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NEW APPROACH TO CHILD WELL-BEING: CHILD WELL-BEING APPOARCH AND INDICATORS

Year 2022, Volume: 22 Issue: 2, 143 - 166, 31.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.54961/uobild.1197536

Abstract

One of the recent widespread approaches in the field of child welfare is the child well-being approach. There has been a shift in the approach from keeping children alive (without neglecting this) to protecting and enhancing child well-being. This study aims to conduct a conceptual discussion on the historical development of the child well-being approach and the parameters and indicators that are effective in this development. Social indicator movement, ecological approach, modern childhood paradigm, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and capability approaches are influential in the emergence of the child well-being approach. In this study, after explaining the development process of the child well-being approach, some examples of indicators are discussed in detail. This study also addressed indicators and their relevance to child wellbeing. In the child well-being indicator studies, there is an approach that includes the views of children as the unit of observation (taking their opinions about the child's life) and addresses the child together with his/her environment. Another noteworthy issue in the indicators is the focus on children's opportunities in addition to the opportunities that families have (capability approach). The indicators address economic status, health, education, risk and safety, social relations, and participation as common areas. In recent indicator studies, more attention paid to the subjective well-being dimension. In future indicator studies, it is recommended to include indicators on the living conditions of disadvantaged and neglected children.

References

  • Axford, N. (2008). Exploring concepts of child well-being: Implications for children’s services. Policy Press.
  • Bauer, R. A. (1966). Social indicators. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (R. A. Bauer (Ed.)). MIT Press.
  • Ben-Arieh, A. (2005). Where are the children? Children’s role in measuring and monitoring their well-being. Social Indicators Research, 74(3), 573–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-4645-6
  • Ben-Arieh, A. (2010). Developing Indicators for Child Well-Being in a Changing Context. Içinde Child well-being: Understanding children’s lives (Sayı September, ss. 129–142).
  • Ben-Arieh, A., Casas, F., Frønes, I., & Korbin, J. E. (2014). Multifaceted Concept of Child Well-Being. Içinde Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective (ss. 1–3258). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8
  • Ben-Arieh, A., Kaufman, N. H., Andrews, Arlene Bowers, George, R. M., Lee, B. J., & Aber, J. L. (2001). Measuring and Monitoring Children’s Well-Being. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P., & Richardson, D. (2006). Comparing Child Well-Being in OECD Countries: Concepts and Methods. Innocenti Working Paper, 1–5.
  • Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P., & Richardson, D. (2007). An index of child well-being in the European Union. Social Indicators Research, 80(1), 133–177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-006-9024-z
  • Brim, O. G. (1975). Childhood Social Indicators: Monitoring the Ecology of Development. 119(6),. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 119(6), 413–418. http://www.jstor.org/stable/986375
  • Brim, O. G., & Zill, N. (1975). Childhood social indicators. Newsletter. Society for Research in Child Development.
  • Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P. A. (1998). The ecology of developmental processes. Içinde W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Theoretical models of human development (ss. 993–1028). John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  • Campbell, A., & Converse, P. E. (Ed.). (1972). The human meaning of social change. Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Casas, F. (2019). Introduction to the Special Section on Children’s Subjective Well-Being. Child Development, 90(2), 333–343. https://doi.org/10.1111/CDEV.13129
  • DSÖ Anayasası (2006) https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/publications/basic-documents-constitution-of-who179f0d3d-a613-4760-8801-811dfce250af.pdf?sfvrsn=e8fb384f_1&download=true. Erişim tarihi 20.09.2022.
  • Graham, M. (2011). Changing Paradigms and Conditions of Childhood: Implications for the Social Professions and Social Work. Source: The British Journal of Social Work, 41(8), 1532–1547. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43771540
  • Kahn, A. J. (2010). From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being. Içinde From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being: An International Perspetive on Knowledge in Service to Policy Making (ss. 3–8). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2
  • Land, K. C., Lamb, V. L., & Mustillo, S. K. (2001). Child and Youth Well-Being in the United States, 1975–1998: Some Findings from a New Index. Social Indicators Research 2001 56:3, 56(3), 241–318. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012485315266
  • Lippman, L. (2005). Indicators and Indices of Child Well-being : A Brief History by. Kids Count. www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/da3622h1258.pdf
  • Matthews, S. H. (2007). A Window on the ‘New’ Sociology of Childhood. Sociology Compass, 1(1), 322–334. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1751-9020.2007.00001.X
  • Moore, K. A., Lippman, L., & Brown, B. (2004). Indicators of Child Well-Being: The Promise for Positive Youth Development. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 125–145. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716203260103
  • Pollard, E. L., & Lee, P. D. (2002). Child well-being: a systematic review of the literature. April, 59–78.
  • See N. Zill, H. Sigal, and O. G. Brim, "Development of Childhood Social Indicators," in E. F. Zigler, S. Kagan, and E. Klugman, eds., Children, Families, and Government: Perspectives on American Social Policy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp. 188-222.
  • Sen, A. (1997). On economic inequality. Oxford University Press.
  • Sheldon, E. B., & Moore, W. E. (1968). Indicators of social change: concepts and measurements (E. B. Sheldon & W. E. Moore (Ed.)). Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Uyan-Semerci, P., Muderrisoglu, S., Ekim-Akkan, B., Karatay, A., Kilic, Z., Oy, B., & Uran, S. (2012). Developing Child Well-Being Indicators for Turkey: The Case of Istanbul. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1773668
  • Zill, N., Sigal, H., & Brim, O. G. Development of childhood social indicators. Içinde E. F. Zigler, S. L. Kagan, & E. Klugman (Ed.), Children, Families, and Government: Perspectives on American Social Policy (ss. 188–222). Cambridge University Press. (1983)

