Bevölkerungswirksamkeit von Prävention: Ist der Nutzen präventiver Maßnahmen auf Bevölkerungsebene mess- und vergleichbar?
- Resource Type
- Original Paper
- Authors
- Thyrian, J.R.; John, U.
- Source
- Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. February 2008 3(1):13-18
- Subject
- Bevölkerungswirksamkeit
Rauchen
Prävention
Population impact
Smoking
Prevention
- Language
- German
- ISSN
- 1861-6755
1861-6763
Background:The costs of preventive measures are quantifiable and comparable. There are no easily understandable, simple and comparable models to calculate the impact of prevention on the whole population.Aims:The paper describes a model to calculate the population impact (PI) of preventive measure and applies this to prevention of tobacco-attributable diseases. It theoretically deducts four parameters necessary for calculation: reach, participation, efficacy of an intervention and frequency of health risk.Results:It is shown that proactive and reactive prevention measures differ substantially in achieving population impact. It is discussed that PI can be a benchmark for comparison of population-based measures and a standardised part of cost-effectivity analyses. Applying the PI is dependent on careful consideration of a variety of factors and adequate application is impossible without studies providing the necessary parameters. In Germany this is the common case in most population-based measures. This needs to be changed.