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Overview
I am an ESRC-funded PhD student conducting research into the mental health needs of care experienced young people.
Publication
2024
- Wood, S., Williams, A., Warner, N., Hodges, H., Cummings, A. and Forrester, D. 2024. Outcomes for high-risk young people referred to secure children’s homes for welfare reasons: a population record linkage study in England. Journal of Children's Services 19(2), pp. 105-122. (10.1108/JCS-04-2023-0018)
- Cummings, A. and Shelton, K. 2024. The prevalence of mental health disorders amongst care-experienced young people in the UK: A systematic review. Children and Youth Services Review 156, article number: 107367. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107367)
- Evans, R. et al. 2024. Acceptability, feasibility and perceived effectiveness of online and remote mental health and wellbeing interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study with care-experienced young people, carers and professionals. Children and Youth Services Review 156, article number: 107321. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107321)
2023
- Stabler, L. et al. 2023. ‘I probably wouldn’t want to talk about anything too personal’: A qualitative exploration of how issues of privacy, confidentiality and surveillance in the home impact on access and engagement with online services and spaces for care-experienced young people. Adoption & Fostering 47(3), pp. 277-294. (10.1177/03085759231203019)
- Cummings, A. 2023. The views of mental health professionals who use digital methods to support care-experienced young people. Practice: Social Work in Action 35(2), pp. 121-136. (10.1080/09503153.2022.2044769)
2022
- Cummings, A. 2022. To what extent are the mental health needs of children and young people (aged 11-18) in care being supported?. Presented at: International Population Data Linkage Conference 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7 - 9 September 2022, Vol. 7. Vol. 3. Swansea University, (10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1778)
- Mannay, D. et al. 2022. The strengths and challenges of online services and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: A study exploring the views of young people, carers, and social care professionals in Wales during the Coronavirus pandemic. Project Report. Cardiff: The Fostering Network in Wales.
- Williams, A., Cummings, A., Forrester, D., Hodges, H., Warner, N. and Wood, S. 2022. Even secure children’s homes won’t take me. Children placed in alternative accommodation. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 39(4), pp. 370-386. (10.1080/0886571X.2022.2044431)
2020
- Williams, A., Wood, S., Warner, N., Cummings, A., Hodges, H., El-Banna, A. and Daher, S. 2020. Unlocking the facts: young people referred to secure children's homes. What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/unlocking-the-facts-young-people-referred-to-secure-childrens-homes/
2019
- Maxwell, N., Wallace, C., Cummings, A., Bayfield, H. and Morgan, H. 2019. A systematic map and synthesis review of child criminal exploitation. Project Report. National Safeguarding Panel: Wales.
Articles
- Wood, S., Williams, A., Warner, N., Hodges, H., Cummings, A. and Forrester, D. 2024. Outcomes for high-risk young people referred to secure children’s homes for welfare reasons: a population record linkage study in England. Journal of Children's Services 19(2), pp. 105-122. (10.1108/JCS-04-2023-0018)
- Cummings, A. and Shelton, K. 2024. The prevalence of mental health disorders amongst care-experienced young people in the UK: A systematic review. Children and Youth Services Review 156, article number: 107367. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107367)
- Evans, R. et al. 2024. Acceptability, feasibility and perceived effectiveness of online and remote mental health and wellbeing interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study with care-experienced young people, carers and professionals. Children and Youth Services Review 156, article number: 107321. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107321)
- Stabler, L. et al. 2023. ‘I probably wouldn’t want to talk about anything too personal’: A qualitative exploration of how issues of privacy, confidentiality and surveillance in the home impact on access and engagement with online services and spaces for care-experienced young people. Adoption & Fostering 47(3), pp. 277-294. (10.1177/03085759231203019)
- Cummings, A. 2023. The views of mental health professionals who use digital methods to support care-experienced young people. Practice: Social Work in Action 35(2), pp. 121-136. (10.1080/09503153.2022.2044769)
- Williams, A., Cummings, A., Forrester, D., Hodges, H., Warner, N. and Wood, S. 2022. Even secure children’s homes won’t take me. Children placed in alternative accommodation. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 39(4), pp. 370-386. (10.1080/0886571X.2022.2044431)
Conferences
- Cummings, A. 2022. To what extent are the mental health needs of children and young people (aged 11-18) in care being supported?. Presented at: International Population Data Linkage Conference 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7 - 9 September 2022, Vol. 7. Vol. 3. Swansea University, (10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1778)
Monographs
- Mannay, D. et al. 2022. The strengths and challenges of online services and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: A study exploring the views of young people, carers, and social care professionals in Wales during the Coronavirus pandemic. Project Report. Cardiff: The Fostering Network in Wales.
- Williams, A., Wood, S., Warner, N., Cummings, A., Hodges, H., El-Banna, A. and Daher, S. 2020. Unlocking the facts: young people referred to secure children's homes. What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/unlocking-the-facts-young-people-referred-to-secure-childrens-homes/
- Maxwell, N., Wallace, C., Cummings, A., Bayfield, H. and Morgan, H. 2019. A systematic map and synthesis review of child criminal exploitation. Project Report. National Safeguarding Panel: Wales.
- Maxwell, N., Wallace, C., Cummings, A., Bayfield, H. and Morgan, H. 2019. A systematic map and synthesis review of child criminal exploitation. Project Report. National Safeguarding Panel: Wales.
