Table 4 Social return on investment (SROI) of public health interventions: Adulthood (main employment and reproductive years)
From: The social value of investing in public health across the life course: a systematic scoping review
Reference | Public health topic | Country | Population | Aim of Intervention | Crude SROI ratio for assessed time horizon | Quality score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forth Sector Development 2007 [49] | Mental well-being | Scotland | Individuals with mental health problems who have recently become unemployed | To support people with mental health problems after they have become unemployed to improve their overall health and well-being. | £1.57/£1 invested | 8 |
Goodspeed 2009 [50] | Mental well-being | England | Individuals with mental health problems | To successfully develop and train people with mental health problems in a genuine business environment to encourage independence and self-esteem through work. | £3.09/£1 invested | 9 |
Leck 2012 [51] | Mental well-being | England | Aged between 14 and 65 with varying levels of learning difficulties/disabilities, mental health issues and acquired brain injuries, and young people who are struggling in mainstream education | To provide therapy, education, training, work and friendship for people with a wide range of individual needs | £3.77/£1 invested | 9 |
New Economics Foundation 2017 [52] | Mental well-being | England | Adults with multiple long term health conditions, low-level emotional health concerns, or lifestyles of social issues | To provide support for adults with multiple long-term health conditions, low-level emotional health concerns, or lifestyle or social issues | £7/£1 invested | 0 |
Gingerbread and New Economics Foundation 2013 [53] | General health and well-being | Wales | Single parent families | To provide opportunities for single parent families to get together, meet new people and share experiences. | £4.27/£1 invested | 9 |
Hoggett et al 2014 [54] | General health and well-being | England | Troubled families | To seek new ways of working with troubled families - changing trajectories for families and changing the ways services are delivered to them. | £0.66/£1 invested | 6 |
Lukoseviciute 2010 [55] | Smoking | Netherlands | Individuals aged 20–65+ years | To encourage individuals to quit smoking through a smoking cessation programme | €2.2/€1 invested | 4 |
Inge 2012 [56] | Employment | England and Wales | Disadvantaged young people (particularly those who have been homeless) | Ready for Work is a Business in the Community (BITC) programme that engages business to support disadvantaged groups, particularly people who have experienced homelessness, into employment. | £3.12/£1 invested | 10 |
Bradly, Butler and Leathem 2013 [57] | Substance misuse | England | Adults recovering from drug misuse | To promote recovery and community integration for people who have experienced problematic drug and alcohol use -aftercare. | £4.02/£1 invested | 9 |