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This blog, written by the ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes team, outlines key insights from recent research into how administrative data can be better used to support children’s social care (CSC). Drawing on three new reports launched in January, the authors highlight current evidence gaps, emerging priorities, and opportunities to strengthen the research infrastructure that informs policy and practice for children and families.
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This blog by Evie Parmenter, Senior Research Portfolio Manager at the Economic and Social Research Council, explores the powerful connection between our environment and our health. Drawing on insights from research funded by ADR UK, it highlights how factors like pollution, green space access, and housing conditions shape wellbeing, and how linked administrative data can help drive better decisions and healthier outcomes.
A new study using ADR UK flagship data has found that children who show early signs of developmental delay are more likely to end up in contact with the youth justice system later on – especially if they also grow up in poverty.
In this blog, ADR UK Research Fellow Dr Paul Garcia Hinojosa introduces his project which is using linked administrative data to explore how socio-emotional characteristics observed in early childhood relate to offending behaviour during adolescence. The research aims to inform early interventions that could help prevent young people from becoming involved in crime. Read on for more information and early findings.
New research from ADR Scotland highlights a strong link between persistent child poverty and early youth offending. The study, which used data from the Growing Up in Scotland study, found that children who had offended by age 12 were significantly more likely to have lived in persistent poverty.
