Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

With rising poverty and widening health inequity among children in the UK, the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Sure Start programme on child health outcomes in disadvantaged children.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

We conducted a comprehensive search of three databases: Embase, Medline and Social Policy and Practice, with grey literature searched using Open Grey, Social Care Online and Google Scholar. The search was conducted in January 2024.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

All primary studies investigating health outcomes in children as a result of Sure Start intervention were eligible for inclusion, without limitations on study design.

Data extraction and synthesis

Full-text articles in English wer

SUBMITTER: Hayre J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11842985 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature