FREQUENCY, MAGNITUDE, AND DURATION: CURRENT POLICY AND PRACTICE

AbstractThis paper examines the current policy and practice around children's participation in South Africa. By situating the analysis from the perspective of the socio-economic and normative context within South Africa the paper critiques current typologies of children's participation for focusing too narrowly on processes internal to participatory processes. The paper argues that theorisations of children's participation need to take account of the range of activities which are labelled as children's participation and interrogate issues around who gets to participate and why, what the purposes of the participation are and under what conditions it is possible. This requires examining participatory processes and the children involved in them in relation to adult actors within and beyond the process as well as in relation to broader socio-political and economic environments.

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For the sake of the children? Children, domestic violence and public policy

Children Australia ◽

10.1017/s1035077200011615 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 6-12

Author(s):

Suellen Murray ◽

Anastasia Powell

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

Child Protection ◽

Current Policy ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Specialist Services ◽

Future Direction ◽

The Impact ◽

Discursive Constructions

More attention than ever before is being paid to children in Australian public policy concerned with domestic violence. In family law and in the areas of child protection, policing and in the provision of specialist services, there is recognition that children are affected by domestic violence. Yet the ‘discovery’ of the impact of domestic violence on children and the development of public policy responses have not been straightforward processes of problem identification and solution. Rather, there are a number of competing discourses which underlie various policy approaches. Drawing on Bacchi’s (1999) ‘what’s the problem represented to be?’ approach, we examine the discursive constructions of children’s experiences of domestic violence and the responses to them as evident in Australian public policy. In identifying these particular understandings, and considering the implications of these meanings for current policy and practice, we aim to contribute to debate on the future direction of domestic violence policy concerned with children.

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Searching for and use of conference abstracts in health technology assessments: Policy and practice

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care ◽

10.1017/s0266462306051154 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 283-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yenal Dundar ◽

Susanna Dodd ◽

Paula Williamson ◽

Tom Walley ◽

Rumona Dickson

Keyword(s):

Controlled Trial ◽

Clinical Excellence ◽

Health Technology ◽

Current Policy ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Additional Time ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Use Of Data ◽

Abstract Data ◽

Abstract Presentation

Objectives:Current policy and practice regarding identification of and extent of use of data from conference abstracts in health technology assessment reviews (TARs) are examined.Methods:The methods used were (i) survey of TAR groups to identify general policy and experience related to use of abstract data, and (ii) audit of TARs commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and published between January 2000 and October 2004.Results:Five of seven TAR groups reported a general policy that included searching for and including studies available as conference abstracts and presentations. A total of sixty-three published HTA reports for NICE were identified. Of these reports, thirty-eight identified at least one randomized controlled trial available as an abstract/presentation. Twenty-six (68 percent) of these thirty-eight TARs included studies available as abstracts.Conclusions:There are variations in policy and practice across TAR groups regarding the searching for and inclusion of studies available as conference abstracts. There is a need for clarity and transparency for review teams regarding how abstract data are managed. If conference abstracts are to be included, reviewers need to allocate additional time for searching and managing data from these sources. Review teams should also be encouraged to state explicitly their search strategies for identifying conference abstracts, their methods for assessing these abstracts for inclusion and, where appropriate, how the data were used and their effect on the results.

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Reasonable Legal Expenses: Current Policy and Practice

Current Issues in Criminal Justice ◽

10.1080/10345329.1992.12036552 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 64-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael Rozenes ◽

John Thornton

Keyword(s):

Current Policy ◽

Policy And Practice

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5 Bilingualism – current policy and practice

Issues in Deaf Education ◽

10.4324/9780203064801-17 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 100-110

Keyword(s):

Current Policy ◽

Policy And Practice

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Commissioning Permanent Fostering Placements from External Providers: An Exploration of Current Policy and Practice

The British Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1093/bjsw/bcq113 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 449-466 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

C. Sellick

Keyword(s):

Current Policy ◽

Policy And Practice

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Age, Ethnicity and Equalities: Synthesising Policy and Practice Messages from Two Recent Studies of Elder Abuse in the UK

Social Policy and Society ◽

10.1017/s1474746409990388 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 255-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jill Manthorpe ◽

Alison Bowes

Keyword(s):

Social Care ◽

Elder Abuse ◽

Current Policy ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Care Services ◽

Policy Debates ◽

The Uk ◽

Recent Policy

Two recent studies of elder abuse in the UK are located in current policy contexts of adult safeguarding. After describing the studies, the discussion draws out their central messages and identifies the challenges that the studies present to recent policy debates and innovations. These relate to the need to properly integrate both wider older people's issues and issues of racism and ethnicity within developments in adult safeguarding policy as well as social care services as the personalisation agenda advances.

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