The PATH 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:
The evaluation had three parts - a process, outcome and programme evaluation. The main objectives were to:
The Executive Summary and the Final Report of the external evaluation team are available as pdf files for downloading.
Susan MacAskill presented the evaluators' findings in a PowerPoint presentation at the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference, held in London, June 2007.