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Table 3 Findings from systematic review of SROI application in Public Health

From: Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology to account for value for money of public health interventions: a systematic review

Study characteristics

Number of studies

% of total

SROI type

  

Evaluative type

26

65.00

Forecast type

14

35.00

Area of Public Health

  

Child Health

4

10.00

Environmental Health

1

2.50

Health Care Management

2

5.00

Health Education

1

2.50

Health Promotion

12

30.00

Mental Health

11

27.50

Nutrition

3

7.50

Sexual Reproductive Health

6

15.00

Stakeholders included

  

Only beneficiaries

21

52.50

Beneficiaries and implementers

3

7.50

Beneficiaries and promoters

2

5.00

Beneficiaries, implementers and promoters

3

7.50

All stakeholders

11

27.50

Data Source

  

Qualitative alone

3

7.50

Qualitative + primary

8

20.50

Qualitative + secondary

9

22.50

Qualitative + primary + secondary

15

37.50

Quantitative (primary) alone

1

2.50

Quantitative (secondary) alone

3

7.50

Quantitative (primary + secondary)

1

2.50