Characterizing newborn and older infant entries into care in England between 2006 and 2014

Characterizing newborn and older infant entries into care in England between 2006 and 2014

The risk of entry to state care during infancy is increasing, both here in England and abroad, with most entering within a week of birth (‘newborns’). However, little is known about these infants or of their pathways through care over early childhood. To characterize infant entries to care in Englan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child abuse & neglect 2020-11, Vol.109, p.104760-14, Article 104760
Hauptverfasser: Pearson, Rachel J., Jay, Matthew A., O’Donnell, Melissa, Wijlaars, Linda, Gilbert, Ruth
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Sprache:eng
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Childhood
Entry into care
Foster care
Infancy
Infants
Latent class analysis
Longitudinal data
Newborn babies
Out-of-court arrangements
Sociodemographics
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Zusammenfassung:The risk of entry to state care during infancy is increasing, both here in England and abroad, with most entering within a week of birth (‘newborns’). However, little is known about these infants or of their pathways through care over early childhood. To characterize infant entries to care in England. All children in England who first entered care during infancy, between April 2006 and March 2014 (n = 42,000). We compared sociodemographic and care characteristics for infants entering care over the study period by age at first entry (newborn:
ISSN:0145-2134
1873-7757
DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104760