Educational and health outcomes of schoolchildren in local authority care in Scotland: a retrospective record linkage study.
Objectives Looked-after-children are defined as children who are in the care of their local authority. Previous studies have reported that looked-after-children have poorer mental and physical health, increased behavioural problems, and increased self-harm and mortality compared to peers. They also...
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| Language: | English |
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Swansea University
2022-08-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Population Data Science |
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| Online Access: | https://ijpds.org/article/view/2020 |