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dc.contributor.authorManning, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorHomel, Ross
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-09T12:30:54Z
dc.date.available2017-10-09T12:30:54Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:55:07Z
dc.identifier.issn1832-1526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41903
dc.description.abstractSocial scientists and education, health and human service practitioners recognise the benefits of primary prevention and early intervention compared with remedial alternatives. A recent meta-analytic review of early childhood prevention programs conducted by the authors demonstrates good returns on investment well beyond the early years, into and beyond adolescence. There are two methodological deficiencies in the current prevention literature: (1) the limited tools available to assist when making choices on resource allocation and engaging in a structured decision-making process with respect to alternative policy options for early prevention; (2) the absence of a rigorous tool for measuring the economic impact of early prevention programs on salient aspects of non health-related quality of life. This paper examines traditional economic methods of evaluation used to assess early prevention programs, and outlines a new method, adapted from the Analytical Hierarchy Process, that can be used to address these deficiencies.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe University of Sydney
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.australianreview.net/journal/v10/n1/manning_etal.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom61
dc.relation.ispartofpageto77
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Review of Public Affairs
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.titleAn economic method for formulating better policies for positive child development
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 University of Sydney. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorSmith, Christine A.
gro.griffith.authorHomel, Ross J.


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