The advice for councils and partnership services is intended to help them make the most of resources amid increasing funding pressures and demand for children's services.
The Local Government Association (LGA) commissioned public sector researchers Isos Partnership to carry out the study, which looked in-depth at eight local areas' early help offers.
The study set out to evaluate the combined impact of councils' different measures, rather than individual ones - as is claimed to be the case with existing research - after a report by influencial charity the Early Intervention Foundation called for a new approach.
"It is therefore the aim of this research to make a contribution to addressing this gap in the collective understanding of system-level approaches to the design and delivery of early help," the report states.
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