Nathan Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3936316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5859-808X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Beyond individual risk: Social structure and the production of youth health risk behaviour in Indonesia
Background Adolescence and early adulthood are critical periods for the development of health behaviours, yet longitudinal evidence on how these behaviours are socially patterned in Indonesia remains limited. Drawing on life-course theory and the social determinants of health framework, this study conceptualises Social Structure as a multidimensional construct comprising economic resources, education, family conditions, and community participatio…
Developmental language disorder and offending: A prospective longitudinal cohort study with linked education and crime data
BACKGROUND: Individuals with developmental language disorder (DLD) are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. The prospective associations between DLD and offending, and the educational and criminal justice pathways through which DLD might increase the risk of offending and reoffending, remain unclear. METHODS: We analysed existing data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (maximum N = 6,800; 51% female…
Place-based inequalities in children’s safeguarding referrals: A multilevel analysis of trends across English local authorities, 2013/14–2021/22
Criminal justice system outcomes of children with child welfare service involvement and special educational needs: Analysis of routinely collected data
Children in youth justice systems are disproportionately likely to have special educational needs and prior child welfare interventions. This study examined the odds of criminal justice involvement among children in England (N = 1,708,565) born between 1995 and 1998, using linked education and justice records. Across nine of eleven SEN categories, children with a child welfare intervention had higher odds of a criminal caution or conviction (OR =…
Spatial Networks of Neighborhood Violence
Neighbourhood differences in the rates of criminal cautions and convictions for children in the care system
Growing together: An analysis of measurement transparency across 15 years of player motivation questionnaires
There are many questionnaires to assess player motivation, originating from a diverse range of disciplines. Each discipline differs in their usage and reporting of questionnaires, but there has been no attempt to standardise their application. No standard approach leads to a lack of transparency in usage reporting, which affects the ability of the field to synthesise. This has made it unclear whether player motivation research is a unified commun…
Executive function mediates the prospective association between neurostructural differences within the central executive network and anti‐social behavior after childhood traumatic brain injury
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing evidence of a link between early life brain injury and anti-social behavior, very few studies have assessed factors that explain this association in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). One hypothesis suggests that childhood TBI elevates risk for anti-social behavior via disruption to anatomically distributed neural networks implicated in executive functioning (EF). In this longitudinal prospective study, we …
The physical and mental health of young people in detention: A global scoping review
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Enhancing and supporting the role of academic tutors in developing undergraduate writing skills: Reflections on the experiences of a social work education programme
Whilst approaches to the development of undergraduate academic writing skills vary between disciplines and institutions, academic tutors are consistently presented as playing an important role. One aspect of this role is supporting students to engage effectively with feedback in order to develop consciousness and competence regarding academic writing. This article reports on the use of a form, which was designed to encourage students to use feedb…
Young people ‘as risk’ or young people ‘at risk’: Comparing discourses of anti-social behaviour in England and Victoria
Dominant discourses regarding concerns with anti-social behaviour in England and Victoria, Australia, reveal counterposed perspectives; the former positioning anti-social behaviour as an issue of law and order and an extension of concerns with crime and victimization, and the latter emphasizing concerns with the vulnerability of the perpetrator. These opposing perspectives inevitably give rise to markedly different policies and interventions. In …
Introduction: Family Minded Policy and Whole Family Practice – Developing a Critical Research Framework
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, UK policy and practice has become increasingly overt in its concern with families . In January 2010, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF, 2010) launched the Support for All: The Families and Relationships Green Paper. In its Foreword, Ed Balls, the then Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, presented ‘Strong, stable families’ as ‘the bedrock of our society’,…
Models and Approaches in Family-Focused Policy and Practice
A review of models and approaches to family-based policy and service provision for those at risk of social exclusion suggests three distinct categories. In the first category, approaches seek to strengthen the ability of family members to offer support to a primary service user within that family. In the second category, family members are recognised as having their own specific and independent needs arising out of their relationship with the pri…
Working with Alcohol and Drug Use: Exploring the Knowledge and Attitudes of Social Work Students
Many social workers in the UK work daily with the social harms linked to problematic substance use. Historically, however, their drug and alcohol training needs have been overlooked. This study set out to achieve two key objectives: (i) to assess social work students' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, working with people with substance problems; and (ii) to develop and test a questionnaire to meet this objective. A four-part self-completion qu…
Enhancing Educational Support: Towards Holistic, Responsive and Strength‐based Services for Young Refugees and Asylum‐seekers
The importance of early school experiences in the personal and social development of young refugees and asylum‐seekers has been documented by researchers and enshrined in practice guidelines. The capacity of schools to implement these guidelines is, however, limited, in terms of the availability of appropriate knowledge and skills, financial resources and long‐term planning. In this article we draw upon case studies of six school or education‐bas…
