SummaryA holistic approach to children's right to health requires that a disorder-oriented approach and a health promoting perspective are considered equal priorities. However, the mental health policy in many countries is still oriented towards the biomedical treatment of disorders rather than preventive and promotional measures. In this paper we argue that a successful implementation of a health-promoting approach can be achieved through sustainable investment in sectoral cooperation, capacity-building and political will. Using the example of Lithuanian mental health policy, we show how the shortcomings affecting each determinant impede progress in prioritizing a health promotion perspective and thus a holistic approach to children's right to health. Our findings suggest that the application of a holistic approach in Lithuania might face many challenges and obstacles, such as a high number of vulnerable children, the quality of child and family support services, and the still minimal and fragmented interest of policy makers in improving children's mental health.children's rights/child mental health/holistic approach to healthcare/health policies in Lithuania
This study explores how some aspects of the cultural politics of childhood in Italy and Spain limit, allow or encourage the fuller realisation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, using the complementary voices of 49 participants, including policymakers, leaders of third sector organisations and families in vulnerable situations. Our research contributes to the advancement of the field by contextualising some of the facilitating and challenging factors regarding the enforcement of children's rights, divided into three different levels of analysis: structural factors, political factors and cultural factors.
A pesar de los compromisos políticos de décadas de incorporar los derechos del niño en las iniciativas políticas, los instrumentos de seguimiento y evaluación basados en los derechos del niño siguen siendo inadecuados para este progreso. Como un esfuerzo por abordar esta brecha, el documento busca conceptualizar el enfoque basado en los derechos del niño y proponer su aplicación al análisis de políticas. Reconociendo a los niños como titulares de derechos y al Estado como el principal garante de deberes, el núcleo del enfoque basado en los derechos del niño es garantizar el disfrute y la realización de los derechos del niño a través de una serie de principios. El marco de evaluación propuesto en este documento se centra en la estructura legal del estado, las medidas de política y los resultados logrados en la realización y el disfrute de los derechos del niño y la evaluación del progreso de las políticas bajo las normas y principios de los derechos del niño. En consecuencia, el análisis de políticas basado en los derechos del niño está diseñado para basarse en dos conjuntos de indicadores que reflejan el compromiso político del estado y los principios de los derechos del niño.
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