Educational outcomes of children in contact with social care in England: A systematic review

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Jay, Matthew A ^a,b   Mc Grath Lone, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children Act; Children in need; Education; Looked after children; School; Social care

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GREY LITERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL DATABASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CARE; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85068115674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-019-1071-z     Document Type: Review

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