Preventing Social Exclusion of Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children: Building New Networks
Research demonstrates the important role of refugees and asylum seekers' social networks in providing both the practical and emotional support necessary to mitigate social exclusion and promote integration within receiving societies. Based on research conducted by the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund, we highlight the barriers to network building for refugee and asylum seeking children and families, and the ways in which Children's Fund…
Networks, Connectedness and Resilience
In addition to the references listed at the end of each article, there are a range of further sources that may be of relevance to those interested in social capital, social networks, and resilience, and their relation to child and family policy. Whilst the articles in this journal relate to a number of empirical issues, the references given here are intentionally broad in focus. These sources are in addition to those discussed in detail by Barnes…
Carers and the digital divide: Factors affecting Internet use among carers in the UK
This paper presents data from a cross-sectional survey of 3014 adult carers, examining use of the Internet and factors associated with it. Carers recruited from the databases of three local authorities and other carer organisations within their geographical boundaries and that of Carers UK, a national carers organisation, were sent a postal questionnaire (response rate: 40%). A comparison of our data with national data on carers suggests some und…
Preventing Social Exclusion of Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children: Building New Networks
Research demonstrates the important role of refugees and asylum seekers' social networks in providing both the practical and emotional support necessary to mitigate social exclusion and promote integration within receiving societies. Based on research conducted by the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund, we highlight the barriers to network building for refugee and asylum seeking children and families, and the ways in which Children's Fund…
Models and Approaches in Family-Focused Policy and Practice
A review of models and approaches to family-based policy and service provision for those at risk of social exclusion suggests three distinct categories. In the first category, approaches seek to strengthen the ability of family members to offer support to a primary service user within that family. In the second category, family members are recognised as having their own specific and independent needs arising out of their relationship with the pri…
Carers and the digital divide: Factors affecting Internet use among carers in the UK
This paper presents data from a cross-sectional survey of 3014 adult carers, examining use of the Internet and factors associated with it. Carers recruited from the databases of three local authorities and other carer organisations within their geographical boundaries and that of Carers UK, a national carers organisation, were sent a postal questionnaire (response rate: 40%). A comparison of our data with national data on carers suggests some und…
Introduction: Family Minded Policy and Whole Family Practice – Developing a Critical Research Framework
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, UK policy and practice has become increasingly overt in its concern with families . In January 2010, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF, 2010) launched the Support for All: The Families and Relationships Green Paper. In its Foreword, Ed Balls, the then Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, presented ‘Strong, stable families’ as ‘the bedrock of our society’,…
Working with Alcohol and Drug Use: Exploring the Knowledge and Attitudes of Social Work Students
Many social workers in the UK work daily with the social harms linked to problematic substance use. Historically, however, their drug and alcohol training needs have been overlooked. This study set out to achieve two key objectives: (i) to assess social work students' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, working with people with substance problems; and (ii) to develop and test a questionnaire to meet this objective. A four-part self-completion qu…
Young people ‘as risk’ or young people ‘at risk’: Comparing discourses of anti-social behaviour in England and Victoria
Dominant discourses regarding concerns with anti-social behaviour in England and Victoria, Australia, reveal counterposed perspectives; the former positioning anti-social behaviour as an issue of law and order and an extension of concerns with crime and victimization, and the latter emphasizing concerns with the vulnerability of the perpetrator. These opposing perspectives inevitably give rise to markedly different policies and interventions. In …
Networks, Connectedness and Resilience
In addition to the references listed at the end of each article, there are a range of further sources that may be of relevance to those interested in social capital, social networks, and resilience, and their relation to child and family policy. Whilst the articles in this journal relate to a number of empirical issues, the references given here are intentionally broad in focus. These sources are in addition to those discussed in detail by Barnes…
Carers and the digital divide: Factors affecting Internet use among carers in the UK
This paper presents data from a cross-sectional survey of 3014 adult carers, examining use of the Internet and factors associated with it. Carers recruited from the databases of three local authorities and other carer organisations within their geographical boundaries and that of Carers UK, a national carers organisation, were sent a postal questionnaire (response rate: 40%). A comparison of our data with national data on carers suggests some und…
Enhancing Educational Support: Towards Holistic, Responsive and Strength‐based Services for Young Refugees and Asylum‐seekers
The importance of early school experiences in the personal and social development of young refugees and asylum‐seekers has been documented by researchers and enshrined in practice guidelines. The capacity of schools to implement these guidelines is, however, limited, in terms of the availability of appropriate knowledge and skills, financial resources and long‐term planning. In this article we draw upon case studies of six school or education‐bas…
Preventing Social Exclusion of Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children: Building New Networks
Research demonstrates the important role of refugees and asylum seekers' social networks in providing both the practical and emotional support necessary to mitigate social exclusion and promote integration within receiving societies. Based on research conducted by the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund, we highlight the barriers to network building for refugee and asylum seeking children and families, and the ways in which Children's Fund…
