Hobbs, T., Axford, N., Jodrell, D. (2010). Getting the Measure of Child Health and Development Outcomes (2): The Picture for a Local Authority in England. Child Indicators Research. (online first).

The measurement of child well-being in the UK for needs-led service planning and outcome assessment has tended to be poor. This article sets out the broad results from the application of a new methodology to assess the health and development of children aged 0–18 in a large local authority in England. It discusses briefly how these data helped inform strategy development and service design in the local authority and how the approach might be enhanced.
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The PDF attached below is a pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Hobbs, T., Axford, N., Jodrell, D. (2010). Getting the Measure of Child Health and Development Outcomes (2): The Picture for a Local Authority in England. Child Indicators Research. (online first)