Unpacking the complexities of child well-being in Southeast Asia: Insights for social policy

IF 1.3 Q2 SOCIAL WORK Asian Social Work and Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI:10.1111/aswp.12243
Hamzah Nor Bin Aedy Rahman, Tauchid Komara Yuda
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The body of knowledge related to child well-being in Southeast Asia is sketchy and preliminary. Using standardized Z-scores, we computed the child well-being index (CWI) to observe how well 11 Southeast Asian countries take care of children. The overall result shows most countries in this region have “less” to “moderate” performance in terms of CWI realization. An exception is given to Singapore, which has achieved a higher degree of CWI. Further analysis on “child well-being regimes” suggests that examined countries have been combining productive and protective models with more emphasis on the former. The explanation for the low level of CWI and pervasive characteristic of productivism may rest on moral argumentation, in which child well-being is constructed as an intimate and private area. Public provisions to regulate child well-being, consequently, remain hidden behind the family unit as objects rather than subjects of social policy. Tied to low-performance countries, we call for generous welfare programs to support low-income families and intensified effort for the provision of quality education, healthcare, and basic facilities in order to enhance the well-being of children.

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解开东南亚儿童福祉的复杂性:对社会政策的见解
与东南亚儿童福利有关的知识体系是粗略和初步的。使用标准化z分数,我们计算了儿童幸福指数(CWI),以观察11个东南亚国家照顾儿童的情况。总体结果显示,该地区大多数国家在CWI实现方面的表现“较差”至“中等”。新加坡是个例外,它的CWI水平更高。对“儿童福利制度”的进一步分析表明,所审查的国家将生产性模式和保护性模式结合起来,更强调前者。对低水平的CWI和普遍的生产主义特征的解释可能取决于道德论证,其中儿童福祉被构建为一个亲密和私人的领域。因此,管理儿童福利的公共规定仍然隐藏在家庭单位背后,作为社会政策的对象而不是主体。与低绩效国家联系在一起,我们呼吁提供慷慨的福利计划,支持低收入家庭,并加强努力,提供优质教育、医疗保健和基本设施,以提高儿童的福祉。
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期刊介绍: There is a growing recognition that major social trends, such as the process of globalization, rapidly changing demography, increasing psycho-social difficulties in individuals and families, growing economic disparities within and between the nations, and international migration, present important challenges for social policies and social work practices in Asia. It also has become evident that social policy strategies and social work methods must be developed and implemented in the context of Asian region''s own histories, cultures, and unique developmental trajectories in order to respond effectively to those emerging challenges. The Asian Social Work and Policy Review seeks to encourage exchanges of original ideas, rigorous analysis of experiences, innovative practice methods founded on local knowledge and skills of problem solving in the areas of social work and social policy between various countries in Asia.
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