Economic evaluation of a group randomized controlled trial on healthy eating and physical activity in afterschool programs

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

卷:106

Article

Beets, Michael W.¹  Brazendale, Keith¹  Weaver, R. Glenn¹  Turner-McGrievy, Gabrielle M.¹  Huberty, Jennifer²  Moore, Justin B.³  Khan, M. Mahmud¹  Ward, Dianne S.⁴ 

[1] Univ South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29208 USA

[2] Arizona State Univ, 550 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ USA

[3] Wake Forest Sch Med, Winston Salem, NC USA

[4] Univ N Carolina, 2202 McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC USA

关键词: Cost;    Obesity;    Intervention;    Willingness to pay;    School;    Children;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.10.003

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Limited information is available on the cost-effectiveness of interventions to achieve healthy eating and physical activity policies in afterschool programs (ASPs). The objective of this study is to present the costs associated with a comprehensive intervention in ASPs. Intervention delivery inputs (IDIs) associated with a group randomized delayed treatment controlled trial involving 20 ASPs serving > 1700 children (5-12 yrs) were catalogued prospectively across 2-years (2014-2015). IDIs, analyzed 2015, were expressed as increases in per-child per-week enrollment fees based on a 34-week school year in US$. Total IDIs for year-1 were $15,058 (+$0.58/child/week enrollment fee). In year-2, total costs were $13,828 (+$0.52/child/week) for the delayed group and $7916 (+$0.30/child/week) for the immediate group, respectively. Site leader and staff hourly wages represented 11-17% and 45-46% of initial training costs; travel and trainer wages represented 31-42% and 50-58% of booster costs. Overall, a 1% increase in boys and girls, separately, accumulating 30 mins/d of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity ranged from $0.05 to $0.26/child/week, while a one-day increase in serving a fruit/vegetable or water, or not serving sugar-added foods/beverages ranged from $0.16 to $0.87/child/week. Costs associated with implementing the intervention were minimal. Additional efforts to reduce costs and improve intervention effectiveness are necessary.

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