Evaluating Family Support

International Lessons for Policy, Practice & Research
Ed. by Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume promotes the effective evaluation of family support by drawing together theoretical and technical lessons from a range of experiences from a variety of countries. It compares and contrasts child welfare and family support and critically reviews studies carried out so far, illustrating best practices and pointing towards future developments in the process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WILEY & SONS
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9780471497233
• ISBN-10: 0471497231
• Artikelnr.: 11420526

Autorenporträt

Ilan Katz is the editor of Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically , published by Wiley. John Pinkerton is the editor of Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically , published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations.
About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Foreword by Heather B. Weiss.
Acknowledgements.
PART I: THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON.
1. Perspective through International Comparison in theEvaluation of Family
Support (John Pinkerton and Ilan Katz).
PART II: UNDERPINNING ISSUES.
2. Political and Technical Issues Facing Evaluators of FamilySupport (Jane
Tunstill).
3. Social Exclusion, Family Support and Evaluation (CorinneMay-Chahal, et
al.).
4. The Value of Resilience as a Key Concept in Evaluating FamilySupport
(Robbie Gilligan).
5. Issues in Evaluating Family Support Services: An AmericanPerspective
(Peter Pecora).
6. Comparative Research as a Method of Evaluating Systems(Rachael
Hetherington).
PART III: 'CASE STUDIES' FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
7. National Policy Making and the Need to Evaluate FamilySupport in the
Republic of Ireland (Catherine Hazlett).
8. A Culturally Relevant Model for Evaluating Family Services inHong Kong
(Monit Cheung and Chi-Kwong Law).
9. Lessons from the Evaluation of Fa mily Support in New Zealand(Jackie
Sanders and Robyn Munford).
10. A Nationaln Evaluation of Family Support Services: AnEvaluation of
Services Provided by the NSPCC in the United Kingdom(Ruth Gardner).
11. Empowering Parents: A Two-Generation Intervention in aCommunity Context
in Northern Ireland (Nuala Quiery, etal.).
12. The Indicators Study: An Cross-Site ImplementationEvaluation of the
Community Partnerships for Protecting ChildrenInitiative in America
(Stephen Budde).
13. Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Supporton the West
Coast of Ireland (John Canavan and Pat Dolan).
14. The Resourceful Adolescent Project: A Universal Approach toPreventing
Adolescent Depression through Promoting Resilience andFamily-Well Being in
Australia (Ian Shochet and David Ham).
15. Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden (GunvorAndersson).
PART IV: TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL AGENDA.
16. International Convergence and Divergence: Towards an OpenSystem Model
in the Evaluation of Family Support (Ilan Katz andJohn Pinkerton).
Index.