Davara L Bennett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Davara L Bennett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Davara L |
| FAMILY NAME | Bennett |
| SIGNATURE | BENNETT D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3480-6566 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Preventing children’s care entry: An umbrella review of the risks, protective factors, and interventions
Background Existing reviews have documented a range of factors associated with care entry or re-entry for children, with much less attention given to the intervention literature. In addition, there has been no systematic attempt to bring these two bodies of evidence together. In this overview of systematic reviews we aimed to identify and synthesise evidence on both risk/protective factors and interventions for preventing care entry/re-entry and …
Family income trajectories and adverse outcomes in late adolescence: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Low family income and poverty are linked to adverse outcomes in childhood and adolescence. However, the role of early-life family income trajectories in shaping late-adolescence outcomes remains unclear. METHODS: Using longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study and group-based trajectory modelling, we construct family income trajectories from infancy to early adolescence. We investigate associations of these trajectories wi…
Child welfare inequalities on the agenda? A qualitative study of the local political stream in England
Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Childhood adversities, such as exposure to parental mental illness, domestic violence and abuse, substance use, and family poverty, have been linked to involvement in violence in early adulthood. However, evidence on the cumulative impact of multiple adversities throughout childhood on violence and crime in adolescence remains scarce. This study investigates the associations between trajectories of family adversity and poverty during …
Inequalities in school spending across local authorities in England: A time‐trend analysis
Investment in schools has wide‐ranging implications for society, from improving learning outcomes to economic growth and social cohesion. Addressing inequalities in school funding is important, as part of an effort to guarantee equal opportunities. However, little is known about the consequences of recent changes to school funding in England on school spending, including the introduction of the National Funding Formula (NFF) policy. We employed i…
Socioeconomic and psychosocial outcomes of parents with children in out-of-home care: A scoping review
Families involved with child welfare services (CWS) often diverge systematically from the general population. They are more likely to live in challenging circumstances characterised by adverse socioeconomic conditions (e.g. poverty) and psychosocial adversities (e.g. mental health problems and substance misuse). Past research has primarily focused on the development and lifelong health and social outcomes of children who have experienced out-of-h…
Poverty and children entering care in England: A qualitative study of local authority policymakers’ perspectives of challenges in Children’s Services
Tackling the unsustainable rise in children in care is a policy priority in England. There is growing evidence that adverse socioeconomic circumstances are an important driver of children entering care. Less is known about the place of these drivers on the Children’s Services policy agenda. Our aim in this study was to elicit local authority policymakers’ understanding of the challenges in Children’s Services over the past decade and assess how t…
Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: A modelling study between 2024 and 2033
Background We investigated the potential impacts of child poverty (CP) reduction scenarios on population health and health inequalities in England between 2024 and 2033. Methods We combined aggregate local authority-level data with published and newly created estimates on the association between CP and the rate per 100 000 of infant mortality, children (aged <16) looked after, child (aged <16) hospitalisations for nutritional anaemia and child (a…
Monitoring a Fragile Child Protection System: A Longitudinal Local Area Ecological Analysis of the Inequalities Impact of Children's Services Inspections on Statutory Child Welfare Interventions in En…
Child protection systems monitoring is key to ensuring children's wellbeing. In England, monitoring is rooted in onsite inspection, culminating in judgements ranging from 'outstanding' to 'inadequate'. But inspection may carry unintended consequences where child protection systems are weak. One potential consequence is increased child welfare intervention rates. In this longitudinal ecological study of local authorities in England, we used Poisso…
Mental health impact of cuts to local government spending on cultural, environmental and planning services in England: A longitudinal ecological study
Cuts to spending on cultural, environmental, planning and development services were associated with worsening population mental health in England. Impacts were driven by cuts to planning and development services in particular. Reinvesting in these services may contribute to improved public mental health
Inequalities in local government spending on cultural, environmental and planning services: A time-trend analysis in England, Scotland, and Wales
Funding for cultural, environmental and planning services provided by local government in the UK has been cut dramatically over the last decade, with clear geographical inequalities. Local areas worst affected have been those with a higher baseline level of deprivation, those with a single-tier local government structure, and English rural local authorities. The inequalities in cuts to these services risk widening geographical inequalities in hea…
Austerity, Poverty, and Children’s Services Quality in England: Consequences for Child Welfare and Public Services
In England, the dominant policy narrative recognises no association between spending on children’s services and quality and a limited association between quality and deprivation. We combined 374 inspection outcomes between 2011 and 2019 with data on preventative and safeguarding expenditure and Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores. A multilevel logistic regression model predicting ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ judgements suggests each £100 incr…
Funding for preventative Children’s Services and rates of children becoming looked after: A natural experiment using longitudinal area-level data in England
Children in care face adverse health outcomes, throughout the life-course, relative to the general population. In England, over the last decade, the rate of children entering care has increased. The rate of change differs markedly for older and younger children, who may also experience different preventative services. These services have been subject to inequitable spending reductions due to fiscal policies trailing the 2008 recession. To assess …
Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: A longitudinal ecological study
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is rising in disadvantaged areas in England. Sure Start children's centres provide community-based services for children <5 years and their parents, including many services that can support healthy weight, directly or indirectly. Since 2010, austerity-driven cuts to local authority (LA) budgets have led to substantially reduced public expenditure on Sure Start services. We assessed whether childhood obesity prevalenc…
Austerity, Poverty, and Children’s Services Quality in England: Consequences for Child Welfare and Public Services
In England, the dominant policy narrative recognises no association between spending on children’s services and quality and a limited association between quality and deprivation. We combined 374 inspection outcomes between 2011 and 2019 with data on preventative and safeguarding expenditure and Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores. A multilevel logistic regression model predicting ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ judgements suggests each £100 incr…
Funding for preventative Children’s Services and rates of children becoming looked after: A natural experiment using longitudinal area-level data in England
Children in care face adverse health outcomes, throughout the life-course, relative to the general population. In England, over the last decade, the rate of children entering care has increased. The rate of change differs markedly for older and younger children, who may also experience different preventative services. These services have been subject to inequitable spending reductions due to fiscal policies trailing the 2008 recession. To assess …
Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: A longitudinal ecological study
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is rising in disadvantaged areas in England. Sure Start children's centres provide community-based services for children <5 years and their parents, including many services that can support healthy weight, directly or indirectly. Since 2010, austerity-driven cuts to local authority (LA) budgets have led to substantially reduced public expenditure on Sure Start services. We assessed whether childhood obesity prevalenc…
Poverty and children entering care in England: A qualitative study of local authority policymakers’ perspectives of challenges in Children’s Services
Tackling the unsustainable rise in children in care is a policy priority in England. There is growing evidence that adverse socioeconomic circumstances are an important driver of children entering care. Less is known about the place of these drivers on the Children’s Services policy agenda. Our aim in this study was to elicit local authority policymakers’ understanding of the challenges in Children’s Services over the past decade and assess how t…
Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: A modelling study between 2024 and 2033
Background We investigated the potential impacts of child poverty (CP) reduction scenarios on population health and health inequalities in England between 2024 and 2033. Methods We combined aggregate local authority-level data with published and newly created estimates on the association between CP and the rate per 100 000 of infant mortality, children (aged <16) looked after, child (aged <16) hospitalisations for nutritional anaemia and child (a…
Funding for preventative Children’s Services and rates of children becoming looked after: A natural experiment using longitudinal area-level data in England
Children in care face adverse health outcomes, throughout the life-course, relative to the general population. In England, over the last decade, the rate of children entering care has increased. The rate of change differs markedly for older and younger children, who may also experience different preventative services. These services have been subject to inequitable spending reductions due to fiscal policies trailing the 2008 recession. To assess …
Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: A longitudinal ecological study
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is rising in disadvantaged areas in England. Sure Start children's centres provide community-based services for children <5 years and their parents, including many services that can support healthy weight, directly or indirectly. Since 2010, austerity-driven cuts to local authority (LA) budgets have led to substantially reduced public expenditure on Sure Start services. We assessed whether childhood obesity prevalenc…
Austerity, Poverty, and Children’s Services Quality in England: Consequences for Child Welfare and Public Services
