Assessing cost-effectiveness in obesity : active transport program for primary school children— TravelSMART schools curriculum program Moodie, Marj, Haby, Michelle M., Swinburn, Boyd and Carter, Robert 2011, Assessing cost-effectiveness in obesity : active transport program for primary school children— TravelSMART schools curriculum program, Journal of physical activity and health, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 503-515. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads moodie-assessingcost-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 596.31KB 974 Title Assessing cost-effectiveness in obesity : active transport program for primary school children— TravelSMART schools curriculum program Author(s) Moodie, Marj orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-5250 Haby, Michelle M. Swinburn, Boyd Carter, Robert orcid.org/0000-0002-1586-5619 Journal name Journal of physical activity and health Volume number 8 Issue number 4 Start page 503 End page 515 Total pages 13 Publisher Human Kinetics Place of publication Champaign, Ill. Publication date 2011-05 ISSN 1543-3080 1543-5474 Keyword(s) walking children weight gain Summary Background: To assess from a societal perspective the cost-effectiveness of a school program to increase active transport in 10- to 11-year-old Australian children as an obesity prevention measure. Methods: The TravelSMART Schools Curriculum program was modeled nationally for 2001 in terms of its impact on Body Mass Index (BMI) and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) measured against current practice. Cost offsets and DALY benefits were modeled until the eligible cohort reached age 100 or died. The intervention was qualitatively assessed against second stage filter criteria (‘equity,’ ‘strength of evidence,’ ‘acceptability to stakeholders,’ ‘feasibility of implementation,’ ‘sustainability,’ and ‘side-effects’) given their potential impact on funding decisions. Results: The modeled intervention reached 267,700 children and cost $AUD13.3M (95% uncertainty interval [UI] $6.9M; $22.8M) per year. It resulted in an incremental saving of 890 (95%UI –540; 2,900) BMI units, which translated to 95 (95% UI –40; 230) DALYs and a net cost per DALY saved of $AUD117,000 (95% UI dominated; $1.06M). Conclusions: The intervention was not cost-effective as an obesity prevention measure under base-run modeling assumptions. The attribution of some costs to nonobesity objectives would be justified given the program’s multiple benefits. Cost-effectiveness would be further improved by considering the wider school community impacts. Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 140208 Health Economics Socio Economic Objective 920207 Health Policy Economic Outcomes HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Human Kinetics, Inc. Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035362 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Population Health Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 08 Jun 2011, 09:45:54 EST Wed, 08 Jun 2011, 14:34:35 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:20:28 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:32:42 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:36:44 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:41:32 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:42:45 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:46:11 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:52:38 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:53:33 EST Tue, 28 Jun 2011, 11:54:26 EST Tue, 03 Jul 2012, 16:28:17 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 16:46:02 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 18:17:16 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 17:21:49 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 17:12:29 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:51:04 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:27:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 25 times in TR Web of Science Cited 29 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1221 Abstract Views, 974 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 08 Jun 2011, 09:45:47 EST by Jane Moschetti

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