Improving outcomes for children and families : finding and using international evidence / edited by Anthony N. Maluccio ... [and others] ; foreword by James K. Whittaker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maluccio, Anthony N.

Series:

Child welfare outcomes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

Child welfare outcomes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Evaluation.

Child welfare.

Family services--Evaluation.

Family services.

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, [2011]

Summary:

Members of the International Association of Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children Services (IaOBERfcs) report results from their research in eight countries, including national and cross-national studies, on proposals to improve the evidence base needed to advance children and family services. Their topics include demystifying the evidence in child welfare, evaluating complexity in community-based programs, approaches to evaluation in services for families and children, challenges of using administrative data in cross-national evaluations of services for children in out-of-home care, identifying outcomes at the Sunshine Family Centre in outer London, and assessing practice in a child and family center in Australia. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849058193

1849058199

OCLC:

569508695