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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):149–158. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.10.029

Table 3.

Magnitude of study effects and summary of standardized intervention cost per 10,000 population reached

Category of
intervention (# of
interventions)		 # adding
<1 MET
hr/wk
/person		 # adding
1–3 MET
hr/wk
/person		 # adding
3–5 MET
hr/wk
/person		 # adding
>5 MET
hr/wk
/person		 Median (range)
annual cost for
10,000 people to add
3–5 MET hr/wk
Point-of-decision
prompts (28)		 28 0 0 0 N/A
Community Campaign
(4)		 2 0 2 0 $3,350,000; $1,431
Individual adapted
behavior change (49)		 2 20 11 16 $688,000
($71,000 –
$11,000,000)
Social support (31) 5 7 5 14 $9,500,000
($700,000 –
$14,780,000)
School-based physical
activity intervention
(26)		 5 10 4 7 $300,000
($188,000 –
$3,586,000,000)
Creation or enhanced
access to places for
physical activity (3)		 0 1 1 1 $50,000