Physical education, school sport and looked-after-children: Health, wellbeing and educational engagement by Chloe O'Donnell, Rachel Sandford, Andrew Parker

“…In recent years, there has been unprecedented awareness within policy and research of the disadvantageous trajectories that looked-after children and young people (LACYP) often face; particularly in relation to their education, health and wellbeing (Sebba et al., 2015; Mannay et al., 2017). Despite the perceived capacity of sport, physical activity and physical education to contribute to young people’s positive development (e.g. …”
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Exploring the physical education and school sport experiences of looked-after children and young people by Chloe Woodhouse

“…In so doing, the study adopts a conceptual framework in the form of a social ecological model that possesses five levels of influence at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, community and public policy level (see McLeroy et al., 1988). …”
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