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Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Jun 16, 2008

  2008 KIDS COUNT Released
National trends in child well-being have improved slightly since 2000, according to the 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , but these trends are not on par with the improvements that were seen at the end of the 1990s. The Data Book, released on June 12, 2008, is a national and...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2008

  Child Abuse and Data Transparency
A new report by First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego's School of Law calls for better data standards and more openness in reporting child abuse and child deaths in the United States. The report, State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S. (PDF) ,...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 15, 2008

  Geography Matters
The following is taken from the press release at http://www.everychildmatters.org/homelandinsecurity/index_geomatters.html REPORT: “LIFE AND DEATH” DIFFERENCES IN U.S. CHILD WELL-BEING EXIST BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM STATES, YOUTHS UP TO THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BEFORE ADULTHOOD IN...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Oct 16, 2007

  Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Many of you are probably already familiar with CAHMI, the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. They've got a new website, www.CAHMI.org , and just sent out their Fall 2007 newsletter. Of particular interest to those of us working with community indicators are the new features at...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Oct 7, 2007

  Focus on Social Indicators
In India, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry heard that social indicators eclipse India's economic growth . The President of the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Commerce called out the government , saying “We need to improve our social indicators … and we have to make...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Sep 30, 2007

  Child Poverty Indicators: What Do We Know?
We've been talking about measuring poverty here , here , and here . Measuring child poverty is even more difficult. Some researchers have tried to discover better child poverty indicators through asking children for their point of view. This wasn't as helpful as they thought it might be --...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Sep 11, 2007

  Children's Health Indicators
The Mulford Library Blog shares a nice description of the National Survey of Children’s Health and the new data set it provides. Here's what they say: The National Survey of Children’s Health is a new survey that was conducted for the first time between January 2003 and July 2004....... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Sep 7, 2007

  Child Indicators for Canada
Here's a press release from the Canadian Education Association : The Well-Being of Canada's Young Children In September 2000, the Government of Canada and provincial and territorial governments reached an agreement to improve and expand the services and programs they provide for children...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Jul 25, 2007

  National Indicators of Child Well-Being
Here's an update from Marcia Rubin that she sent to the NNIP listserve. (Now that I'm back from vacation, I'm trying to catch up in passing some of the information e-mailed to me in my absence.) From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: Compared to...... [view]
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