Cohort profile: Children in Need Census (CIN) records of children referred for social care support in England
Cohort profile: Children in Need Census (CIN) records of children referred for social care support in England
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DOI：
10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023771
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
Woodman, Jenny
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作者：
Emmott, Emily H.;Jay, Matthew A.;Woodman, Jenny
目的 贫困儿童人口普查 (CIN) 是一个基于案例的管理数据集，涉及英格兰社会护理服务机构转介的儿童。 CIN 包括有关儿童“需求”以及他们是否接受社会护理支持的信息。英格兰的地方和国家政府机构目前使用 CIN 进行评估。研究人员在某些条件下可以获取数据，从而使研究人员能够调查不良童年经历对健康的影响。然而，CIN 缺乏元数据，这意味着研究人员处理和解释数据可能具有挑战性，特别是如果研究人员不熟悉英国儿童的社会关怀系统。为了解决这个问题，我们提供了 CIN 的背景，并描述了 2008 年至 2016 年的可用数据。参与者 CIN 源自英国地方当局持有的所有儿童的案例记录，这些记录涉及所有转介到儿童社会护理机构进行“需求评估”的儿童，无论他们最终是否被评估为“需要社会护理支持”。地方当局将这些案件记录提交给英国教育部进行核对。 CIN 持有 2008 年 10 月至 2016 年 3 月期间估计 276 万名儿童的信息。自 2013 年/ 2014 年以来，CIN 每年记录了近 90 万名儿童，相当于英格兰儿童的 8% 左右（年患病率）。每年大约有 65 万名儿童进入或租用该数据集，相当于英格兰儿童的 5%（年发生率）。数据摘要 在数据中估计的 276 万儿童中，50% 是男性，47% 是女性。 45% 的儿童因虐待或忽视而被转介至儿童社会护理服务机构。 CIN 中 10.7% 的儿童加入了儿童保护计划，这意味着他们被判断为（面临）遭受重大伤害的风险。未来计划 CIN 数据收集是每年一次且持续进行的。最近一次人口普查的数据通常会在来年春季可供研究人员使用。
Purpose The Children in Need Census (CIN) is a casebased administrative dataset on children referred to social care services in England. CIN includes information on the ` needs' of children, and whether they received social care support. Local and national government bodies in England currently use CIN for evaluation purposes. Data are accessible to researchers under certain conditions, allowing researchers to investigate the health implications of adverse childhood experiences. However, CIN suffers from lack of metadata, meaning it can be challenging for researchers to process and interpret data, particularly if researchers are unfamiliar with the English children's social care system. To address this issue, we provide the background to CIN and describe the available data from 2008 to 2016.Participants CIN is derived from case records held by English local authorities on all children referred to children's social care for a 'needs assessment', regardless of whether they are eventually assessed as 'in need of social care support'. Local authorities submit these case records to the UK Department for Education for collation. CIN holds information on an estimated 2.76 million children from October 2008 to March 2016. Since 2013/ 2014, just under 900 000 children have been recorded in the CIN annually, equivalent to around 8% of children in England (annual prevalence). Approximately, 650 000 children enter or renter the dataset each year, equivalent to 5% of children in England (annual incidence).Data summary Of the estimated 2.76 million children in the data, 50% are male and 47% female. 45% are referred to children's social care services due to abuse or neglect. 10.7% of children in CIN went onto a child protection plan, meaning they were judged to be (at risk of) suffering significant harm.Future plans CIN data collection is annual and ongoing. Data from the most recent census period typically become available for researchers in the following Spring.