Children's Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) is a population-wide study linking administrative data on social care to deaths. We compared mortality outcomes of care experienced children (CEC) with children in the general population (CGP). Methods Data were linked for all publicly funded school...
This aim of this study is therefore to investigate: (i) whether outcomes for maltreated children who are admitted to care are better or worse than those for similar children who remain at home, monitored and supported by social workers; (ii) which maltreated children, in which circumstances,...
Results Families with children with birth weights less than 750 g experienced greater stress than did families of controls (born at full term), and families who were sociodemographically advantaged experienced greater stress than did those who were disadvantaged. Higher neonatal medical risk also predi...
Children’s Commissioner for England Childhood vulnerability in England 2019 Children’s Commissioner, London, UK (2019) Google Scholar Currie and Widom, 2010 J. Currie, C.S. Widom Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect on adult economic well-being Child Maltreatment, 15 (2010), pp...
Comparisons of ACE prevalence across cultures and populations is already complicated for several other reasons; for example, Sweden was the first country to legally ban physical punishment of children, in 1979.57 Furthermore, twin pair discordance on specific ACEs varied considerably, from 46.0% for...
Understanding and overcoming barriers in data and information sharing relating to care experienced children, across public sector agencies and organisations in Scotland. View Project 11 Sept 2023 Mental Health Developing a methodology for using machine learning techniques to follow online mental health...
There is international concern about the trauma and victimisation many of them experienced while in care and the significant and lifelong impacts of abuse in care. There has been significant attention internationally towards identifying the impact of historical institutional abuse of children and young ...
Parental experiences of end of life care decision-making for children with life-limiting conditions in the paediatric intensive care unit: A qualitative in... Objectives To provide an in-depth insight into the experience and perceptions of bereaved parents who have experienced end of life care deci...
There were 59,500 Children in out-of-home care in England in 2008. Research into this population points to poor health and quality of life outcomes over the transition to adult independence. This undesirable outcome applies to mental health, education an
Results: Among the study children this age, 35% were living in G/RC at baseline or experienced a first placement into G/RC care in the first 12 months post-baseline. Logistic regression analyses showed that children in G/RC care were more likely, at intake, to be White (p<.01), ...