Total and Marginal Cost Analysis for a High School Based Bystander Intervention
Author ORCID Identifier
Joshua L. Bush 
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6879-7990
Department
Business
Department Name When Scholarship Produced
Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Costs of providing the Green Dot bystander-based intervention, shown to be effective in the reduction of sexual violence among Kentucky high school students, were estimated based on data from a large cluster-randomized clinical trial. Rape Crisis Center Educators were trained to provide Green Dot curriculum to students. Implementing Green Dot in schools (N = 13) randomized to the intervention, over five years, cost $1.6 M and included start-up ($58 K) and ongoing implementation ($1.55 M). Costs for adding a school ($25,510) were calculated based on the final year, where no start-up costs were incurred. Knowing the $25,510 cost estimate for adding Green Dot may be particularly useful for high school administrators or school boards when they were making economic decisions based on strong evidence of program effectiveness to reduce violence.
Recommended Citation
Bush, J. L., Bush, H. M., Brancato, C. J., Clear, E. R., Coker, A. L., & Recktenwald, E. A. (2018). "Total and Marginal Cost Analysis for a High School Based Bystander Intervention." Journal of School Violence, 17(2), 152-163. doi:10.1080/15388220.2016.1275656
Journal Title
Journal of School Violence
