Cost-effectiveness of a school-based health promotion program in Canada: A life-course modeling approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Alberta Project Promoting active Living and healthy Eating in Schools (APPLE Schools) has been recognized as a "best practice" in preventing childhood obesity. To inform decision making on the economic implications of APPLE Schools and to justify investment, we evaluated the project's cost-effectiveness following a life-course approach.

Methods

We developed a state transition model for the lifetime progression of body weight status comparing elementary school students attending APPLE Schools and control schools. This model quantified the lifetime impact of APPLE Schools in terms of prevention of excess body weight, chronic disease and improved quality-adjusted life years (QALY), from a school system's cost perspective. Both costs and health outcomes were disco

SUBMITTER: Ekwaru JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5436822 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature