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- Title
Using Benefit-Cost Analysis to Assess Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Programs.
- Authors
Plotnick, Robert D.; Deppman, Laurie
- Abstract
Provides information on a study which used benefit-cost analysis to structure evaluations of child abuse prevention and intervention programs. Fundamental aspects of benefit-cost analysis; Benefits of using a benefit-cost analysis in program evaluation; Limitations of using benefit-cost analysis; Importance of evaluating costs in child welfare service programs; Application of benefit-cost analysis to the prevention and remedy of financial problems in child welfare programs.
- Subjects
COST effectiveness; CHILD welfare; COST accounting; COST analysis; SOCIAL work with children; FINANCING of child welfare; SOCIAL services financing; SERVICES for abused children; PREVENTION of child abuse
- Publication
Child Welfare, 1999, Vol 78, Issue 3, p381
- ISSN
0009-4021
- Publication type
Article