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 531 - 540 of 550

Browse Other Topics

Reuniting children separated from their families after the Rwandan crisis of 1994: the relative value of a centralized database

Maarten Merkelbach - International Review of the Red Cross, 30 Jun 2000

This paper presents the results of an audit to evaluate the efficacy of the central database designed to facilitate the reunification of unaccompanied children in Rwanda with their families.

View Article

Framework for the Assessment of Children & Their Families: Guidance Notes & Glossary for Referral & Initial Information Record, etc

Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment, Home Office, UK, 11 Feb 2000

Guidance on how to complete the referral form, initial assessment and core assessment from the resource Framework for the Assessment of Children and their Families.

Children and Participation: Research, Monitoring and Evaluation with Children and Young People

John Wilkinson, 2000

Discusses good practices, ethics, and tools for participatory information gathering in research, monitoring and evaluation. Detailed reference lists highlight key information sources.

Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families

Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment, Home Office, UK, 2000

Comprehensive guidance on undertaking an assessment of children in need and their families. It covers the principles for assessment, the process of assessing children, how to analyze and make decisions, the roles and responsibilities of various agencies, and organizational arrangements to support effective assessments.

What Can We Do to Make a Difference? Situation Analysis Concerning Children and Families Affected by AIDS

John Williamson, 2000

Systematically outlines process of situation analysis with specific attention to children and families affected by AIDS. Includes reference list of example analyses and other relevant materials.

Children in Residential Care: Prevention & Social Policy Strategy: The Uganda Experience

Sayyid Bukenya, 1999

A summary of Ugandan child care and protection policies that have sought to de-institutionalize care, provide family tracing and re-unification, and improve community care.

Characteristics of Pre-Proceedings and Care Proceedings Cases in an English Local Authority, 2013–2017: An Exploratory Data Analysis

Chris Dyke - The British Journal of Social Work, 26 Oct 0219

This exploratory data analysis of 937 children in 522 families in one London local authority sought to identify trends in the length, outcome and nature of pre-proceedings and proceedings cases, including outcomes six, twelve and twenty-four months after the end of these processes.

View Article

Myanmar Alternative Care Case Study

Martin James Foundation,

As part of phase one of the development of the Martin James Foundation's Asia Care Network, comprehensive studies of the care system in each country were conducted to highlight the need for developing alternative care systems across South-East Asia. This case study highlights relevant data from Myanmar.

Country Care Brief Series

Better Care Network,

This series of country briefs aim to provide an analysis of children’s living and care arrangements according to the latest available data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) or Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys (MICS) at the time of publication.

Sierra Leone: Data on Living Arrangements

This resource includes data on children's living arrangements in Sierra Leone.