Emerging findings from the ABS national evaluation

About

The national evaluation of A Better Start (ABS) is being undertaken by The ABS national evaluation team led by The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) with their partners: University of Sussex; Research in Practice; the National Children’s Bureau; and RSM.

Findings 

This paper presents emerging findings from the ongoing ABS national evaluation. This includes; 

• Emerging findings relating to the diet and nutrition outcome
• Emerging findings relating to the communication and language outcome
• Emerging findings relating to the social and emotional outcome
• Emerging findings relating to systems change
• Final comments and further information

For further details of the findings, please see the full paper below. 

1. Emerging findings from the ABS national evaluation - January 2023 (pdf)

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First annual podcast

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