Starting Well Health Demonstration Project
Following publication in 1999 of the White Paper on Public Health, Towards a Healthier Scotland (external link), four national demonstration projects (external link) were funded by the Scottish Executive.
Starting Well was the National Health Demonstration Project for child health. Led by the Glasgow Healthy City Partnership, it involved collaboration between partner organisations that represent a range of statutory, voluntary and research/academic interests.
Quick links on this page:
About Starting Well
Portfolio report
Annual Reports
Independent evaluation
Starting Well Database Analysis
Evaluation of the Positive Parenting Programme (Triple P)
Community support
Health Visiting Practice Guides
Goal setting
Phase 2
Parents and Children Together (PACT) Teams summary
About Starting Well
The project aimed to demonstrate that child health in Glasgow could be improved by a programme of activities that both supports families, and provides them with access to enhanced community-based resources.
An information sheet on Starting Well is available to download.
Download Starting Well Information Sheet
From March 2006, the service became mainstreamed and changed its name to Parents and Children Together Teams (PACT). Further information on PACT is available through our PACT page.
Portfolio report downloads
Starting Well produced a Portfolio of reports from Phase One which has now been supplemented with information about Phase Two. The report is in different sections, which have been written by members of the Project Teams, and offer service-based representation of the work of the project with families.
You can access the different sections of the portfolio report below. If you would like a printed copy, please send a request to: Startingwell@health.scot.nhs.uk .
Introduction
Contents
Contributors
What is the Starting Well Project?
What is intensive support?
What is the Family Health Plan?
What are the Evidence Based Practice Guides?
What is the Core Visiting Schedule?
What is the role of the Health Support Workers?
What is the role of the Community Nursery Nurses?
What is Triple P?
What is the Starting Well approach to promoting family health?
What are the Local Implementation Group, Affiliation Scheme and Development fund?
What is the Starting Well approach to community support?
What is the role of the Bilingual Worker?
What is the Starting Well Steering Group?
What is the Learning Set?
What is professional development training?
What is the internal evaluation?
What is the external (independent) evaluation?
What is the Early Years National Learning Network?
What are the Starting Well Project Management Structures?
Starting Well Project References
Phase Two Contents
What is Starting Well Phase Two?
What is the National Policy Context for Phase Two?
What about Triple P?
What is Change Management in this context?
External Evaluation in Phase Two
Phase Two References
Starting Well Annual Reports
Annual and Project reports for Phase One can be downloaded using the following links:
Annual Report 2000/2001
Annual Report 2001/2002
Project Report Oct 2002
Independent evaluation
The Scottish Executive commissioned the former Health Promotion Policy Unit at Glasgow University to undertake independent evaluation of Starting Well. This evaluation considers the project’s theoretical underpinnings and processes, impact, and policy implications.
Final Evaluation Report of Phase One of Starting Well (external link)
Starting Well Database Analysis
The PEACH Unit (Paediatric Epidemiology and Community Health) at Yorkhill Hospital analysed the Starting Well internal database of family information. The report, published in January 2007, provides analysis of the targeting of health visitor support to more vulnerable families within the context of Starting Well. The report also discusses aspects of targeting within Starting Well that may relate to the current implementation of Health for All Children 4.
The Starting Well Database Analysis report can be downloaded here.
Evaluation of the Positive Parenting Programme (Triple P)
The evaluation of the Triple P programme is now available to download.
Community support
A report on the community support elements of Starting Wellis now available to download.
Health Visiting Practice Guides
An independent audit of the Starting Well Health Visiting Practice Guides is now available to download.
Goal Setting
The final report of a research study exploring health visitor practice in the Starting Well demonstration project, Goal Setting within the Framework of the Family Health Plan, is available now to download.
Phase 2
A briefing paper describing the vision for Phase 2 of the Starting Well project can be downloaded here.
A Progress Report on Phase 2 can also be downloaded here.
Parents and Children Together (PACT) Teams
For more details on PACT and links to related documents, please see our PACT page.