Çocuk Refahı Alanında Yeni Bir Yaklaşım: Çocuğun İyi Olma Hali Yaklaşımı ve Göstergeleri

Year 2022, Volume: 22 Issue: 2, 143 - 166, 31.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.54961/uobild.1197536

Abstract

Çocuk refahı alanında son dönem yaygınlaşan yaklaşımlardan biri çocuğun iyi olma hali yaklaşımıdır. Çocuğa yönelik yaklaşımda çocuğun hayatta tutulmasından (bunu da ihmal etmeden) çocuğun iyi olma halinin korunması ve arttırılmasına yönelik bir değişim yaşanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada çocuğun iyi olma hali yaklaşımının tarihsel gelişimi ve bu gelişimde etkili olan parametreler ve gösterge örnekleri üzerine kavramsal bir tartışma yürütülmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çocuğun iyi olma hali yaklaşımının ortaya çıkmasında sosyal gösterge hareketi, ekolojik yaklaşım, modern çocukluk paradigması, Çocuk Hakları Sözleşmesi ve yapabilirlik yaklaşımlarının etkisi söz konusudur. Bu çalışmada çocuğun iyi olma hali yaklaşımının gelişim süreci anlatıldıktan sonra bazı gösterge örnekleri detaylı olarak ele alınarak gösterge alanları üzerine bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Ele alınan çocuğun iyi olma hali gösterge çalışmalarında gözlem birimi olarak çocukların görüşlerine yer verildiği (çocuğun yaşamı hakkında fikirlerinin alınması) ve çocuğu çevresiyle beraber ele aldığı bir yaklaşım söz konudur. Göstergelerde dikkat çeken bir diğer konu ise ailenin sahip olduğu olanakların yanında çocukların sahip olduğu imkanlara da odaklanılmış olmasıdır (yapabilirlik yaklaşımı). Göstergelerde ekonomik durum, sağlık, eğitim, risk ve güvenlik, sosyal ilişkiler ve katılımın ortak alanlar olarak ele alınmaktadır. Yakın tarihli gösterge çalışmalarında öznel iyi olma boyutuna daha fazla önem verildiği görülmektedir. Yeni yapılacak gösterge çalışmalarına, ihmal edilen farklı dezavantajlı çocukların yaşam koşullarına ilişkin göstergelerin de dahil edilmesi önerilmektedir.

