Investing in a healthy lifestyle strategy: is it worth it?

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBenmarhnia, Tarik
dc.contributor.authorDionne, Pierre-Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorTchouaket, Éric
dc.contributor.authorFansi, Alvine K.
dc.contributor.authorBrousselle, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-19T00:16:36Z
dc.date.available2021-02-19T00:16:36Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractObjectives: In Quebec, various actors fund activities aimed at increasing physical activity, improving eating habits and reducing smoking. The objective was to evaluate how effective does the healthy lifestyle habits promotion (HLHP) strategy need to be to make to offset its costs. Methods: First, we built the logic model of the HLHP strategy. We then assessed the strategy’s total cost as well as the direct health care expenditures associated with lifestyle-related risk factors (smoking, physical inactivity, insufficient intake of fruits and vegetables, obesity and overweight). Finally, we estimated the break-even point beyond which the economic benefits of the HLHP strategy would outweigh its costs. Results: The HLHP strategy cost for 2010–2011 was estimated at $110 million. Direct healthcare expenditures associated with lifestyle-related risk factors were estimated at $4.161 billion. We estimated that 47 % of these expenditures were attributable to these risk factors. Conclusions: We concluded that the HLHP strategy cost corresponded to 5.6 % of the annual healthcare expenditures attributable to these risk factors. This study compared the economic value of HLHP activities against healthcare expenditures associated with targeted risk factors.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are grateful to the Directorate of Public Health of Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services for its financial support of this research project. We would also like to thank the Fonds de Recherche du Québec–Santé (FRQS) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), which funded Astrid Brousselle’s Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health System Improvement, and the CIHR’s 4P Training Program (promotion, prevention and public policy) and Population Health Intervention Research Network program (PHIRNET), which funded Eric Tchouaket’s postdoctoral award. CIHR also funded Pierre-Alexandre Dionne’s doctoral award and Alvine Fansi’s postdoctoral fellowship. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. We would like to thank the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) which fund the Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health System Improvement held by Astrid Brousselle and also funded the postdoctoral fellowships of Éric Tchouaket (4P Training Program: Prevention, Promotion and Public Policy, and PHIRNET: Population Health Intervention Research Network) and Alvine Fansi. We also extend our thanks to the following experts for their generous collaboration and contributions: Ginette Lafontaine, Annie-Claude Voisine, Lyne Mongeau, Douglas Manuel, Emilie Dionne.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBenmarhnia, T., Dionne, P., Tchouaket, É., Fansi, A. K., & Brousselle, A. (2016). Investing in a healthy lifestyle strategy: is it worth it? International Journal of Public Health, 62, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0884-y.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0884-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12699
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectEconomic evaluation
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.subjectHealth policy
dc.subjectBurden of disease
dc.subjectAttributable fraction
dc.subjectReturn on investment
dc.subjectRisk factors
dc.subjectEconomic benefits
dc.subjectHealthy lifestyle habits promotion
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Public Administration
dc.titleInvesting in a healthy lifestyle strategy: is it worth it?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Benmarhnia_Tarik_IntJPublicHealth_2016.pdf
Size:
951.21 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Faculty and Staff Publications
 
University of Victoria Libraries

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.