@article {Grecoe000526, author = {Giulia Greco and Louise Knight and Willington Ssekadde and Sophie Namy and Dipak Naker and Karen Devries}, title = {Economic evaluation of the Good School Toolkit: an intervention for reducing violence in primary schools in Uganda}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, elocation-id = {e000526}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000526}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, 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{\textquoteright}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 US$7429 per school annually, or US$15 per primary school pupil annually, in the trial intervention schools. It is estimated that the intervention has averted 1620 cases of past-week physical violence during the 18-month implementation period. The total cost per case of violence averted is US$244, and the annual implementation cost is US$96 per case averted during the trial.Conclusions The GST is a cost-effective intervention for reducing violence against pupils in primary schools in Uganda. It compares favourably against other violence reduction interventions in the region.}, URL = {https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/2/e000526}, eprint = {https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/2/e000526.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Global Health} }