The bulacan nutrition and health study: Part 3. The cost of nutrition and health interventions and their combinations in relation to their effectiveness |
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| Authors: | F.S. Solon R. Florentino J.C. Arnold R.W. Engel D.B. Aguillon A. Tandez |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Executive Director, Nutrition Center of the Philippines , Makati, Metro, Manila, Philippines;2. Deputy Executive Director, Nutrition Center of the Philippines , Makati, Metro, Manila, Philippines;3. Professor of Statistics, Biochemistry and Nutrition , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA;4. Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Nutrition , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA;5. Acting Executive Director, National Nutrition Council , Makati, Metro, Manila, Philippines;6. Professor and Head, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine , University of Santo Tomas , Manila, Philippines |
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| Abstract: | In a longitudinal study involving 544 infants, the cost‐effectiveness of nutrition/health interventions (education; and education with food, immunization and sanitation) were studied using several nutritional indices involving weight and height. Education alone was the most cost‐effective using the weight for age, and sanitation was the least. However, using the proper weight/height relationship during growth in normal infants as the index, we found considerable improvement in the cost effectiveness of the food and immunization interventions as well as the education intervention alone. |
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| Keywords: | Cost effectiveness infants nutrition/health interventions nutrition indices |
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