Networks, Connectedness and Resilience
In addition to the references listed at the end of each article, there are a range of further sources that may be of relevance to those interested in social capital, social networks, and resilience, and their relation to child and family policy. Whilst the articles in this journal relate to a number of empirical issues, the references given here are intentionally broad in focus. These sources are in addition to those discussed in detail by Barnes…
Introduction: Family Minded Policy and Whole Family Practice – Developing a Critical Research Framework
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, UK policy and practice has become increasingly overt in its concern with families . In January 2010, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF, 2010) launched the Support for All: The Families and Relationships Green Paper. In its Foreword, Ed Balls, the then Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, presented ‘Strong, stable families’ as ‘the bedrock of our society’,…
Models and Approaches in Family-Focused Policy and Practice
A review of models and approaches to family-based policy and service provision for those at risk of social exclusion suggests three distinct categories. In the first category, approaches seek to strengthen the ability of family members to offer support to a primary service user within that family. In the second category, family members are recognised as having their own specific and independent needs arising out of their relationship with the pri…
Working with Alcohol and Drug Use: Exploring the Knowledge and Attitudes of Social Work Students
Many social workers in the UK work daily with the social harms linked to problematic substance use. Historically, however, their drug and alcohol training needs have been overlooked. This study set out to achieve two key objectives: (i) to assess social work students' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, working with people with substance problems; and (ii) to develop and test a questionnaire to meet this objective. A four-part self-completion qu…
Young people ‘as risk’ or young people ‘at risk’: Comparing discourses of anti-social behaviour in England and Victoria
Dominant discourses regarding concerns with anti-social behaviour in England and Victoria, Australia, reveal counterposed perspectives; the former positioning anti-social behaviour as an issue of law and order and an extension of concerns with crime and victimization, and the latter emphasizing concerns with the vulnerability of the perpetrator. These opposing perspectives inevitably give rise to markedly different policies and interventions. In …
Enhancing and supporting the role of academic tutors in developing undergraduate writing skills: Reflections on the experiences of a social work education programme
Whilst approaches to the development of undergraduate academic writing skills vary between disciplines and institutions, academic tutors are consistently presented as playing an important role. One aspect of this role is supporting students to engage effectively with feedback in order to develop consciousness and competence regarding academic writing. This article reports on the use of a form, which was designed to encourage students to use feedb…
Executive function mediates the prospective association between neurostructural differences within the central executive network and anti‐social behavior after childhood traumatic brain injury
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing evidence of a link between early life brain injury and anti-social behavior, very few studies have assessed factors that explain this association in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). One hypothesis suggests that childhood TBI elevates risk for anti-social behavior via disruption to anatomically distributed neural networks implicated in executive functioning (EF). In this longitudinal prospective study, we …
The physical and mental health of young people in detention: A global scoping review
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Growing together: An analysis of measurement transparency across 15 years of player motivation questionnaires
There are many questionnaires to assess player motivation, originating from a diverse range of disciplines. Each discipline differs in their usage and reporting of questionnaires, but there has been no attempt to standardise their application. No standard approach leads to a lack of transparency in usage reporting, which affects the ability of the field to synthesise. This has made it unclear whether player motivation research is a unified commun…
Spatial Networks of Neighborhood Violence
Neighbourhood differences in the rates of criminal cautions and convictions for children in the care system
Beyond individual risk: Social structure and the production of youth health risk behaviour in Indonesia
Background Adolescence and early adulthood are critical periods for the development of health behaviours, yet longitudinal evidence on how these behaviours are socially patterned in Indonesia remains limited. Drawing on life-course theory and the social determinants of health framework, this study conceptualises Social Structure as a multidimensional construct comprising economic resources, education, family conditions, and community participatio…
Developmental language disorder and offending: A prospective longitudinal cohort study with linked education and crime data
BACKGROUND: Individuals with developmental language disorder (DLD) are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. The prospective associations between DLD and offending, and the educational and criminal justice pathways through which DLD might increase the risk of offending and reoffending, remain unclear. METHODS: We analysed existing data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (maximum N = 6,800; 51% female…
Place-based inequalities in children’s safeguarding referrals: A multilevel analysis of trends across English local authorities, 2013/14–2021/22
Criminal justice system outcomes of children with child welfare service involvement and special educational needs: Analysis of routinely collected data
Children in youth justice systems are disproportionately likely to have special educational needs and prior child welfare interventions. This study examined the odds of criminal justice involvement among children in England (N = 1,708,565) born between 1995 and 1998, using linked education and justice records. Across nine of eleven SEN categories, children with a child welfare intervention had higher odds of a criminal caution or conviction (OR =…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works)