Re: Child Well-being

[jhussey@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jon Hussey)]

A good starting point is the book "Indicators of Children's Well-Being" edited by
Robert M. Hauser, Brett V. Brown, and William R. Prosser.  NY: Russell Sage. 
1997.

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Jon M. Hussey, PhD, MPH
Dept of Maternal and Child Health
CB# 7400 Rosenau Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400

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> From: "Anna K. Hagemeister" <ahagemei@che1.che.umn.edu>
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:38:53 -0600
> Subject: Child Well-being
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
> 
> I am interested in hearing  people's ideas about the 
> most important indicators and/or measures of "child well-being" and 
> "family well-being" in the context of child maltreatment, child 
> welfare, and domestic violence.  This is for the purpose of 
> evaluation, so program outcome indicators of these concepts.
> 
>  I am aware of the Child WellBeing Scales published by the CWLA and, 
> I know that in terms of children's behavioral and emotional health 
> the Achenbach CBCL is still often used. 
> 
> Here are my questions:
> 
> What are others?  and Where can I get them?
> 
> How does the conceptualization of "child well-being" differ from that 
> of "family well-being?"
> 
> How do we simultaneously measure the safety and well-being of a 
> battered mother in this same family?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Anna Hagemeister
> 
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> Annelies Hagemeister, M.A.
> Research Assistant, School of Social Work
> Graduate Student, SSW and Family Social Science
> University of Minnesota
> St. Paul, MN  55108
> 612-624-8796
> hage0044@tc.umn.edu
> 
> The whole is greater than 
> the sum of its parts.
> 

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