6th International Society of Child Indicators Conference (2017, Montreal)

Children in a World of Opportunities: Innovations in research, policy and practice

The conference was hosted by the McGill University, Montreal, Canada at June 2017.

To see the full program click: Program
To see the abstract book click: Abstracts Book

The conference presentations are available here:

Plenary sessions –

• Young and Wabano. Putting the child first in child health indicators.

1.1 Child participation research and action – 

• Smith. Opportunities for youth in government care
• Shimoni and Ben-Arieh. Differences between jewish and Arab children in Israel in their overall subjective well-being and satisfaction with life domains.

2.3 Placement in substitute care and adverse placement trajectories – 

• Helie, Poirier and Turcotte. Placement in substitute care and adverse placement trajectories

2.5 Using qualitative and quantitative methodologies to investigate community-level factors that influence early child development

• Goldfeld et al. Community-level factors that influence child development 

• Community case study – Governance domain 

• Katz et al. Social domain influence on early childhood development 

• Villanueva et al. Does the physical environment make a difference

2.8 Data-based advocacy in Latin America – 

• Gutierrez, Garcia and Borquez. Data-based advocacy in the United States and beyond 

3.2 Violence and mental health –

• Montserrat. The impact on children of gender violence on their mother. 

3.3 Wellbeing of children in care – 

• Long. Identifying health and well-being issues and sub-group analysis.

3.4 Multidimensional perspectives on child poverty – 

• Paz and Waisgrais. How many and who are poor in upper-middle income countries – The case of Argentina. 

3.8 Child indicators to promote and advocate for social change – 

• Arkadas-Thibert. Online reporting with indicators and maps for monitoring of violence against children in the local level in Turkey.

4.1 GlobalChild: A comprehensive child rights monitoring platform – 

• Whalen. GlobalChild and the New Brunswick Child Rights Indicators Framework. 

4.2 Caregiver well-being and parenting interventions – 

• Lafantaisie and Lacharite. Child neglect. 

4.5 What’s new in the field of measuring early child development?

• Platas. Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes Project 

• Brinkman. The early Human Capability Index (eHCI)

4.6 Recent advances in child poverty measurement –

• Nzuki and Delamonica. Child poverty and under give mortality (Kenya)

4.7 The meaning and measurement of children’s subjective well-being –

• Gregory. System-wide approach to measuring wellbeing of Australian students 

• Newland and Coyl-Shepherd. A phenomenological exploration of children’s wellbeing 

5.1 The New Brunswick Child Rights and Wellbeing Framework –

• Whalen. The New Brunswick Child Rights Indicators Framework – A model for evidence based practice and child rights implementation 

5.2 Children’s concepts of well-being around the world –

• Newland, Strouse and Mourlam. Exploring children’s subjective well-being in the US

5.4 Multidimensional perspectives on child poverty –

• Lau, Gordon and Bradshaw. Material well-being, quality of relationships and children’s emotional and behavioural well-being in Hong Kong 

5.6 Children in care –

• Llosada-Gistau. Children in out home care and their subjective well-being.

6.1 Children with disabilities –

• Shankaran. Project Chunauti. 

6.2 Children’s concepts of well-being around the world  –

• Mogensen and Mason. Including children with disability or chronic illness in child well-being research Methodological considerations. 

6.3 Longitudinal and multilevel studies on health and inequality –

• Klocke and Stadtmuller. The significance of social capital in the health behaviour of young people 

6.4 Adolescent well-being and mental health –

• Smith and Main. Adapting a UK deprivation index for Canadian adolescents

6.5 Systems and simulations –

• Lopez, Spencer and Whetten. In the face of limited resources and extreme violence how does research on quality care translate to better opportunities for children 

6.6 Role of children subjective well-being –

• Montserrat. The role of children in the social services. Do we aim for child-friendly services

6.7 School-age children, education and development –

• Chen and Wulczyn. Developmental disparities between urban and rural children in China 

7.3 Child welfare data initiatives across Canada –

• Thompson, Sand and MacLaurin. The use of administrative data in Alberta.

7.6 Child health indicators and interventions –

• McQuinn and Staines. Information on the health and well-being of children and young people- The needs of practitioners across Europe 

8.1 System response to meet the needs of all learners –

• Colp, Laing and McConnell. The 21st Century Organization Advancing system response to meet the needs of all learners. 

8.3 Child well-being, age and gender –

• Casas. Subjective well-being between 9 and 14 years of age.

• Casas. Subjective well-being decreasing with age. 

• Makwinja et al. Contextual predictor’s of children’s subjective wellbeing in Botswana

8.4 Public spending and children’s health –

• Arrascue Rosales. Public spending on children and adolescents in Peru Methodology and follow-up 

9.2 Social media and wellbeing –

• Martin, Smith and Peled. Asking the right questions 

9.3 Methodological and process challenges in evaluation –

• De Nobrega. What is good monitoring and evaluation 

9.4 Multidimensional perspectives on child poverty –

• Woldehanna. Dynamics of multi-dimensional poverty among children in Ethopia