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Trusted Professional Multi-Agency Transitions for Young People Facing Multiple Disadvantage – Learning from Co-Production by a Third Sector Partner in the Plymouth Alliance, UK Cover

Trusted Professional Multi-Agency Transitions for Young People Facing Multiple Disadvantage – Learning from Co-Production by a Third Sector Partner in the Plymouth Alliance, UK

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 25 (2025): Issue 3
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Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.9055 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2024
Accepted on: Jul 14, 2025
Published on: Jul 21, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
transitions,
young people,
multiple and complex needs,
trauma,
childhood adversity,
broader determinants of health,
vulnerable/disadvantaged

© 2025 Gemma Doyle, Sean Mitchell, Sue Hawley, Katy Krysiak, Felix Gradinger, published by Ubiquity Press
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