The Dental Health of looked after children in the UK and Dental Care pathways: a scoping review

KJ Hurry, L Ridsdale, J Davies… - Community Dental …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There has been a 37% increase in the number of Looked After Children (LAC)
in England over the past decade. Although LAC have more health and social problems than …

Do We Need to Re-Think Transition to Take a More Comprehensive Approach to Supporting Young People to Navigate Complex Journeys to Adulthood?

N Medforth - Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This discussion paper draws on a range of personal and other published research articles to
respond to calls for a re-conceptualization of the concept of Transition. Acknowledging the …

How are health, nutrition, and physical activity discussed in international guidelines and standards for children in care? A narrative review

R Green, H Bergmeier, A Chung… - Nutrition Reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Children in care (CiC) have often experienced trauma and, as a result,
are at high risk for poor health outcomes. It is imperative that human-service stakeholders …

Young People Lost and Found in Transition?

N Medforth - Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
When I was working in practice as Charge Nurse in children's renal nursing and later as a
Nurse Specialist in pediatric hematology in the late 1980s and early 1990s, we were …

[PDF][PDF] Children in care and physical health–a neglected topic?

S Ward - 2023 - researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk
Most children and young people who remain in care on a long-term basis have been
abused and neglected, with compulsory measures used to separate them from their birth …