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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UNICEF,

The ECDI2030 is a tool, developed by UNICEF, to measure progress toward SDG indicator 4.2.1. It captures the achievement of key developmental milestones by children between the ages of 24 and 59 months. Mothers or primary caregivers are asked 20 questions about the way their children behave in certain everyday situations, and the skills and knowledge they have acquired.

Annie E. Casey Foundation,

This brief looks at the rapid rise of advanced analytics and explores the controversies, ethical challenges and opportunities that it creates for youth- and family-serving agencies. It also presents four principles for identifying effective and equitable advanced analytics tools.

Meredith Kiraly, David Hoadley, Cathy Humphreys - Child & Family Social Work,

This Australian research project explored the prevalence of kinship care households in Australia, with a particular focus on households headed by young kinship carers.

Heidi Rodgers and Jessica McCluney - Community Information Branch, Information & Analysis Directorate, Department of Health,

This publication presents the latest figures on children and young people in care in Northern Ireland.

Jess Edwards - Save the Children International,

This report is one in a series presenting findings from Save the Children's Global COVID-19 Research. The results presented in this report focus on quantitative data.

Wan He, Isabella Aboderin, and Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo - U.S. Census Bureau and the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC),

This report illustrates current patterns and projected trends of population aging in Africa and empirical evidence of the socioeconomic circumstances and health status of older Africans. Among other findings, the report notes that older Africans, especially older women, play an active role of caregivers or guardians of younger-generation kin. 

Melissa Burgess, Muhammad Hassan Qaiser, Shanmugapriyah Thiyagarajah, Dr Silvia Mila Arlini, Dr Munshi Sulaiman - Save the Children International,

This report presents the global COVID-19 research series design and methods.

Dr Melissa Burgess, Muhammad Hassan Qaiser, Shanmugapriyah Thiyagarajah, Dr Silvia Mila Arlini, Dr Munshi Sulaiman - Save the Children International,

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Tatenda Nhapi - African Journal of Social Work,

The author of this study did a synthesis of the existing academic and policy literature and uses social work lens to undertake a situational analysis of current Zimbabwean child protection system dynamics with regards to Children with Disabilities hereafter referred to as CWDs.

Jason M. Rodriguez, Marybeth Shinn, Bridgette Lery, Jennifer Haight, Mary Cunningham, Mike Pergamit - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study sought to better understand the relationship between homelessness and child welfare services (CWS) involvement and examine whether homeless shelter data could combine with CWS data to enhance intervention targeting.