A childhood in care: what consequences for health later on?

Show Notes

In this episode of The Lifecourse Podcast, Professor Amanda Sacker and Dr Emily Murray discuss their research looking at the long term consequences on a person’s health from a childhood spent in care. 

Further reading 

• Non-parental care in childhood and health up to 30 years later: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971–2011 
• Association of childhood out-of-home care status with all-cause mortality up to 42-years later: Office of National Statistics Longitudinal Study

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