Abstract
Background
The Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program matches vulnerable young people with a trained, supervised adult volunteer as mentor. The young people are typically seriously disadvantaged, with multiple psychosocial problems.
Methods
Threshold analysis was undertaken to determine whether investment in the program was a worthwhile use of limited public funds. The potential cost savings were based on US estimates of life-time costs associated with high-risk youth who drop out-of-school and become adult criminals. The intervention was modelled for children aged 10a??14 years residing in Melbourne in 2004.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1 - 9 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | BMC Public Health |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | Art. No: 41 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |