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Evaluating Family Support
Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically
Ilan Katz (Edited by), I Katz (Author), John Pinkerton (Edited by)
9780471497233, Wiley
Hardback, published 4 April 2003
368 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.6 cm, 0.652 kg
"The editors of this book have assembled an impressive array ofwell-known authors from various countries." (Journal ofChildren's Services, November 2007)
"...of value for policy makers and administratorsresponsible for service and support of families." (Int JnlAdolescent Med Health, Vol.15, No.4, 2003)
"...a worthwhile collection of papers."(Children and Society, Vol.18 2004)
The delivery of effective family support is a key global childwelfare issue, yet there is little consensus on what constitutesfamily support or what the best ways are to evaluate it.
Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, ThinkingCritically offers a full review of the conceptual andoperational problems involved in this complex and topicalfield.
Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton have brought together a team ofexperienced child care policy analysts and evaluators to presentthe current state of critical thinking alongside detailedinternational case studies. The chapters offer revealing glimpsesinto the nature of family support across the world, as well as anoverview of the challenges facing both practitioners andresearchers.
Contents Part I: The Need for International Comparison 1 Perspective through International Comparison in the Evaluation of Family Support 3 Part II: Underpinning Issues 2 Political and Technical Issues Facing Evaluators of Family Support 25 3 Social Exclusion, Family Support and Evaluation 45 4 The Value of Resilience as a Key Concept in Evaluating Family Support 73 5 Issues in Evaluating Family Support Services: An American Perspective 89 6 Comparative Research as a Method of Evaluating Systems 111 Part III: ‘Case Studies’ from Around the World 7 National Policy Making and the Need to Evaluate Family Support in the Republic of Ireland 129 8 A Culturally Relevant Model for Evaluating Family Services in Hong Kong 147 9 Lessons from the Evaluation of Family Support in New Zealand 169 10 A National Evaluation of Family Support Services: An Evaluation of Services Provided by the NSPCC in the United Kingdom 191 11 Empowering Parents: A Two-Generation Intervention in a Community Context in Northern Ireland 207 12 The Indicators Study: A Cross-Site Implementation Evaluation of the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Initiative in America 227 13 Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Support on the West Coast of Ireland 253 14 The Resourceful Adolescent Project: A Universal Approach to Preventing Adolescent Depression through Promoting Resilience and Family Well-Being in Australia 271 15 Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden 291 Part IV: Towards an International Agenda 16 International Convergence and Divergence: Towards an Open System Model in the Evaluation of Family Support 309
Material
List of Illustrations ix
About the Editors xi
List of Contributors xiii
Foreword by Heather B Weiss xv
Acknowledgements xix
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John Pinkerton and Ilan Katz
Jane Tunstill
Corinne May-Chahal, Ilan Katz and Lorraine Cooper
Robbie Gilligan
Peter
Rachael Hetherington
Catherine Hazlett
Monit Cheung and Chi-Kwong Law
Jackie Sanders and Robyn Munford
Ruth Gardner
Nuala Quiery, Sandra McElhinney, Harry Rafferty, Noel Sheehy and Karen Trew
Stephen Budde
John Canavan and Pat Dolan
Ian Shochet and David Ham
Gunvor Andersson
Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton Index 333
Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]
