Questions from the Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group:
Physical Health
Identification of need and prevention: How ‘adoptee-competent’ are health services and health professionals? Do they understand the impact of adopted children and young people’s early trauma and neglect and the implications of unknown family medical histories?
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Physical Health
Identification of need and prevention: What is the prevalence of physical and neurodevelopmental health conditions among children living cross-border in residential caring environments, compared with those living within their home jurisdiction?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Physical Health
Identification of need and prevention: What approaches have been used internationally to use administrative health data to target preventive support for children, and what strengths and limitations do these approaches present in the context of care experienced populations?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Physical Health
Identification of need and prevention: What more can we learn about access to services and health outcomes that are under-represented in current data, including preventative care and early interventions, as well as how access and engagement change when young people leave care (e.g. access to dental health and dental health outcomes; immunisations; sexual and reproductive health service use and outcomes; management of long-term conditions)?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Physical Health
Identification of need and prevention: How can administrative health data be linked, both with other administrative data and with lived experience evidence, to provide a more holistic picture of children’s health, development, and wellbeing from early childhood through to adolescence and across different age cohorts?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Wellbeing: How do care-experienced children and young people describe the development of their sense of identity, how this is shaped by their experiences (positive or negative) of care, and how this impacts on their mental (and physical) health?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Wellbeing: What are care experienced children and young people’s own views on their wellbeing, including their sense of happiness and sense of belonging (to peer groups, to family, to society)? What improvements do they suggest to services to increase their positive sense of wellbeing and why?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Early Childhood Development (ECD): How can early identification of emotional, behavioural, or developmental concerns in care experienced children be better linked to sustained mental health and wellbeing support over time?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Early Childhood Development (ECD): What patterns can be observed in early developmental concerns and subsequent service involvement, and how do these vary depending on the nature and timing of support provided? How do emotional, behavioural, and early social and emotional development outcomes for infants and young children who are experiencing care vary by caring environment and age at first experience of care, and what factors influence these differences?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How does living cross-border whilst experiencing care affect children’s access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and specialist mental health services?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How ‘adoptee-competent’ are health services and health professionals? Do they understand the impact of adopted children and young people’s early trauma and neglect and the implications of unknown family medical histories?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How do key transition points – including moves between homes, stability of caring environment and changes in professional support - affect continuity of mental health support and emotional wellbeing for care experienced children and young people, including those who have been adopted?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: What barriers and enablers do children, carers, and practitioners identify in accessing timely, appropriate mental health and wellbeing support, particularly in community-based and preventive services?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How do care experienced children and young people, including those who have been adopted, experience accessing mental health support, including waiting times, continuity, transitions between services, and responsiveness to trauma, neurodivergence, and disability? How do they understand this experience to be shaped by their care experience?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group
Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How does uptake of community-based care and preventive services (e.g. community wellbeing hubs, parenting programmes, youth resilience interventions) by care-experienced children and their families compare to their peers? Does this vary by locality, age, or other characteristics?
Scottish Government The Promise Data and Evidence Group