Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Students for Nutrition and eXercise (SNaX).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the cost and cost-effectiveness of implementing Students for Nutrition and eXercise (SNaX), a 5-week middle school-based obesity-prevention intervention combining school-wide environmental changes, multimedia, encouragement to eat healthy school cafeteria foods, and peer-led education.

Methods

Five intervention and 5 control middle schools (mean enrollment, 1520 students) from the Los Angeles Unified School District participated in a randomized controlled trial of SNaX. Acquisition costs for materials and time and wage data for employees involved in implementing the program were used to estimate fixed and variable costs. Cost-effectiveness was determined using the ratio of variable costs to program efficacy outcomes.

Results

The costs of implement

SUBMITTER: Ladapo JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4808504 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature