Ministries guiding of services for children and young people in eleven countries – a comparative study
Introduction and aim: Several countries have been reforming services promoting the health, welfare, growth and learning of children and young people. The national structures of guidance of the services have also been transformed and there is lack of comparative knowledge about the present ministry s...
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Introduction and aim: Several countries have been reforming services promoting the health, welfare, growth and learning of children and young people. The national structures of guidance of the services have also been transformed and there is lack of comparative knowledge about the present ministry structures across the countries. The aim of this study is to explore which ministries are guiding the organization of children and young people’s services in eleven countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. These countries were included in the study because they have developed integrating services. The study is part of a larger study funded by Finnish Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities.Methods: The scoping review was used. Search engine and database searches were made but the majority of the literature was found by using the so-called hand search. That information was sought from the websites of governments and other authorities in selected countries.Results: The most typical structure was that the services of children and young people were under the guidance of several separate ministries. In five countries, there was a Ministry of Children Denmark, Ireland, Norway and New Zealand or Ministry of Children and Families Germany. The Minister for Children and youth existed in five countries Denmark, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden, and the Minister for Children and Family affairs in further two countries Germany and England. However, Ministry or Minister of Children or Family affairs did not have the responsibility on all the services of children and young people. For example, in England, the Minister for Children and Families was not responsible for children's health services. In Ireland, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has been set up in 2011, and it is responsible for reforming children and family services. They have a shared goal of a common policy on children and family, which means close cooperation between all the ministries related to children’s and young people’s issues. For example, such a body is the Children and Young People's Policy Consortium, which has actors from five different ministries.Discussion and conclusions: It is important to identify all the ministries whose responsibilities include issues of children, youth and families. Furthermore, there is a need for the harmonisation of policy and provision across Government in most countries. This includes e.g. national children’s strategy as well as novel cooperation structures to ensure the integrity of guidance on children’s and young people’s services.Limitations: One limitation of the review is a conceptual challenge: the concepts of “integration” and "children's services" are problematic, and the spectrum of related concepts is extensive and definitions vary from country to country. Another limitation was the fact that knowledge of children and young people’s services seems to be fragmented.Suggestions for future research: Further study is needed on statutory and non-statutory guidance on the service integration in the field of children’s and young people’s services in different countries. |
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ftjijic:oai:ojs.www.ijic.org:article/4605 2023-05-15T16:53:14+02:00 Ministries guiding of services for children and young people in eleven countries – a comparative study Joronen, Katja Kanste, Outi Halme, Nina Perälä, Marja-Leena Pelkonen, Marjaana 2018-10-23 application/pdf https://www.ijic.org/jms/article/view/4605 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s2379 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://www.ijic.org/jms/article/view/4605/5441 10.5334/ijic.s2379 https://www.ijic.org/jms/article/view/4605 doi:10.5334/ijic.s2379 AuthorsStarting in 2009 the International Journal of Integrated Care applies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internaltional License (CC-by, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) to all articles, submitted in or after January 2009, that are published in IJIC. Authors retain ownership of the copyright for their articles, but they permit anyone unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. After it has appeared in IJIC authors may republish their text in any way they wish (electronic or print) as long as they clearly acknowledge IJIC as its original publisher with the correct citation details and copyright notice, independent of whether the article is used in whole or in part.Authors of accepted manuscripts assign IJIC the right to publish and distribute their text electronically and to archive it permanently retrievable electronically.Authors retain the copyright of the article. After it has appeared in IJIC authors may republish their text in any way they wish (electronic or print) as long as they clearly acknowledge IJIC as its original publisher with the correct citation details and copyright notice (see below), independent whether the article is used in whole or in part.IJIC may change the appearance of the article, both layout and technical format, to ensure consistency and readability. Under no circumstance will the content of the article be altered.The author warrants to IJIC that the article is original, does not infringe any existing copyright, and does not infringe the rights of any third party. This warrant concerns the entire manuscript, text as well as pictures, sound, video, data sets etc. The author also warrants to us that he has full authority to enter into this agreement and that the rights he is granting to IJIC are done so without breaching any obligations he may have.Acceptation:ReadersStarting 2009 Utrecht the International Journal of Integrated Care applies the Creative CC-BY CC-BY-NC International Journal of Integrated Care; Vol 18: Annual Conference Supplement 2018; 379 1568-4156 children's and young people's services governmental guidance ministry comparative study info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftjijic https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s2379 2022-03-22T09:24:06Z Introduction and aim: Several countries have been reforming services promoting the health, welfare, growth and learning of children and young people. The national structures of guidance of the services have also been transformed and there is lack of comparative knowledge about the present ministry structures across the countries. The aim of this study is to explore which ministries are guiding the organization of children and young people’s services in eleven countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. These countries were included in the study because they have developed integrating services. The study is part of a larger study funded by Finnish Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities.Methods: The scoping review was used. Search engine and database searches were made but the majority of the literature was found by using the so-called hand search. That information was sought from the websites of governments and other authorities in selected countries.Results: The most typical structure was that the services of children and young people were under the guidance of several separate ministries. In five countries, there was a Ministry of Children Denmark, Ireland, Norway and New Zealand or Ministry of Children and Families Germany. The Minister for Children and youth existed in five countries Denmark, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden, and the Minister for Children and Family affairs in further two countries Germany and England. However, Ministry or Minister of Children or Family affairs did not have the responsibility on all the services of children and young people. For example, in England, the Minister for Children and Families was not responsible for children's health services. In Ireland, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has been set up in 2011, and it is responsible for reforming children and family services. They have a shared goal of a common policy on children and family, which means close cooperation between all the ministries related to children’s and young people’s issues. For example, such a body is the Children and Young People's Policy Consortium, which has actors from five different ministries.Discussion and conclusions: It is important to identify all the ministries whose responsibilities include issues of children, youth and families. Furthermore, there is a need for the harmonisation of policy and provision across Government in most countries. This includes e.g. national children’s strategy as well as novel cooperation structures to ensure the integrity of guidance on children’s and young people’s services.Limitations: One limitation of the review is a conceptual challenge: the concepts of “integration” and "children's services" are problematic, and the spectrum of related concepts is extensive and definitions vary from country to country. Another limitation was the fact that knowledge of children and young people’s services seems to be fragmented.Suggestions for future research: Further study is needed on statutory and non-statutory guidance on the service integration in the field of children’s and young people’s services in different countries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) New Zealand Norway International Journal of Integrated Care 18 s2 379 |