Value of Prevention: Valuation Tools for California Multi-Sector Collaboratives

The adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” has proven difficult to demonstrate for many public health efforts as traditional valuation methods are not well suited to cross-sector community health initiatives. With support from the Blue Shield of California Foundation, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. and Minga Analytics will partner with a number of community health initiatives to develop and test a set of approaches and tools to estimate the value of prevention-focused activities for multiple stakeholders. The approaches and tools will assess both financial and non-financial benefits of prevention-focused activities, and they will be applicable to a range of activities and stakeholders to allow for broad use.