Objective To describe variation in hospital costs among children with different combinations of health conditions, special educational needs or disability (SEND) and children social care (CSC) indicat...

Background Proportionate universalism aims to improve overall health while decreasing health inequity across the social spectrum. For health visiting in England, the ‘universal’ offer is five health r...

Introduction Children and young people in state care or with special educational needs (SEN) experience disproportionately higher rates of long-term physical and mental illness compared with their pee...

The government is about to announce major changes to the SEND service, but how strong is the evidence for the principles guiding the reforms?

Objective All children in England should receive a health review at 2–2½ years, with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire third edition (ASQ-3) used to collect public health surveillance data on child de...

To launch our new ‘CLOSER Connections’ Podcast series, we bring together a panel of experts to discuss how combining different types of data is revolutionising research.

Introduction Evidence on demographic and socioeconomic differences in adolescent mental health service use is vital for developing equitable health policy and service responses. We quantified inequali...

Introduction Observational studies play a pivotal role in understanding population health trends and informing public health policy. However, many such studies inadequately address dimensions of healt...

AbstractBackground. Policies to reduce school absence can place a burden on children with chronic health conditions (CHCs). Although estimates suggest >

Children who experience and are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) between their parents or carers are at greater risk of mental health proble…

Background We aimed to quantify planned and unplanned hospital admissions during adolescence for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and/or experience of care under local authority supervision...

Child maltreatment (CM) and parental domestic violence and abuse (pDVA) impose considerable lifelong adverse outcomes on those affected. Despite shari…

Start for Life Outcomes Framework: identifying candidate indicators

Purpose Among health researchers, there is a growing appreciation of the importance of the involvement of service users and members of the public. This recognition has not only resulted in involvement...

ACEs in firstborns during the first 1000 days were associated with increased mental health problems and health-care needs in multiple children in the same family. The findings highlight the importance...

Objective Every child in England should be offered a health and development review at age 2–2½ years by the health visiting service, part of which includes an assessment of child development. The Depa...

Introduction Despite a decline in Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy in the UK since 2004, inequalities have widened with higher rates among families from deprived backgrounds and those known to child...