Reducing Inequalities in Child Health: Outcomes and Change; New Thinking in the Third Sector

Описание: The last decades have seen many improvements in the health and well-being of children. But there is more to do if the 'third sector' (charities and the voluntary sector) is going to play its full part in continuing the drive to improve children's well-being. Part of this means sharpening our thinking about outcomes, rather than processes or activities. This talk starts with some examples from classic studies to show why the voluntary sector can't be sure that well-meaning projects that people like are actually delivering positive outcomes. It then goes on to ask what we can do to use evidence better to use voluntary sector funds and activities to make a real difference to child health and well-being, given a world where the state of our knowledge is imperfect and where it often seems easier to look at the outcomes of small-scale, targeted interventions than more thorough-going reforms (requiring institutional change). But this is not a counsel of despair: instead, there are examples where the voluntary sector and third sector funders are now more actively engaged in the messy but ultimately rewarding business of using a focus on outcomes and evidence, not only to improve practice, and concentrate on activities that bring about positive change, but to consider whether more universal institutional change is needed.

A lecture by Sharon Witherspoon, Director of the Nuffield Foundation.

This is a part of the conference, 'Reducing Inequalities in Child Health', which is available in full on the Gresham College website.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
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