Resumen

CASTILLA-PEON, María Fernanda. Child well-being: Is it possible to measure?. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2014, vol.71, n.1, pp.61-64. ISSN 1665-1146.

Child well-being is an interesting topic to all those professionals who believe that the purpose of public policies goes beyond the mere pursuit of the material wealth or the avoidance of harms such as illiteracy and disease among individuals in the society. It is important to define it and to measure it in order to identify its determinants and to plan mechanisms to optimize it. Although it is a complex issue, even from the philosophical point of view, there have been worldwide valuable efforts to approach it from a scientific and operational perspective. The United Nations Children's Fund is one of the pioneer institutions in child wellbeing research, especially in the so called "rich countries". In Mexico, information has been generated regarding some issues concerning children well-being, however there are some dimensions for which there is not yet enough information to allow comparison with other countries.

Palabras llave : Child well-being; Health economics; Children's rights.