Young Carers in Early Childhood-How Are Young Carers Represented in Broader Literature and What Factors Influence Dominant Representations of Young Carers in Early Childhood in the UK?

Carly Ellicott, Sayyeda Ume Rubab, Andy McGowan, Beth Neale, Ali Bidaran, Felicity Dewsbery, Alyson Norman, Helen Lloyd

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Supporting Young Carers in Early Childhood: Mapping Power, Threat, Meaning, and Strengths: A PTMF-Informed Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Carly EllicottFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.ORCID 0009-0000-3095-1665

Sayyeda Ume RubabFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.

Andy McGowanCarers Trust, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HP, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-8816-6462

Beth NealeCarers Trust, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HP, UK.

Ali BidaranFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.

Felicity DewsberyPen Green Centre for Children and Their Families, Corby NN171BJ, UK.

Alyson NormanFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4332-6049

Helen LloydFaculty of Health, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2916-1874

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contextualization of young carers in early childhood is complex. Biopsychosocial impacts of young caregiving are receiving growing interest, yet the voice and experience of society's youngest carers (0-5 years) remain absent from the literature. This scoping review explores representation of young carers in their early years (0-5 years), presented as part of a broader program of PhD research undertaken by the lead author. Aiming to influence systematic change in the way young carers are perceived and supported in society, further research is recommended. This will serve to better inform whole family support strategies in the context of young carer policy and practice. This review has been undertaken following JBI guidance for scoping reviews. A comprehensive literature search included publications dated 2014-2024 in Scopus, PubMed, PsycINFO, Eric, Web of Science, and Carers Trust and NSPCC websites. The overall search yielded no studies which met the inclusion criteria. Results were discussed with knowledge users, and content experts with lived experience of caring in early childhood, at all stages of the review process. The absence of relevant research highlights a significant gap in knowledge regarding the way in which the lived experiences of young carers in early childhood are represented and understood.

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early childhoodearly yearspreventionyoung carers

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PMID39942469

DOI10.3390/healthcare13030280

PMCPMC11817451

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