Cost-effectiveness and return on investment of school-based health promotion programmes for chronic disease prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While school-based health prevention programmes are effective in addressing unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, little is known about their economic implications. We conducted an economic evaluation of the programmes that were previously identified as feasible, acceptable, and sustainable in the Canadian context.

Methods

This study builds on a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of feasible, acceptable, and sustainable school-based health promotion programmes. A micro-simulation model incorporated intervention effects on multiple risk factors to estimate incremental cost-effectiveness and return on investment (ROI) of comprehensive school health (CSH), multicomponent, and physical education (PE) curriculum modification programmes. Cost-effectiveness was express

SUBMITTER: Ekwaru JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8643402 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature