, Mairead Reidy, Martha Moorehouse, Martha Zaslow, Catherine Walsh, Julia Calkins, Nancy Geyelin Margie, Ayonda Dent 65

4 What Do National and State National Assessment of Educational Progress Scores Tell Us About the Achievement of American K-12 Students? / Ann Flanagan, David Grissmer 103

Part III Social and Emotional Development Indicators

5 The Assessment of Psychological, Emotional, and Social Development Indicators in Middle Childhood / Marika Ripke, Aletha C. Huston, Jacquelynne Eccles, Janice Templeton 131

6 Developing Indicators of Confidence, Character, and Caring in Adolescents / Jodie Roth-Herbst, Christina J. Borbely, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 167

7 A Developmental Framework for Selecting Indicators of Well-Being During the Adolescent and Young Adult Years / Jacquelynne Eccles, Brett V. Brown, Janice Templeton 197

Part IV Social Context of Development Indicators

8 The Family Environment: Structure, Material Resources, and Child Care / Gary D. Sandefur, Ann Meier 237

9 Indicators of the Peer Environment in Adolescence / Kathleen Mullan Harris, Shannon E. Cavanagh 259

10 Key Indicators of School Quality / Daniel Mayer, John Ralph 279

11 Constructing Community Indicators of Child Well-Being / Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Robert J. Sampson 307

Part V Child and Youth Indicators in Practice

12 Social Indicators as a Policy Tool: Welfare Reform as a Case Study / Thomas J. Corbett 333

13 Creating Community Capacity to Use Social Indicators / David Murphey 363

Part VI Social Indexes of Child Well-Being

14 Child and Youth Well-Being in the United States, 1975-1998: Some Findings From a New Index / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, Sarah Kahler Mustillo 393

15 Methodological Issues Surrounding the Construction of an Index of Child Well-Being / Neil G. Bennett, Hsien-Hen Lu 445.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780805848090

0805848096

9780805863130

0805863133

OCLC:

72699233

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