References

  • Axford, N. (2008). Exploring concepts of child well-being: Implications for children’s services. Policy Press.
  • Bauer, R. A. (1966). Social indicators. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (R. A. Bauer (Ed.)). MIT Press.
  • Ben-Arieh, A. (2005). Where are the children? Children’s role in measuring and monitoring their well-being. Social Indicators Research, 74(3), 573–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-4645-6
  • Ben-Arieh, A. (2010). Developing Indicators for Child Well-Being in a Changing Context. Içinde Child well-being: Understanding children’s lives (Sayı September, ss. 129–142).
  • Ben-Arieh, A., Casas, F., Frønes, I., & Korbin, J. E. (2014). Multifaceted Concept of Child Well-Being. Içinde Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective (ss. 1–3258). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8
  • Ben-Arieh, A., Kaufman, N. H., Andrews, Arlene Bowers, George, R. M., Lee, B. J., & Aber, J. L. (2001). Measuring and Monitoring Children’s Well-Being. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P., & Richardson, D. (2006). Comparing Child Well-Being in OECD Countries: Concepts and Methods. Innocenti Working Paper, 1–5.
  • Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P., & Richardson, D. (2007). An index of child well-being in the European Union. Social Indicators Research, 80(1), 133–177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-006-9024-z
  • Brim, O. G. (1975). Childhood Social Indicators: Monitoring the Ecology of Development. 119(6),. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 119(6), 413–418. http://www.jstor.org/stable/986375
  • Brim, O. G., & Zill, N. (1975). Childhood social indicators. Newsletter. Society for Research in Child Development.
  • Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P. A. (1998). The ecology of developmental processes. Içinde W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Theoretical models of human development (ss. 993–1028). John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  • Campbell, A., & Converse, P. E. (Ed.). (1972). The human meaning of social change. Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Casas, F. (2019). Introduction to the Special Section on Children’s Subjective Well-Being. Child Development, 90(2), 333–343. https://doi.org/10.1111/CDEV.13129
  • DSÖ Anayasası (2006) https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/publications/basic-documents-constitution-of-who179f0d3d-a613-4760-8801-811dfce250af.pdf?sfvrsn=e8fb384f_1&download=true. Erişim tarihi 20.09.2022.
  • Graham, M. (2011). Changing Paradigms and Conditions of Childhood: Implications for the Social Professions and Social Work. Source: The British Journal of Social Work, 41(8), 1532–1547. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43771540
  • Kahn, A. J. (2010). From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being. Içinde From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being: An International Perspetive on Knowledge in Service to Policy Making (ss. 3–8). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2
  • Land, K. C., Lamb, V. L., & Mustillo, S. K. (2001). Child and Youth Well-Being in the United States, 1975–1998: Some Findings from a New Index. Social Indicators Research 2001 56:3, 56(3), 241–318. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012485315266
  • Lippman, L. (2005). Indicators and Indices of Child Well-being : A Brief History by. Kids Count. www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/da3622h1258.pdf
  • Matthews, S. H. (2007). A Window on the ‘New’ Sociology of Childhood. Sociology Compass, 1(1), 322–334. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1751-9020.2007.00001.X
  • Moore, K. A., Lippman, L., & Brown, B. (2004). Indicators of Child Well-Being: The Promise for Positive Youth Development. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 125–145. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716203260103
  • Pollard, E. L., & Lee, P. D. (2002). Child well-being: a systematic review of the literature. April, 59–78.
  • See N. Zill, H. Sigal, and O. G. Brim, "Development of Childhood Social Indicators," in E. F. Zigler, S. Kagan, and E. Klugman, eds., Children, Families, and Government: Perspectives on American Social Policy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp. 188-222.
  • Sen, A. (1997). On economic inequality. Oxford University Press.
  • Sheldon, E. B., & Moore, W. E. (1968). Indicators of social change: concepts and measurements (E. B. Sheldon & W. E. Moore (Ed.)). Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Uyan-Semerci, P., Muderrisoglu, S., Ekim-Akkan, B., Karatay, A., Kilic, Z., Oy, B., & Uran, S. (2012). Developing Child Well-Being Indicators for Turkey: The Case of Istanbul. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1773668
  • Zill, N., Sigal, H., & Brim, O. G. Development of childhood social indicators. Içinde E. F. Zigler, S. L. Kagan, & E. Klugman (Ed.), Children, Families, and Government: Perspectives on American Social Policy (ss. 188–222). Cambridge University Press. (1983)
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Family and Household Studies
Journal Section Research Article
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Oktay Tatlıcıoğlu 0000-0002-1652-797X

Publication Date December 31, 2022
Submission Date November 1, 2022
Acceptance Date December 26, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 22 Issue: 2

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APA Tatlıcıoğlu, O. (2022). Çocuk Refahı Alanında Yeni Bir Yaklaşım: Çocuğun İyi Olma Hali Yaklaşımı ve Göstergeleri. Ufkun Ötesi Bilim Dergisi, 22(2), 143-166. https://doi.org/10.54961/uobild.1197536