Please put me on a mailing list for the school-based smoking prevention
study when it is released. Ann Silversides (freelancer writer) 10
Dearbourne Ave., Toronto M4K 1M7. Thanks.


At 07:50 AM 1/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Further to the Discussion of Cost-Benefit in Health Promotion
>
>We are publishing a cost-benefit analysis of the impact of school-based
>smoking prevention program that shows one dollar invested saves 15 dollars
>in health care and other costs. The study was led by Tom Stephens and Murray
>Kaiserman at Health Canada. It will be available for distribution after it
>appears in the Amer Journal of Public Health.
>
>We used a similar CDC study in meetings with Preston Manning's office, They
>were very interested and requested follow-up informatiom several times after
>our meeting.
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>We also have a few disparate studies of the benefits of school-based
>prevention that are primarily American.
>
>To request copies, contact me at the email address above or at:
>
>Doug McCall
>Canadian Association for School Health
>(604) 535-7664
>
>At 04:14 PM 1/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>As for my opinion:  I participated in a forum on this topic recently in
>>California, where another speaker had combed the literature on cost/benefits
>>in HP and DP.  The only place where there seem to be measured benefits
>>outstripping costs:
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>>1.      Prenatal programs for low-income women.
>>2.      Diabetes screening and support for low-income persons.
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