In England, the dominant policy narrative recognises no association between spending on children’s services and quality and a limited association between quality and deprivation. We combined 374 inspection outcomes between 2011 and 2019 with data on preventative and safeguarding expenditure and Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores. A multilevel logistic regression model predicting ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ judgements suggests each £100 incr…
Mental health impact of cuts to local government spending on cultural, environmental and planning services in England: A longitudinal ecological study
Cuts to spending on cultural, environmental, planning and development services were associated with worsening population mental health in England. Impacts were driven by cuts to planning and development services in particular. Reinvesting in these services may contribute to improved public mental health
Inequalities in local government spending on cultural, environmental and planning services: A time-trend analysis in England, Scotland, and Wales
Funding for cultural, environmental and planning services provided by local government in the UK has been cut dramatically over the last decade, with clear geographical inequalities. Local areas worst affected have been those with a higher baseline level of deprivation, those with a single-tier local government structure, and English rural local authorities. The inequalities in cuts to these services risk widening geographical inequalities in hea…
Socioeconomic and psychosocial outcomes of parents with children in out-of-home care: A scoping review
Families involved with child welfare services (CWS) often diverge systematically from the general population. They are more likely to live in challenging circumstances characterised by adverse socioeconomic conditions (e.g. poverty) and psychosocial adversities (e.g. mental health problems and substance misuse). Past research has primarily focused on the development and lifelong health and social outcomes of children who have experienced out-of-h…
Poverty and children entering care in England: A qualitative study of local authority policymakers’ perspectives of challenges in Children’s Services
Tackling the unsustainable rise in children in care is a policy priority in England. There is growing evidence that adverse socioeconomic circumstances are an important driver of children entering care. Less is known about the place of these drivers on the Children’s Services policy agenda. Our aim in this study was to elicit local authority policymakers’ understanding of the challenges in Children’s Services over the past decade and assess how t…
Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: A modelling study between 2024 and 2033
Background We investigated the potential impacts of child poverty (CP) reduction scenarios on population health and health inequalities in England between 2024 and 2033. Methods We combined aggregate local authority-level data with published and newly created estimates on the association between CP and the rate per 100 000 of infant mortality, children (aged <16) looked after, child (aged <16) hospitalisations for nutritional anaemia and child (a…
Monitoring a Fragile Child Protection System: A Longitudinal Local Area Ecological Analysis of the Inequalities Impact of Children's Services Inspections on Statutory Child Welfare Interventions in En…
Child protection systems monitoring is key to ensuring children's wellbeing. In England, monitoring is rooted in onsite inspection, culminating in judgements ranging from 'outstanding' to 'inadequate'. But inspection may carry unintended consequences where child protection systems are weak. One potential consequence is increased child welfare intervention rates. In this longitudinal ecological study of local authorities in England, we used Poisso…
Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Childhood adversities, such as exposure to parental mental illness, domestic violence and abuse, substance use, and family poverty, have been linked to involvement in violence in early adulthood. However, evidence on the cumulative impact of multiple adversities throughout childhood on violence and crime in adolescence remains scarce. This study investigates the associations between trajectories of family adversity and poverty during …
Inequalities in school spending across local authorities in England: A time‐trend analysis
Investment in schools has wide‐ranging implications for society, from improving learning outcomes to economic growth and social cohesion. Addressing inequalities in school funding is important, as part of an effort to guarantee equal opportunities. However, little is known about the consequences of recent changes to school funding in England on school spending, including the introduction of the National Funding Formula (NFF) policy. We employed i…
Preventing children’s care entry: An umbrella review of the risks, protective factors, and interventions
Background Existing reviews have documented a range of factors associated with care entry or re-entry for children, with much less attention given to the intervention literature. In addition, there has been no systematic attempt to bring these two bodies of evidence together. In this overview of systematic reviews we aimed to identify and synthesise evidence on both risk/protective factors and interventions for preventing care entry/re-entry and …
Family income trajectories and adverse outcomes in late adolescence: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Low family income and poverty are linked to adverse outcomes in childhood and adolescence. However, the role of early-life family income trajectories in shaping late-adolescence outcomes remains unclear. METHODS: Using longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study and group-based trajectory modelling, we construct family income trajectories from infancy to early adolescence. We investigate associations of these trajectories wi…
Child welfare inequalities on the agenda? A qualitative study of the local political stream in England
Medicine (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Inequality (6 works) · Poverty (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Political science (5 works)