Monograph
 (2019)

Chile case study: Building collective and institutional support for child wellbeing through Chile Crece Contigo

Loewenson R, Masotya M, Barria S, Universidad de Chile, TARSC, 2019

Abstract

Chile case study: Building collective and institutional support for child wellbeing through Chile Crece Contigo https://tinyurl.com/vt4nmkt Loewenson R, Masotya M, Barria S, Universidad de Chile, TARSC, 2019 A window of opportunity at the end of the dictatorship in 1989 brought in a government promoting universal, rights-driven approaches. While several social protection schemes were introduced, Chile Crece Contigo (ChCC) went further to provide a universal, integrated and comprehensive approach to improving equality of opportunity across the life-course through early child development, drawing on growing evidence of the returns from such investment. President Bachelet set a political vision for it, gathering technical, social and cross party actors to review evidence and make proposals for ChCC. The near universal health system and existing services, supported by training and new resources, provided a means for ChCC to quickly reach communities with visible benefits, while evidence is being used and communicated to demonstrate gain and support improved practice.

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Fecha de publicación: 2019
Idioma: inglés
Financiamiento/Sponsor: It was led by TARSC in co-operation with University of Aberdeen , and supported by the RWJF Global Ideas Fund at CAF America.
URL: https://tinyurl.com/vt4nmkt
Notas: Building policy support for family and child health and wellbeing: What have we learned from experience? https://tinyurl.com/rxg4xsj Loewenson R, drawing on case study inputs, Training and Research Support Centre, 2020 This paper presents findings and learning from the project Fostering policy support for family and child health and wellbeing (FCHW) on how policy recognition, norms and approaches have changed in countries towards improving support for FCHW. It synthesizes evidence and learning from 14 case studies. The report summarises the range of FCHW policy changes; the contexts that created favorable conditions for these changes and the actors, processes and practices that raised policy attention to FCHW, built support for policy options and advanced policy adoption. When different processes and actors converged around a shared broad goal, it generated impetus for policy change. The paper highlights shared strategic features that, while achieved in diverse ways, appear to be critical for FCHW policy changes: to reframe the narrative, align and activate all to a common cause and to demonstrate, deliver and protect policy change