Evaluation of the 'You First' Programme for Young Parents

FOOTNOTES

1. We have defined 'completing the programme' as attending at least one of the last two sessions

2. Scottish Government (2008) The Early Years Framework

3. Scottish Government (2008) Achieving Our Potential: A Framework to tackle poverty and income inequality in Scotland

4. Scottish Government (2008) Equally Well: report of the ministerial task force on health inequalities

5. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright

6. The intention was to deliver 10 programmes in the pilot. One Phase 2 programme did not go ahead as there were insufficient numbers of eligible parents in the area who were interested in attending. The 10^th programme is currently running. However, it does not form part of the evaluation.

7. Further information on the selection of areas is provided in Chapter 6.

8. Throughout the report, the term 'health visitors' is used to refer to Public Health Nurses. This reflects the terminology used by evaluation participants.

9. Information on working status and living arrangements is missing for one parent.

10. The length of the day was shortened in two of the pilots in Phase 3. Further details can be found in section 4.17

11. In one of the programmes in Phase 3, the morning and afternoon sessions were swapped so the babies were in the crèche in the afternoon. Further details can be found in section 4.16

12. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright/practical-tools

13. We have defined 'completing the programme' as attending at least one of the last two sessions

14. Not all of these parents will have 'completed' the programme, according to our definition. They may have missed the last two sessions but still have had the home visit at the end of the programme.

15. It should be borne in mind throughout this chapter that the discussion of the benefits is based on perceptions of parents and professionals who took part in the qualitative research as opposed to being based on independent, objective measures of behavioural change. See paragraphs 2.5-2.7 for further details.

16. For example, recent mapping Ipsos MORI conducted of child poverty data against SIMD data showed significant areas of child poverty outwith the most deprived areas. http://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Scotland/SRI_Scotland_Newsletter_Winter2011_Small_Area_Estimates_II-%20Child_Poverty_Data.pdf

17. We have defined 'completing the programme' as attending at least one of the last two sessions

18. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale was funded by the Scottish Executive National Programme for improving mental health and well-being, commissioned by NHS Health Scotland, developed by the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh, and is jointly owned by NHS Health Scotland, the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh.