The National Evaluation of Sure Start

We are involved with the National Evaluation of Sure Start, an evaluation of a complex intervention, based at the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues at Birkbeck, University of London.

Publications

Leyland AH. Methodological challenges in the evaluation of community interventions. European Journal of Public Health 2010; 20:242-3.

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The National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) Research Team (including Leyland A.H.). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on five year olds and their families. London: Department of Families and Education, 2010.

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Belsky J, Leyland AH, Barnes J, Melhuish E. Sure Start in England. Lancet 2009; 373:381.

Melhuish E, Belsky J, Leyland AH, Barnes J, the National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team. Effects of fully-established Sure Start Local Programmes on 3 year old children and their families living in England: a quazi-experimental observational study. Lancet 2008; 372:1641-47.
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The National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) Research Team (including Leyland AH). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on three year olds and their families. London: Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London, NESS/2008/FR/027, 2008.
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Melhuish E, Belsky J, Anning A, Ball M, Barnes J, Romaniuk H, Leyland AH, NESS Research Team. Variation in community intervention programmes and consequences for children and families: the example of Sure Start Local Programmes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2007; 48:543-51.
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Belsky J, Melhuish E, Barnes J, Leyland AH, Romaniuk H, National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team. Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study. British Medical Journal 2006; 332:1476-1748.
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The National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) Research Team. Early Impacts of Sure Start Local Programmes on Children and Families. London: Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London, 2005.

Tunstill J, Allnock D, Akhurst S, Garbers C, Leyland AH, NESS Research Team. Sure Start Local Programmes: Implications of case study data from the National Evaluation of Sure Start. Children & Society 2005; 19:158-171.

National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team (including Leyland AH). The National Evaluation of Sure Start local programmes in England. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2004; 9:2-8.
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