Challenges in evaluating childhood bereavement services: The theoretical and practical issues

Rolls, Liz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-5497 (2011) Challenges in evaluating childhood bereavement services: The theoretical and practical issues. Bereavement Care, 30 (1). pp. 10-15. doi:10.1080/02682621.2011.555238

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Abstract

This paper discusses the evaluation of childhood bereavement services in the UK policy context and some of the challenges this presents. Two key difficulties are discussed: the lack of any clear, agreed outcomes from bereavement interventions with children, and the challenge of evaluating the complex social processes that bereavement interventions involve. Two recommendations are made to address these in the short term and to generate data for wider research. These are: to strengthen services' existing evaluation strategies, and to develop a routine evaluation package that can be used by all services. This would comprise a basic data set, a user satisfaction questionnaire, and a childhood bereavementfocused clinical outcome routine evaluation measure. In the longer term, further research is recommended, including UK-based longitudinal studies.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Childhood bereavement; childhood bereavement services; evaluation; outcomes; methodologies
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education, Health and Sciences
Depositing User:	Charlotte Crutchlow
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2025 15:00
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2025 15:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15563

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