The "Keeping Score" on Kids in Hamilton Reporting Project

Links

Statistics:
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• Statistics Canada
Large range of statistical reports, articles and papers, and data products, some of which are free and some of which need to be purchased.
www.statscan.ca

• CDC - National Center for Health Statistics
A comprehensive and wide range of U.S. health and vital statistics are available from this site. Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. (See www.cdc.gov/).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/

• National Statistics (U.K.)
Extensive collection of official statistics on the population, economy, and society of the United Kingdom.
www.statistics.gov.uk

• The KIDS COUNT Project (U.S.)
The KIDS COUNT Project produces, among many other things, the outstanding KIDS COUNT Data Book. This is one of the initiatives of the Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD - www.aecf.org), which has been active nation-wide helping to meet the needs of children, youth, and families in the U.S.
www.aecf.org/kidscount/

Social Reporting/Social Indicators:
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• Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPI Atlantic)
Comprehensive website of an indicators project developing an index of sustainable development and well-being. Many valuable items available on this site or which can be ordered from this site.
www.gpiatlantic.org/

• Social Indicators: An Annotated Bibliography on Trends, Sources and Developments, 1960-1998
Site provides an extensive list of annotated sources (e.g., articles, books, etc.) concerning various aspects of social indicators. Sections of the bibliography include, “Theory of social indicators”, “Policy and social indicators”, “Quality of life”, etc.
www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/rdev/indicators/contents.html

• The Quality of Life in Ontario
A ‘quality of life’ index produced for Ontario and sponsored by the Ontario Social Development Council (www.osdc.org/). Several ‘QOL in Ontario’ reports available on this site.
www.qli-ont.org/

• Quality of Life in Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. indicators project
An interesting social report. Also see the Jacksonville Community Council Inc. website (www.jcci.org/newerhome.htm) for additional useful items concerning indicators and the life and development of a community.
www.jcci.org/qol/qol.htm

Other relevant Canadian websites:
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• Canadian Institute of Child Health
Research and advocacy group in Ottawa, ON, which produces among other things the document, “The Health of Canada’s Children” (2000). This social report, now in its third edition, can be ordered from this site.
www.cich.ca

• Canadian Council on Social Development
A very rich website containing documents, statistics, policy papers, etc. CCSD also maintains a very useful social indicators site (www.ccsd.ca/soc_ind.html) which contains an extensive set of links to various social indicator projects across the world. CCSD also releases the annual social report, The Progress of Canada’s Children, which can be ordered from this site.
www.ccsd.ca

• Centre of Excellence for Early Child Development
This Centre is one of the ‘Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being’ set up by Health Canada. The Early Child Development Centre’s website is still being developed, though it contains a number of useful items as it stands now. For example, see the ‘Encyclopedia’ link to a number of useful papers on such topics as ‘tobacco and pregnancy’, ‘stress and parental leave’, and ‘nutrition and pregnancy’.
www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/home.asp?lang=EN

• Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Research and social policy analysis group. Site contains many valuable papers (including the document, A Social Vision for the New City of Hamilton, (October, 2002), at www.caledoninst.org/PDF/553820266.pdf).
www.caledoninst.org/

• Canadian Policy Research Networks, Inc.
Research and social policy analysis group producing a wide range of many useful items, including such papers as, “The Well-Being of Children: Are There ‘Neighbourhood Effects’?” (2003), “Child Care Policy” (2002), and “Bringing Cities to the Table: Child Care and Intergovernmental Relations” (2002).

www.cprn.org/

• The Vanier Institute of the Family
Excellent site by this advocacy organization focusing on Canadian families. The Institute also disseminates information on families, and so this site contains various relevant basic statistics, papers, and other documents, some access to Transition magazine, and so on.
www.vifamily.ca/

Local websites:
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• Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton-Wentworth
Research and advocacy group in Hamilton. Site contains various reports on topics concerning poverty, homelessness, and children and youth.
www.sprc.hamilton.on.ca

• Hamilton District Health Council
Various reports and recommendations available on different aspects of the local health system.
www.hdhc.ca/index.html

• Inform Hamilton
An extensive, searchable online database containing information on many agencies and services in Hamilton. Site also contains links to the ‘Coordinated Access for Child Care’ site, and to the ‘PIC Hamilton’ website, a search engine accessing local community information.
www.inform.hamilton.ca/

• City of Hamilton - Planning and Development
Site includes Hamilton’s Facts & Figures documents, which contain a range of statistical information about Hamilton.
www.hamilton.ca/planning-and-development/long-range/strategic-planning/information.asp

• Central West Health Planning Information Network (CWHPIN)
Range of resources available, including a large number of downloadable documents (e.g., “Outcome Indicators for Sexual Health/STD/HIV/AIDS in Centreal West Ontario”, “Evaluation of Cerebral Palsy”, etc.). Focus is on Central West Ontario (i.e., Hamilton, Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk, Niagara, Waterloo, and Wellington-Dufferin).
www.cwhpin.ca/