caa a22 4500 606153640 CHVBK 20210128100554.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11121-014-0527-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11121-014-0527-6 Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Preventive Intervention for Divorced Families: Reduction in Mental Health and Justice System Service Use Costs 15Years Later [Elektronische Daten] [Patricia Herman, Nicole Mahrer, Sharlene Wolchik, Michele Porter, Sarah Jones, Irwin Sandler] This cost-benefit analysis compared the costs of implementing the New Beginnings Program (NBP), a preventive intervention for divorced families to monetary benefits saved in mental healthcare service use and criminal justice system costs. NBP was delivered when the offspring were 9-12 years old. Benefits were assessed 15years later when the offspring were young adults (ages 24-27). This study estimated the costs of delivering two versions of NBP, a single-component parenting-after-divorce program (Mother Program, MP) and a two-component parenting-after-divorce and child-coping program (Mother-Plus-Child Program, MPCP), to costs of a literature control (LC). Long-term monetary benefits were determined from actual expenditures from past-year mental healthcare service use for mothers and their young adult (YA) offspring and criminal justice system involvement for YAs. Data were gathered from 202 YAs and 194 mothers (75.4% of families randomly assigned to condition). The benefits, as assessed in the 15th year after program completion, were $1630/family (discounted benefits $1077/family). These 1-year benefits, based on conservative assumptions, more than paid for the cost of MP and covered the majority of the cost of MPCP. Because the effects of MP versus MPCP on mental health and substance use problems have not been significantly different at short-term or long-term follow-up assessments, program managers would likely choose the lower-cost option. Given that this evaluation only calculated economic benefit at year 15 and not the previous 14 (nor future years), these findings suggest that, from a societal perspective, NBP more than pays for itself in future benefits. Society for Prevention Research, 2014 Cost-benefit analysis nationallicence Divorce nationallicence Prevention nationallicence Herman Patricia RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA aut Mahrer Nicole Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Wolchik Sharlene Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Porter Michele Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Jones Sarah Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Sandler Irwin Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/4(2015-05-01), 586-596 1389-4986 16:4<586 2015 16 11121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0527-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0527-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Herman Patricia RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mahrer Nicole Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wolchik Sharlene Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Porter Michele Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jones Sarah Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sandler Irwin Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S. McAllister Ave., 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/4(2015-05-01), 586-596 1389-4986 16:4<586 2015 16 11121