TY - BOOK AU - Katz,Ilan AU - Pinkerton,John TI - Evaluating family support: thinking internationally, thinking critically T2 - Wiley series in child protection and policy SN - 0470864680 AV - HV697 .E93 2003eb U1 - 362.7 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Family services KW - Evaluation KW - Case studies KW - Family policy KW - Services aux familles KW - �Evaluation KW - �Etudes transculturelles KW - �Etudes de cas KW - Politique familiale KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Services & Welfare KW - bisacsh KW - Social Security KW - fast KW - Psychology (general) KW - FACsci KW - ER KW - Internet KW - Book KW - Full text N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART I. THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON -- Perspective Through International Comparison in the Evaluation of Family Support / John Pinkerton and Ilan Katz -- PART II. UNDERPINNING ISSUES -- Political and Technical Issues Facing Evaluators of Family Support / Jane Tunstill -- Social Exclusion, Family Support and Evaluation / Corinne Wattam, et al. -- The Value of Resilience as a Key Concept in Evaluating Family Support / Robbie Gilligan -- Issues in Evaluating Family Support Services: An American Perspective / Peter Pecora -- Comparative Research as a method evaluating family support / Rachael Hetherington -- PART III. 'CASE STUDIES' FROM AROUND THE WORLD -- National Policy Making and the Need to Evaluate Family Support in the Republic of Ireland / Catherine Hazlett -- A Culturally Relevant Model for Evaluating Family Services in Hong Kong / Monit Cheung -- Lessons from the Evaluation of Family Support in New Zealand / Jackie Sanders and Robyn Munford -- An Evaluation of Family-Support Services Provided by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the United Kingdom / Ruth Gardner -- Empowering Parents: A Two-Generation Intervention in a Community Context in Northern Ireland / Nuala Quiery, et al. -- The Indicators Study: An Cross Site Implementation Evaluation of the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Initiative in America / Stephen Budde -- Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Support on the West Coast of Ireland / John Canavan and Pat Dolan -- The Resourceful Adolescent Project: A Universal Approach to Preventing Adolescent Depression Through Promoting Resilience and Family Well Being in Australia / Ian Schochet and David Ham -- Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden / Gunvor Anderson -- PART IV. TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL AGENDA -- International Convergence, and Divergence: Towards an Open System Model in the Evaluation of Family Support / Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - The delivery of effective family support is a key global child welfare issue, yet there is little consensus on what constitutes family support or what the best ways are to evaluate it. Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically offers a full review of the conceptual and operational problems involved in this complex and topical field. Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton have brought together a team of experienced child care policy analysts and evaluators to present the current state of critical thinking alongside detailed international case studies. The chapters offer r UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470013362 ER -