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Use of Linked Administrative Children’s Social Care Data for Research: A Scoping Review of Existing UK Studies

Gemma Allnatt, M Elliott, J Scourfield, A Lee, Lucy Griffiths Orcid Logo

The British Journal of Social Work, Volume: 52, Issue: 7, Pages: 3923 - 3944

Swansea University Authors: Gemma Allnatt, Lucy Griffiths Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/bjsw/bcac049

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Increasing access to children’s social care data presents enormous potential for research and policy evaluation, with opportunities increased where data can be anonymously linked to other sources of information, such as health and education data. The purpose of this scoping review was to provide an...

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Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
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