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- Title
Flawed conclusions on the Västerbotten Intervention Program by San Sebastian et .al.
- Authors
Blomstedt, Yulia; Norberg, Margareta; Ng, Nawi; Nyström, Lennarth; Boman, Kurt; Lönnberg, Göran; Stenlund, Hans; Wall, Stig; Weinehall, Lars
- Abstract
An evaluation of Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP) was recently conducted by San Sebastian et al. (BMC Public Health 19:202, 2019). Evaluation of health care interventions of this kind require 1) an understanding of both the design and the nature of the intervention, 2) correct definition of the target population, and 3) careful choice of the appropriate evaluation method. In this correspondence, we review the approach used by San Sebastian et al. as relates to these three criteria. Within this framework, we suggest important explanations for why the conclusions drawn by these authors contradict a large body of research on the effectiveness of the VIP.
- Subjects
HEALTH care intervention (Social services); POLITICAL debates; NON-communicable diseases; PRIMARY health care; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1186/s12889-019-7444-3