Recording:

Facilitator(s):  

• Carol Levin, University of Washington 

• Chloe Puett, PhD, Stony Brook University 

• Christopher Kemp, PhD University of Washington 

Description and Learning Objectives​

This learning lab builds on AHN Academy technical brief on Economic Evaluation of Multisectoral Actions for Health and Nutrition. Participants will become familiar with how to apply a new framework for assessing the costs and benefits of agriculture, health and nutrition interventions/programs and learn about the types of economic evidence generated from such analyses. The specific learning objectives will be to: (1) Learn about the ANH Academy framework for economic evaluation of multisectoral actions and its subsequent application as part of the SEEMS-Nutrition Project; (2) Become familiar with a set of planning tools and cost data collection tools for conducting their own cost study; (3) Understand how to integrate cost data collection in on-going impact evaluations; (4) Learn how these combined data can yield cost-efficiency information, cost-effectiveness and benefit cost analysis 

Preparatory materials to be reviewed in advance of live session:

• Please fill out this survey prior to the live session

• Economic Evaluation of Multisectoral Actions for Health and Nutrition

• At least one of the below articles:

  • Puett, C., Salpéteur, C., Lacroix, E., Zimunya, S. D., Israël, A. D., & Aït-Aïssa, M. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of community vegetable gardens for people living with HIV in Zimbabwe. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 12(1), 11.  

  • Trenouth, L., Colbourn, T., Fenn, B., Pietzsch, S., Myatt, M., & Puett, C. (2018). The cost of preventing undernutrition: cost, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of three cash-based interventions on nutrition outcomes in Dadu, Pakistan. Health Policy and Planning, 33(6), 743-754.  

  • Puett, C., Salpéteur, C., Houngbe, F., Martínez, K., N’Diaye, D. S., & Tonguet-Papucci, A. (2018). Costs and cost-efficiency of a mobile cash transfer to prevent child undernutrition during the lean season in Burkina Faso: a mixed methods analysis from the MAM’Out randomized controlled trial. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 16(1), 13.  

  • Puett, C., Salpéteur, C., Lacroix, E., Houngbé, F., Aït-Aïssa, M., & Israël, A. D. (2013). Protecting child health and nutrition status with ready-to-use food in addition to food assistance in urban Chad: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 11(1), 27.

  • Levin, C. E., Self, J. L., Kedera, E., Wamalwa, M., Hu, J., Grant, F., ... & Low, J. W. (2019). What is the cost of integration? Evidence from an integrated health and agriculture project to improve nutrition outcomes in Western Kenya. Health policy and planning, 34(9), 646-655. 

• Optional, but highly recommended.

  • Moreland, S. F Shaylen and L Morris.  (2019) A Guide to the Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Public Health. USAID, Measure Evaluation. Read or skim chapters 2, 5 and 6.

  • Optional

    • Alderman, H., Behrman, J. R., & Puett, C. (2017). Big numbers about small children: Estimating the economic benefits of addressing undernutrition. The World Bank Research Observer, 32(1), 107-125.

    • Puett, C., Sadler, K., Alderman, H., Coates, J., Fiedler, J. L., & Myatt, M. (2013). Cost-effectiveness of the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in southern Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning, 28(4), 386-399.

• Learning lab post-read or resources: 

  • General reference documents for best practices and conducting high quality economic evaluations

    • iDSi Reference case on economic evaluation Wilkinson, T., Sculpher, M.J., Claxton, K., Revill, P., Briggs, A., Cairns, J.A., Teerawattananon, Y., Asfaw, E., Lopert, R., Culyer, A.J. and Walker, D.G., 2016. The international decision support initiative reference case for economic evaluation: an aid to thought. Value in Health, 19(8), pp.921-928.

    •  GHCC Reference case on global health costing  Vassall, A., Sweeney, S., Kahn, J., Gomez, G., Bollinger, L. and Marseille, E., 2017. Reference Case for Estimating the Costs of Global Health Services and Interventions.   Seattle, WA: Global Health Cost Consortium.

    • Harvard School of Public Health BCA guidelines  Robinson, L.A., Hammitt, J.K., Jamison, D.T. and Walker, D.G., 2019. Conducting Benefit-Cost Analysis in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 10(S1), pp.1-14.

  • Selected guidelines developed for a specific topic or implementing organization: examples from nutrition and early childhood development

    • Puett, C. (2013) Cost-Effectiveness Guidelines:  An Introduction and Overview of Key Concepts for Cost-effectiveness Analysis within ACF.  Paris: France: Action Contre le Faim

    • Gustafsson-Wright, E. I Boggild-Jones, S. Gardiner.  (2017). The Standardized Early Childhood Development Costing Tool (SECT).  Washington DC: The Brookings Institute.