Data and Monitoring Tools

Monitoring and research are essential processes in ensuring the relevance and effectiveness of programs, and the scope and type of service provision. They are integral components of analysis, strategic planning, and implementation for government and non-governmental organisations seeking to effect change, support or provide services.

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Lisa Hamilton, Annie E. Casey Foundation,

In this podcast episode, Annie E. Casey Foundation's Lisa Hamilton interviews Rafael López — the managing director of Accenture’s health and public services practice — about the challenges and opportunities for change in the American child welfare system.

William P. O’Hare - Statistical Journal of the IAOS,

The U.S. Census Bureau's Demographic Analysis shows that young children (age 0 to 4) had a higher net undercount rate than any other age group in the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census. This paper identifies key patterns relative to the net undercount of young children in U.S. data and examines data available in other countries to see whether these data patterns exist in other country contexts. 

Better Care Network ,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the seventeenth session (20 Mar 2017 – 12 Apr 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

MEASURE Evaluation,

This document describes and provides guidelines for countries to implement the Household Vulnerability Prioritization Tool (HVPT), a tool developed in Uganda to identify and prioritize vulnerable households for enrollment in OVC programming. 

Better Care Network,

This brief is part of a series of country briefs which aim to provide an analysis of children’s living and care arrangem

Lisa Moran, Caroline McGregor and Carmel Devaney - UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway,

This document includes the appendices for the Outcomes for Permanence and Stability for Children in Long-term Care study, which privides a complete picture of the study's research methods and quantitative data collected. 

Group of Friends of Children and the SDGs on the Importance of Child-focused Indicators and Data,

This statement by a group of 45 member states during the 48th UN Statistical Convention addressed the UN Statistical Commission on the importance of monitoring SDG progress among all children, including children who live outside of households.

Priscilla Idele and Tom Slaymaker - UNICEF,

“Is every child counted” provides a status report on the data availability of child related SDG indicators showing that sufficient data is available only for half of those; the report also identifies priorities for enhancing the collection, analysis and use of data for children.

A. K. Shiva Kumar et al. - Psychology, Health and Medicine,

This editorial explores the experience and impact of childhood violence around the world and calls for a coordinated and multi-sectoral response to prevent violence, recognizing the need to identify and address the root causes of family separation and institutionalization. 

Know Violence in Childhood: A Global Learning Initiative - Psychology, Health and Medicine,

This Special Issue of the Journal of Psychology, Health and Medicine contains fifteen of several papers commissioned by the Know Violence Initiative. Together, these papers illustrate the complexity of violence experienced by children and present evidence-based strategies for addressing and preventing childhood violence.