Explores the consumer behaviour patterns of urban Chinese children as a primary and an influence market. Examines, as … influence around two‐thirds of parents' purchases. Also considers role of age and gender on children's consumer behaviour …

nutrition, and synthesizes research findings on major issues that arise in an urbanizing world. Based on its findings, the … authors present policy recommendations and areas for future research for food security and nutrition. Findings Urbanization is … rapidly urbanizing developing countries. Rural-urban linkages are key to improving food security and nutrition in both rural …

Communicating effectively with youth is tantamount to walking the plank on a snakeboard — even if you can manoeuvre the …

The measurement of children's quality of life has an important role to play in improving their experience of health and … the development of robust quality of life measures specifically for children and also the use of these measures in … measures that are not only comprehensible to children of different age groups, but also meaningful to parents and health …

Child impact statements are a tool for assessing the potential impact of policy, provision, legislation etc on children … presents a number of difficulties with the approach as a means of improving children's well‐being and argues that there is … children.  …

beneficial change for children but in general suffer from donor‐led managerial approaches, the dominance of upward accountability … civil society are failing to protect millions of vulnerable children and promote their participation in decision‐making. But … better outcomes for children are possible. This article articulates the problems but also demonstrates how: (1) partnerships …

Children and Adolescents - HoNOSCA) questionnaires on admission and discharge for consecutive admissions to the unit between …

This article focuses on the conditions that are conducive to effective work on reducing children's vulnerability to … children and young people. Two ideas are discussed: distributed expertise and relational agency. Distributed expertise …

This article explores some of the contemporary challenges facing leaders of children's services. Using the theoretical … facing children's service leaders. It argues that a distributed and connected model of leadership is the best available in … contained in the England and Wales Children Act 2004. The article argues that the key leadership skills are about making sense …