Children’s perspectives on child well-being
| dc.contributor.author | September, Rose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Savahl, Shazly | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-15T13:04:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-15T13:04:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) through its reporting framework for nation states has prompted increasing interest on the measuring and monitoring of child well-being. The domains and indicators included in the repertoire of country measures of child well-being have mostly been constructed and monitored by adults, usually social scientists and government officials. This study explored children’s own understandings of children’s well-being. Sixteen focus groups were conducted with 200 children between the ages of 9 and 16 years. The study identified protection and safety, basic needs, community resources and psychosocial issues as the key domains of well-being. The study further highlighted the importance of perceiving well-being as an integrated whole consisting of closely interacting components rather than as a discrete multidimensional phenomenon. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | September, R.L. & Savahl, S. (2009). Children’s perspectives on child well-being. The Social Work Practioner-Researcher, 21 (1): 23-40 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/211 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
| dc.publisher | University of Johannesburg | en_US |
| dc.rights | Publisher has granted permission for use of this file. Please acknowledge source. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
| dc.subject | Child well-being | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children's rights | en_US |
| dc.title | Children’s perspectives on child well-being | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |