Funding for preventative Children’s Services and rates of children becoming looked after: A natural experiment using longitudinal area-level data in England

Davara L. Bennett, Calum J.R. Webb, Kate E. Mason, Daniela K. Schlüter, Katie Fahy, Alexandros Alexiou, Sophie Wickham, Ben Barr and David Taylor-Robinson

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 131, issue C

Abstract: Children in care face adverse health outcomes, throughout the life-course, relative to the general population. In England, over the last decade, the rate of children entering care has increased. The rate of change differs markedly for older and younger children, who may also experience different preventative services. These services have been subject to inequitable spending reductions due to fiscal policies trailing the 2008 recession.

Keywords: Public health; Prevention; Longitudinal analysis; Child welfare; Out-of-home care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106289

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