Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theory, Indicators, Measures and Policies

The well-being of children represents a challenge not yet fully confronted and The Handbook of Child Well-being supplies its readers with a thorough overview of the complexities and implications regarding the scientific and practical pursuit of children's well-being. The handbook addresses the concept of well-being through an in-depth analysis of the perspectives and vocabularies of various disciplines such as, philosophy, theology, psychology  and sociology. It covers important issues in child well-being and  the problems of the general politics of well-being as well as the implementation of interventional programs and measures. In addition the handbook deals with the methods of measuring well-being for a scientifically grounded understanding and also for policy-making. The interdisciplinary set up of the handbook makes it a unique work that offers readers from a vast scope of child-related disciplines and professions a profound overview of the complexities and implications of the scientific and practical pursuit of children’s well-being. INDICE: Introduction: 1. Setting the framework: Society, adults, children, childhood and well-being .- 2. Child well being in a multi disciplinary and multi-cultural context.- 3. Well being and well becoming.- Section I: Multiple perspectives on children's well-being.- 4. History of child well-being.- 5. Culture, Context, and child well-being.- 6. A gender perspective on child well being.- 7. An inter-generational perspective.- 8. Morality, ethics and child well being.- 9. Well-being and the images and ideologies of childhood.- Section II: Multiple approaches to child well being.- 10. The Philosophy of child well-being: what is well-being from a philosophical perspective.- 11. A legal perspective on child well being.- 12. Neuroscience, biology and genetics.- 13. Education / pedagogy.- 14. Geography.- 15. Psychology.- 16. Sociology.- 17. Medicine.- 18. Public health.- 19. Historical approach to child well being.- 20. Information and communication.- 21. Criminology.- 22. Anthropology.- 23. Economics.- 24. Social Work.- 25. Political science (power distribution, voting).- 26. Media and communication.- 27. Integrative chapter: Child well being in a multi-disciplinary perspective.- Section III: values, socialization and intergenerational relations.- 28. Schooling  (school as an activity- 'life' at school, time spent at school, years of schooling, patterns of school activities).- 29. Work (paid and unpaid).- 30. After school /leisure.- 31. Using technology.- 32. Play.- 33. Sports.- 34. Artistic activity.- 35. Civic engagement and political activities.- 36. Volunteerism.- 37. Integrative chapter: Time use and well-being.- Section IV: Arts, creativity and child well being - Contact Miriam - Daphna.- 38. Art for children; the understanding of children's well-being as depicted in literature for children.- 39. Art for children/Film; the understanding of children's well-being as depicted in films for children.- 40. Visual art; the understanding of children's well-being as depicted in visual art for children.- 41. Children as artistic performers.- 42. Integrative chapter. The role of art and creativity in child culture an socialization.- Section V: Spirituality and religion.- 43. Spirituality.- 44. Christianity and child well being.- 45. Islam and child well being.- 46. Judaism.- 47. Buddhism.- 48. Hinduism.- 49. Small religions.- 50. New religions.- 51. Integrative chapter: Religion, spirituality and child well being.- Section VI: An ecological perspective on children's well-being.- 52. Family (different types of families and settings).- 53. Significant others and child well being.- 54. Peers and child well being.- 55. Social networks.- 56. Community and place based (neighborhood) understanding of child well being.- 57. Political constructs and child well being.- 58. Integrative chapter: social capital and child well being.- Section VII: economy/ material well-being.- 59. Poverty and social exclusion.- 60. Consumerism and the affluent child.- 61. Material conditions of living.- 62. Costs of a child.- 63. Children's economic contributions.- 64. Intergenerational distribution of inequalities and wealth.- 65. Integrative chapter: the economics of child well being.- Section VIII: life course and child well-being.- 66. Infancy; the well-being of babies.- 67. Early childhood.- 68. Middle childhood and school age.- 69. Early adolescence, adolescence and the in-betweens.- 70. Well being and transitions during childhood.- 71. Transitions into adulthood.- 72. Integrative chapter: diversity, being and becoming; life course and well-being.- Section IX: media and communication and child well being.- 73. TV and child well being. André Caron - Ferran.- 74. Printed media.- 75. Social patterns and technology.- 76. Games (video, internet, PC) and child well being.- 77. The internet and child well being.- 78. News media and child well being.- 79. Social media and child well being.- 80. Integrative chapter: media, internet, communication and child well being: how children are presented, the contribution to child well being and the contribution of children.- Section XI: Social change and child well being.- 81. Change at the individual level  (Life course, life event).- 82. Changes in living conditions.- 83. Change in the society level.- 84. Globalization and children's well being.- 85. Integrative chapter: Section XII: Well-being and the family.- 86. Families in the knowledge society.- 87. Diverse family patterns and child well being.- 88. Conciliating parents labor and family life.- 89. Child up rearing practices and well being.- 90. Integrative chapter; the changing role an functions of families.- Section XIII Health and child well-being.- 91. Children's health, a historical and global overview.- 92. Health and well-being.- 93. Illness and child well being.- 94. HIV, other diseases and their impact on child well being.- 95. Dying children and well being.- 96. Mental health and child well being.- Section XIV Well-being and children's rights.- 97. The CRC and child well being.- 98. Implementation of the CRC and effects on well-being.- 99. Child participation.- 100. Integrative chapter: Rights, freedom and well-being.- Section XV: Risk and vulnerability.- 101. Risk and vulnerability: perspectives and change.- 102. The complex roots of antisocial behavior and development.- 103. Aggression and bullying.- 104.  Crime and well being.- 105.  Dangerous liaisons; gangs, codes and streets.- 106. Children at risk (runaway, street children).- 107. Children as victims of violence.- 108. Maltreated children.- 109. Toxic environments.- 110. Integrative chapter; changing historical/social patterns of risk and vulnerability.- Section XVI: Methods, Measures and Indicators.- 111. Subjective or objective well being.- 112. The nature of research with and on children (description, theory driven, screening and monitoring).- 113. Domains, measures and indicators.- 114. Well being versus well becoming (research oriented).- 115. Risk factors, protective factors and positive aspects.- 116. Different sources of information.- 117. Mixed methods of research with and on children.- 118. International comparisons.- 119. Ethics of research with and on children.- Section XVII: Principals of interventions and policies that promote child well being.- 120. Overview: social and economic policies and child well being.- 121. Policies that promote child well being.- 122. Children in state care.- 123. Child protection.- 124. Schools/programs that contribute to children well being.- 125. Intervention in early childhood.- 126. Health services and programs.- 127. Health services for mother and child.- 128. Prevention and health promotion.- 129. Advocacy.- 130. Organizations that promote child well being.- 131. Translating the well being concept into services and policies.- Section XVIII: Global Issues in child well-being.- 132. Child soldiers and war.- 133. Migration and child well being (including unaccompanied children).- 134. Refugees and asylum seekers.- 135. Orphan children and their well being.- 136. Ethnic Diversity and child well being..

• ISBN: 978-90-481-9062-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 10/09/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés