Skip to main content
. 2019 Nov 8;36(21-22):NP11392–NP11420. doi: 10.1177/0886260519885118

Table 2.

Standardized Unit Costs for VAWG Interventions.

Mapping Standardized Unit Costs—VAWG Interventions
Unit costs Quantities Workshop-Based Economic Empowerment School-Based Community-Based
Above intervention level (general project and overhead costs)
 Cost of trainers’ or counselors’ recruitment Q(trainers/counselors)
 Cost of training per site a (includes training of local interventions, such as police, or health clinics) Q(sites)
 Cost of manual/curriculum development or adaptation 1
 Cost of management to support the above and for general organizational needs (e.g., general fundraising for the organization) Q(sites)
Direct intervention
 Cost of managing direct intervention support per site Q(sites)
 Cost per person session (any from one-to-one, to small group, to community gatherings and activities) Q(number of person sessions)
 Cost per screening/initial assessment Q(screenings/initial assessments)
 Cost of recruitment Q(persons recruited)
 Cost per treatment completed Q(completed treatments)
 Cost per minimum cycle (i.e., minimum number of sessions) Q(minimum cycles completed)
 Cost of transport per treatment completed Q(number of personnel trips for sessions delivery)
 Cost of community entry Q(community recruited)
Ancillary interventions
 Cost of supervision per person/community treated b Q(persons/communities treated)
 Cost of supervision per counselor/facilitator trained Q(counselors/facilitators)
 Cost of managing intervention support costs per site Q(sites)

Note. VAWG = violence against women and girls.

a

Sites are different from communities. There could be more than one site per community.

b

The cost refers to the total supervision sessions required to support facilitators/counselors to enable them to complete one treatment cycle with one person (a decision will need to be made if this is done for minimum cycles or only for completed treatment).