Tools for social policy management: the SiSo Scale for measuring situations of social difficulty

The design and evaluation of social policies requires information systems that enable social intervention with the people targeted by the programmes and services and that also offer indicators for the follow-up and monitoring of the policies adopted. The article presents the process of validation of...

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Published in:Journal of social policy 2023-04, Vol.52 (2), p.376-395
Main Authors: RAYA DIEZ, ESTHER, FUMANAL, AURELIO LASCORZ
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Decision making
Employment
Immigrants
Inclusion
Information systems
Information technology
Intervention
Labor market
Measures
Medical diagnosis
Poverty
Property
Regional government
Social conditions & trends
Social exclusion
Social fund
Social policy
Social services
Social systems
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Employment
Immigrants
Inclusion
Information systems
Information technology
Intervention
Labor market
Measures
Medical diagnosis
Poverty
Property
Regional government
Social conditions & trends
Social exclusion
Social fund
Social policy
Social services
Social systems
Validity
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