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Contact with child protection services during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR Born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage.
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SUBMITTER: De Backer K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12532829 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Contact with child protection services during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR Born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20251016 1
BACKGROUND: In the last decade, rates of children with child protection agency involvement have increased in many high-income countries, including the UK. Disparities in both maternal and child health outcomes as well as child welfare referrals have been widely evidenced, yet no previous research has investigated contact with child protection agencies in the UK (Children’s Social Care, CSC) during pregnancy using linked maternity and mental health records. The aim of this study was to investigat ...[more]
