Support Fund external evaluation

The PATH Support Fund projects were rigorously evaluated over three years (2004-2007) by an external consortium commissioned by PATH and ASH Scotland, resulting in the final report entitled 'Evaluating the impact of the National Partnership Action on Tobacco & Health (PATH) Support Fund on Smoking Cessation Services for Pregnant Women and People Facing Inequalities'.

The external evaluation was carried out by:

• Scottish Centre for Social Research (formerly Scottish Health Feedback): Lyn Jones, Fenella Hayes 
• Institute for Social Marketing  - University of Stirling: Susan MacAskill, Martine Stead and Kathryn Angus
• Public Health Sciences Section - The University of Edinburgh: Dr. Amanda Amos

The evaluation had three parts - a process, outcome and programme evaluation. The main objectives were to:

• capture the individual stories of the projects and their impact on the target groups 
• assess the effectiveness of the different approaches in terms of smoking cessation
• assess the effectiveness of the funded projects as a whole.

The Executive Summary and the Final Report of the external evaluation team are available upon request via enquiries@ashscotland.org.uk.