The impact of Sure Start local programmes on seven year olds and their families
ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)Published 1 June 2012Open access
Edward Melhuish, Jay Belsky, Alastair H. Leyland
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Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs), the forerunners to Sure Start Children's Centres, aimed to support young children and their families by integrating early education, childcare, healthcare and family support services in disadvantaged areas. The programmes' objectives were to improve the health and well-being of families and young children, so that the children would have a greater opportunity to do well in school and later in life. This study investigates child and family functioning in over 5000 families recruited from 150 SSLP areas, and makes comparisons with children and families in similarly disadvantaged areas not having a SSLP in order to evaluate whether there are effects associated with SSLPs.
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