Economic evaluation of the Good School Toolkit: an intervention for reducing violence in primary schools in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This paper presents the cost and cost-effectiveness of the Good School Toolkit (GST), a programme aimed at reducing physical violence perpetrated by school staff to students in Uganda.

Methods

The effectiveness of the Toolkit was tested with a cluster randomised controlled trial in 42 primary schools in Luwero District, Uganda. A full economic costing evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis were conducted alongside the trial. Both financial and economic costs were collected retrospectively from the provider's perspective to estimate total and unit costs.

Results

The total cost of setting up and running the Toolkit over the 18-month trial period is estimated at US$397 233, excluding process monitor (M&E) activities. The cost to run the intervention is U

SUBMITTER: Greco G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914895 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature