The National Evaluation of Sure Start Does area-based early intervention work? /
Melhuish, Edward C.,1950-
Barnes, Jacqueline.
Belsky, Jay,1952-
Following 5 years of systemic research exploring the efficacy and impact of Sure Start Local Programmes, this book pulls together, in a single volume, the results of the extensive National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS).
Description based upon print version of record.
The National Evaluation of Sure Start; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Notes on contributors; 1. The policy background to Sure Start; 2. Targeting deprived areas: the nature of the Sure Start Local Programme neighbourhoods; 3. The challenge of profiling communities; 4. The methodologies for the evaluation of complex interventions: an ongoing debate; 5. Sure Start Local Programmes: an overview of the implementation task; 6. Living with Sure Start: human experience of an early intervention programme; 7. The costs and benefits of Sure Start Local Programmes
8. Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on children and families9. Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes: consequences for children and families; 10. How Sure Start Local Programme areas changed; 11. Sure Start Local Programmes: an outsider's perspective; Index
Following 5 years of systemic research exploring the efficacy and impact of Sure Start Local Programmes, this book pulls together, in a single volume, the results of the extensive National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Sure Start (Programme)
Sure Start (Programme)
Poor children
Evaluation.
Social work with people with social disabilities
Preschool children
Poor children
Poor children
Community-based child welfare