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• 2020

  Born into care: Evidence of a failed state

  Bilson, A. & Bywaters, P., 1 Sep 2020, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 116, 7 p., 105164.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • failed state
  • Parents
  • Child Care
  • child care
  • Child

• Child Safeguarding and Social Care

  Bywaters, P., 11 Feb 2020, Tackling Causes and Consequences of Health Inequalities: A Practical Guide. Matheson, J., Patterson, J. & Neilson, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • child protection
  • austerity policy
  • health consequences
  • maltreatment
  • neglect

• Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK

  Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., Jones, C., Sparks, T., Elliott, M., Hooper, J., Mccartan, C., Shapira, M., Bunting, L. & Daniel, B., 1 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Social Work. p. 193-215 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Welfare
  • child welfare
  • child protection
  • Child
  • deprivation
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Cuts both ways: Ethnicity, poverty, and the social gradient in child welfare interventions

  Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., Davidson, G. & Bunting, L., 1 Oct 2020, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 117, 13 p., 105299.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • Poverty
  • child welfare
  • ethnicity
  • poverty
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Exploring drivers of demand for child protection services in an English local authority

  Hood, R., Gorin, S., Goldacre, A., Muleya, W. & Bywaters, P., 1 Aug 2020, In: Child and Family Social Work. 25, 3, p. 657-664 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • child protection
  • Child Care
  • driver
  • demand
  • Social Welfare

• Final Report: Identifying and understanding the link between system conditions and welfare inequalities in children’s social care services

  Hood, R., Goldacre, A., Gorin, S., Bywaters, P. & Webb, C., Mar 2020, University of Kingston and St. George's . 107 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • welfare
  • child welfare
  • Protection of Children
  • child protection
  • deprivation

• Income inequality and child welfare interventions in England and Wales

  Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Elliott, M. & Scourfield, J., 12 Sep 2020, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Welfare
  • Wales
  • child welfare
  • Income
  • income

• The Child Welfare Inequalities Project: Final Report

  The Child Welfare Inequalities Project Team, Bywaters, P. & Featherstone, B., 22 Jul 2020, Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. 78 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • child welfare

• Toward Full Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Case Study Research: Insights From Investigating Child Welfare Inequalities

  Mason, W., Morris, K., Webb, C., Daniels, B., Featherstone, B., Bywaters, P., Mirza, N., Hooper, J., Brady, G., Bunting, L. & Scourfield, J., 1 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 14, 2, p. 164-183 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Case Study Research
  • Child Welfare
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Welfare
  • Quantitative Methods
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Understanding out of Home Care Rates in Northern Ireland: A Thematic Analysis of Mixed Methods Case Studies

  Mason, W., Morris, K., Featherstone, B., Bunting, L., Davidson, G., Mccartan, C., Bywaters, P. & Webb, C., 9 Aug 2020, In: British Journal of Social Work. 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Northern Ireland
  • Home Care Services
  • home care
  • Child Welfare
  • Social Work

• Untangling child welfare inequalities and the‘Inverse Intervention Law’ in England

  Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., McCartan, C., Bunting, L., Davidson, G. & Morris, K., 1 Apr 2020, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 111, 10 p., 104849.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • England
  • child welfare
  • Law
  • Income
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Child protection and social inequality: Editorial

  Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B. & Morris, K., 30 Jan 2019, In: Social Sciences. 8, 2, 42.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

  • child protection
  • social inequality
  • government policy
  • health
  • education
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Paradoxical evidence on ethnic inequities in child welfare: towards a research agenda

  Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., Webb, C., Morris, K., Featherstone, B., Brady, G., Jones, C. & Sparks, T., 1 Jan 2019, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 96, p. 145-154 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Welfare
  • England
  • child welfare
  • Child Abuse
  • Economics
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect: Changing the conversation across the UK in child protection?

  Featherstone, B., Morris, K., Daniel, B., Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Mason, W. & Mirza, N., 1 Feb 2019, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 97, p. 127-133 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Child Abuse
  • Poverty
  • child protection
  • Child abuse
  • neglect
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Understanding the Neighbourhood and Community Factors Associated with Child Maltreatment

  Bywaters, P., 7 May 2019, Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children. Lonne, B., Scott, D., Higgins, D. & Herrenkohl, T. I. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 269-286 18 p. (Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy; vol. Volume 9).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • maltreatment
  • demographic situation
  • abuse of children
  • child protection
  • neglect
• 2018

  A Four-Nation Comparison of Kinship Care in the UK: The Relationship between Formal Kinship Care and Deprivation

  Mccartan, C., Bunting, L., Bywaters, P., Davidson, G., Elliott, M. & Hooper, J., Oct 2018, In: Social Policy and Society. 17, 4, p. 619-635 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • kinship
  • deprivation
  • extended family
  • home care
  • welfare state
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Austerity, rationing and inequity: trends in children’s and young peoples’ services expenditure in England between 2010 and 2015

  Webb, C. & Bywaters, P., 4 May 2018, In: Local Government Studies. 44, 3, p. 391-415 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • rationing
  • expenditure
  • expenditures
  • young
  • services
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Inequalities in English Child Protection Practice under Austerity: A Universal Challenge?

  Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Daniel, B., Featherstone, B., Jones, C., Morris, K., Scourfield, J., Sparks, T. & Webb, C., Feb 2018, In: Child and Family Social Work. 23, 1, p. 53-61 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • child protection
  • deprivation
  • Child Welfare
  • Child
  • England
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• Looking after Children in the UK: Convergence or Divergence?

  McGhee, J., Bunting, L., Mccartan, C., Elliott, M., Bywaters, P. & Featherstone, B., 1 Jul 2018, In: British Journal of Social Work. 48, 5, p. 1176-1198 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Northern Ireland
  • divergence
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • England
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions

  Morris, K., Mason, W., Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B., Daniel, B., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Hooper, J., Mirza, N., Scourfield, J. & Webb, C., Aug 2018, In: Child and Family Social Work. 23, 3, p. 364-372 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Welfare
  • Social Work
  • Poverty
  • child welfare
  • social work
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• The Association between Child Maltreatment and Adult Poverty: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Research

  Bunting, L., Davidson, G., Mccartan, C., Hanratty, J., Bywaters, P., Mason, W. & Steils, N., 1 Mar 2018, In: Child Abuse and Neglect. 77, p. 121-133 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Abuse
  • Poverty
  • Economics
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Income
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Trends in Child Protection Across the UK: A Comparative Analysis

  Bunting, L., Mccartan, C., McGhee, J., Bywaters, P., Daniel, B., Featherstone, B. & Slater, T., 1 Jul 2018, In: British Journal of Social Work. 48, 5, p. 1154-1175 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • child protection
  • trend
  • Child
  • Protection of Children
  • England
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Child protection in England: An emerging inequalities perspective

  Bywaters, P. & Sparks, T., 5 Jun 2017, In: Journal of Children's Services. 12, 2-3, p. 107-112 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • child protection
  • England
  • Child Welfare
  • child welfare
  • Child
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Child Welfare as Justice: Why Are We Not Effectively Addressing Inequalities?

  Davidson, G., Bunting, L., Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B. & Mccartan, C., 12 Sep 2017, In: British Journal of Social Work. 47, 6, p. 1641-1651 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Child Welfare
  • Social Justice
  • child welfare
  • justice
  • health law
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Out of sight, out of mind: Ethnic inequalities in child protection and out-of-home care intervention rates

  Bywaters, P., Kwhali, J., Brady, G., Sparks, T. & Bos, E., 1 Oct 2017, In: British Journal of Social Work. 47, 7, p. 1884-1902 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • ethnic inequality
  • child protection
  • Home Care Services
  • home care
  • Child
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Inequalities in child welfare intervention rates: the intersection of deprivation and identity

  Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Sparks, T. & Bos, E., 1 Nov 2016, In: Child and Family Social Work. 21, 4, p. 452-463 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • child welfare
  • deprivation
  • Home Care Services
  • home care
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Poverty,child abuse and neglect: Patterns of cost and spending

  Mason, W. & Bywaters, P., 1 Mar 2016, In: Families, Relationships and Societies. 5, 1, p. 155-161 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Child abuse
  • neglect
  • poverty
  • costs
  • interpretation
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect: an evidence review

  Bywaters, P., Bunting, L., Davidson, G., Hanratty, J., Mason, W., McCartan, C. & Steils, N., 3 Mar 2016, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 28 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  • Child abuse
  • neglect
  • poverty
  • evidence
• 2015

  Cumulative jeopardy? A response to Brown and Ward

  Bywaters, P., 1 May 2015, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 52, p. 68-73 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Parents
  • Parturition
  • infant
  • Child Care
  • Home Care Services
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services: Explaining the 'inverse intervention law'

  Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Sparks, T., Bos, E., Bunting, L., Daniel, B., Featherstone, B., Morris, K. & Scourfield, J., 1 Oct 2015, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 57, p. 98-105 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • child protection
  • child welfare
  • Law
  • Ethics
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Inequalities in child welfare: Towards a new policy, research and action agenda

  Bywaters, P., 1 Jan 2015, In: British Journal of Social Work. 45, 1, p. 6-23 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • research policy
  • child welfare
  • deprivation
  • Health
  41 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Child welfare inequalities: New evidence, further questions

  Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Sparks, T. & Bos, E., 8 May 2014, In: Child and Family Social Work. 21, 3, p. 369-380 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Welfare
  • child welfare
  • deprivation
  • Child
  • evidence
  48 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Globalisation, social work and health

  Bywaters, P., 17 Dec 2013, Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing: Critical Issues. Beddoe, L. & Maidment, J. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Ltd., p. 28-38 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2011

  Good intentions, increased inequities: Developing social care services in Emergency Departments in the UK

  Bywaters, P., Mcleod, E., Fisher, J., Cooke, M. & Swann, G., 1 Sep 2011, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 19, 5, p. 460-467 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work
  • Intention
  • Hospital Emergency Service
  • funding
  • Nursing Assessment
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The contribution of social work and social interventions across the life course to the reduction of health inequalities: A new agenda for social work education?

  Coren, E., Iredale, W., Rutter, D. & Bywaters, P., 1 Sep 2011, In: Social Work Education. 30, 6, p. 594-609 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • social intervention
  • social work
  • well-being
  • health
  • education
  5 Citations (Scopus)