TY - JOUR
T1 - A Framework for Valuing Investments in a Nurturing Society
T2 - Opportunities for Prevention Research
AU - Crowley, Max
AU - Jones, Damon
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding was provided by National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grant Nos. R01 DA016903, R13 DA036339) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Investing in strategies that aim to build a more nurturing society offers tremendous opportunities for the field of prevention science. Yet, scientists struggle to consistently take their research beyond effectiveness evaluations and actually value the impact of preventive strategies. Ultimately, it is clear that convincing policymakers to make meaningful investments in children and youth will require estimates of the fiscal impact of such strategies across public service systems. The framework offered here values such investments. First, we review current public spending on children and families. Then, we describe how to quantify and monetize the impact of preventive interventions. This includes a new measurement strategy for assessing multisystem service utilization and a price list for key service provision from public education, social services, criminal justice, health care and tax systems.
AB - Investing in strategies that aim to build a more nurturing society offers tremendous opportunities for the field of prevention science. Yet, scientists struggle to consistently take their research beyond effectiveness evaluations and actually value the impact of preventive strategies. Ultimately, it is clear that convincing policymakers to make meaningful investments in children and youth will require estimates of the fiscal impact of such strategies across public service systems. The framework offered here values such investments. First, we review current public spending on children and families. Then, we describe how to quantify and monetize the impact of preventive interventions. This includes a new measurement strategy for assessing multisystem service utilization and a price list for key service provision from public education, social services, criminal justice, health care and tax systems.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10567-017-0228-3
DO - 10.1007/s10567-017-0228-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28247294
AN - SCOPUS:85014055425
SN - 1096-4037
VL - 20
SP - 87
EP - 103
JO - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
JF - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
IS - 1
ER -
