COVER -- Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- A Note on the Book -- 1. Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities -- Part I Evidence of Need -- 2.Promoting the Health and Well-being of Children: Evidence of Need in the UK -- 3. Policies in the UK to Promote the Well-being of Children -- 4. The Impact of US Welfare Reform on Children's Well-being -- Part II Effective Interventions to Promote Children's Health and Well-being -- 5. Support Teams for Adolescents -- 6. Catching Children as They Fall The East Dunbartonshire Looked After Children Mental Health Project -- 7. Promoting the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Minority Children in Canada and Australia -- 8. 'Better than Being at Home': Disabled Children's Views about School -- 9. The Voice of Young People: Reflections on the Care Experience and the Process of Leaving Care -- Part III Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Families -- 10. Themes from a UK Research Initiative on Supporting Parents -- 11. The Canada Pre-natal Nutrition Program and Breaking the Cycle: A Nation's Response to Programming for its Most Vulnerable Citizens -- 12. Promoting the Well-being of Children and Families: What is Best Practice? -- 13. Shared Family Care: Child Protection and Family Preservation in Action -- Part IV Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Communities -- 14. Housing Issues in Child Welfare: A Practice Response with Service and Policy Implications -- 15. Searching for Impacts of a Community-based Initiative: The Evaluation of '1,2,3 GO!' -- Part V Conclusion -- 16. Dude, Where's My Outcomes?: Partnership Working and Outcome-based Accountability in the UK -- 17 Evaluating Interventions and Monitoring Outcomes -- Glossary -- References -- The Contributors -- Subject Index.

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