The Well-being of Children in the UK
A comprehensive report on the physical and emotional well-being of children in the UK.
March 2005
ISBN 978 1 84187 101 X
Price: £19.95
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Child well-being has improved over the last ten years, but not for all children or across all aspects of well-being. In 2002/3 28 per cent of children in Britain were still living in poverty. In order to improve the lives of all children we need a holistic picture of how well children are doing.
This new expanded edition of The Well-being of Children in the UK contains a unique collection of evidence on the physical, cognitive, behavioural and emotional well-being of children in the UK.
The 12 substantive chapters of the book provide a discursive, critical review of the evidence. They cover all aspects of well-being, identified by the Department for Education and Skills' Children and Young People's Framework as:
- economic well-being including child poverty and children's environments
- being healthy including physical and mental health, and children's lifestyles
- staying safe including maltreatment, substitute care and crime
- enjoying and achieving including children's time and space, childcare and educational achievement
- making a positive contribution.
This new edition builds on the first edition, presenting new evidence on subjects previously covered, while also covering children's rights, child asylum-seekers and for the first time it covers children with learning disabilities and special education needs.
