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March 15, 2026The British Journal of Social WorkOpen Access

Just because we can does not mean we should: Responsible and meaningful uses of administrative data in the evaluation of complex interventions in children’s social care

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The aim is to assess the meaningful use of administrative data in the evaluation of complex interventions in children's social care.
Analysis of insights from webinars by the Children’s Social Care Data User Group
Focus on challenges using administrative data for evaluations
Examination of data sufficiency for comparison groups and outcome measurement.
Administrative data are insufficient for meaningful evaluation without additional context.
Key challenges include understanding interventions and creating valid comparison groups.
The study emphasizes risks of confounding in evaluations reliant on administrative data.

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This research highlights challenges in evaluating complex interventions in children's social care using administrative data, indicating the need for robust evaluation methods.

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Holmes et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b5ff3b83145bc643d1b65a https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcag017

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This research highlights challenges in evaluating complex interventions in children's social care using administrative data, indicating the need for robust evaluation methods.

Just because we can does not mean we should: Responsible and meaningful uses of administrative data in the evaluation of complex interventions in children’s social care

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Just because we can does not mean we should: Responsible and meaningful uses of administrative data in the evaluation of complex interventions in children’s social care

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