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Use of Linked Administrative Children’s Social Care Data for Research: A Scoping Review of Existing UK Studies
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume: 52, Issue: 7, Pages: 3923 - 3944
Swansea University Authors:
Gemma Allnatt, Lucy Griffiths
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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/bjsw/bcac049
Abstract
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...
| Published in: | The British Journal of Social Work |
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| ISSN: | 0045-3102 1468-263X |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62366 |
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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 overview of all UK data linkage studies that have used routinely collected individual-level children’s social care administrative data. Six research databases were searched and twenty-five studies were identified as meeting the inclusion criteria, with the majority (n = 18) based on English data. Complexities and the time-consuming nature of these studies are highlighted, as are issues with missing data and inconsistencies in recording information across local authorities, impacting on the linkage process. Increased access to such data, and improvements to data capture, could improve the utility of these valuable administrative data assets in the social care sector. |
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| Keywords: |
administrative data, Children’s social care, data linkage, quantitative methods, review |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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The Children’s Social Care Research and Developmental Centre (CASCADE) partnership receives infrastructure funding from Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) (Grant number-517199). |
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7 |
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3923 |
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3944 |