What is Child Well-being?: Does It Matter How We Measure It?

[Pages:77]What is Child Well-being?: Does It Matter How We Measure It?

Presented to the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas

November 7, 2013

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Child well-being represents the whole child:

? Physical health, development, and safety

? Psychological and emotional development

? Social development and behavior

? Cognitive development and educational achievement

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Physical health, development and safety

Safety and physical status Personal life

Psychological/emotional development

Functioning in socially heterogenous

groups

Intellectual development

Competence

Confidence

Character Connections

Positive identity

Cognitive development and

educational achievement

Social

Commitment to learning

Healthy Diet

Physical development

Empathy

Behavior Problems

Social development and behavior

School Engagement

Social competencies

Positive Values

Educational/ intellectual

Civic life Contribution

Depression

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Suicide

Child well-being includes

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Child well-being needs to be assessed across ages

(An outcome at one stage of childhood is generally an input at the next stage of development.)

0-5 Yrs

6-11Yrs

12-17 Yrs 18-24 + Yrs

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Child well-being is an outcome, not an input

INPUTS

OUTCOMES

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Inputs

Poverty Health Coverage Schools Food Security After-school programs

Child Outcomes

Education Health Behavior Socio-emotional

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