Caution must therefore be exercised in interpreting results , but the case for investment in parenting and health visitor-related programmes appears most strong , especially when impacts beyond the health sector are taken into account .
In the workplace an economic return on investment in a number of comprehensive workplace health promotion programmes and stress management projects ( largely in the USA ) was reported , while group-based exercise and psychosocial interventions are of potential benefit to older people .
Is stacking intervention components cost-effective? An analysis of the Incredible Years program.
OBJECTIVE Research demonstrates that interventions targeting multiple setting s within a child 's life are more effective in treating or preventing conduct disorder . One such program is the Incredible Years Series , which comprises three treatment components , each focused on a different context and type of daily social interaction that a child encounters . This article explores the cost-effectiveness of stacking multiple intervention components versus delivering single intervention components . METHOD The data involved 459 children , ages 3 to 8 , who participated in clinical trials of the Incredible Years Series . Children r and omized to one of six treatment conditions received one or more of the three following program components : a child-based program , a parent training program , and a teacher-based program instructing teachers in classroom management and in the delivery of a classroom-based social skills curriculum . RESULTS Per-child treatment costs and child behavior outcomes ( observer and teacher reported ) were used to generate cost-effectiveness acceptability curves ; results suggest that stacking intervention components is likely cost-effective , at least for willingness to pay above $ 3,000 per child treated . CONCLUSIONS Economic data may be used to compare competing intervention formats . In the case of this program , providing multiple intervention components was cost-effective
Caution must therefore be exercised in interpreting results , but the case for investment in parenting and health visitor-related programmes appears most strong , especially when impacts beyond the health sector are taken into account .
In the workplace an economic return on investment in a number of comprehensive workplace health promotion programmes and stress management projects ( largely in the USA ) was reported , while group-based exercise and psychosocial interventions are of potential benefit to older people .