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.

Monitoring is an on-going process of gathering information e.g. statistics and tracking inputs and outputs, enabling the evaluation of what is working, and providing a mechanism for accountability. Combined with research, it facilitates the planning of improved resource allocation and service delivery. Research and monitoring can also help raise awareness of the gravity of a situation, both nationally and internationally. It should help convince those who are putting time, energy and money into supporting programmes that their efforts are worthwhile and should be continued.

Results of monitoring and evaluation should be fed directly back into programmes to correct weaknesses and improve performance. The outcomes of research and monitoring should also help improve child care policies. Results can be used to inform future programme design, prompting a decision to replicate an effective intervention in other areas or to discontinue an intervention because it is expensive and not making any beneficial changes.

The literature in this section provides statistical data on vulnerable children from a wide range of sources, as well as guidance and examples of data collection, indicators, analysis, and research methods regarding issues relating to vulnerable children.

Displaying 221 - 230 of 571

Browse Other Topics

Validation of a Measure of Foster Home Integration for Foster Youth

Brianne H. Kothari, Bowen McBeath, Lew Bank, Paul Sorenson, Jeff Waid, Sara Jade Webb - Research on Social Work Practice, 25 Oct 2016

This article introduces a youth-reported measure (Essential Youth Experiences [EYE]) developed to assess the experiences of foster youth in their home environment and their critical relationships across a number of service systems.

View Article

Children looked after in England including adoption: 2015 to 2016

UK Department for Education, 29 Sep 2016

This statistical release provides information about looked after children in England for the year ending 31 March 2016, including where they are placed, their legal status, the numbers starting and ceasing to be looked after, and the numbers who go missing or are away from their placement without authorisation.

Information and Communication Technology for Child Protection Case Management in Emergencies: An Overview of the Existing Evidence Base

Nadi N. Kaonga, Hima Batavia, William C. Philbrick, & Patricia N. Mechael - Procedia Engineering, 14 Sep 2016

Organizations working to protect the health and wellbeing of children in emergencies are moving away from traditional paper-based systems towards more sophisticated and innovative digitally-based systems. Formative research was conducted to identify the state of the current evidence base on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for child protection case management in emergencies (CPCME).

Orphanhood Prevalence, Living Arrangements and Orphanhood Reporting in Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Mercy Shoko & Latifat Ibisomi - Child Indicators Research, 08 Jul 2016

This study explores the relationship between orphanhood prevalence, living arrangements and orphanhood reporting.

View Article

Measuring the wellbeing of looked after children - current approaches and future recommendations

Tracey Jane Bywater and Sarah Louise Blower - Research in Practice, 05 Jul 2016

This report from Research in Practice examines the wellbeing of children in care in the UK and the approaches to measuring wellbeing.

View Briefing

Looked after children in residential care: analysis

Sir Martin Narey - UK Department for Education, 04 Jul 2016

This analysis was produced as part of an independent review into children's residential care in England and provides data on children living in all types of residential care facilities in the country as of 31 March 2015.

Tracking Progress Initiative: Measuring Progress in the Implementation of Alternative Care Guidelines

Florence Martin & Katie Rice - Better Care Network & Save the Children UK , 01 Jul 2016

This document is an adapted presentation created by Florence Martin of Better Care Network and Katie Rice of Save the Children UK describing the Tracking Progress Initiative.

Evolving Methods for an Expanding Field: Global Research with Children and Families in Adversity

CPC Learning Network, 21 Jun 2016

The CPC Learning Network held its biennial meeting, Evolving Methods for an Expanding Field: Global Research with Children and Families in Adversity, on 21 and 22 June 2016. The meeting aimed at presenting innovative research on international child protection and family welfare and identifying key knowledge gaps and ways to collaborate to fill those gaps.

View Event

Children and Youth in Care - Hotel Placements

Ministry of Children and Family Development, British Columbia, Canada, 02 Jun 2016

This special report from the Ministry of Children and Family Development in British Columbia, Canada presents findings on the number of children in care in the province who were sent to stay in hotels.

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for Fiscal Year 2015

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, 01 Jun 2016

This report provides preliminary estimates of U.S. Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for Fiscal Year 2015.