Public health policy and practice
Evaluation of "Live for Life", a health promotion programme
in the County of Skaraborg, Sweden
H Lingforsa, K Lindströma, L-G Perssona, C Bengtssonb, L Lissnerb
a Health
Centre of Habo, Habo, Sweden, b Department of Primary Health
Care, Göteborg University, Vasa Hospital, SE-411 33 Gothenburg,
Sweden
Correspondence to: Professor Bengtsson (calle.bengtsson{at}allmed.gu.se)
Accepted for publication 13 November 2000
STUDY OBJECTIVE
To
evaluate a health promotion programme, combining a population and
individual based strategy, in the County of Skaraborg, Sweden, with
special attention to outcome.
DESIGNThe evaluation
was subdivided into structure, process and outcome. The evaluation
procedure as a total is described here, but the results presented refer
only to outcome. In order to study the potential effect of the
individually based health examination, 35 year old subjects who had
participated five years previously were in 1994-1996 compared with 35 year old subjects who had not participated before, and compared with
their own values five years earlier. The results during 1995-1996 were
compared with those of 1989-1990 for corresponding ages in order to
study the effect of, particularly, the population based strategy.
SETTINGThe County of
Skaraborg in the south western part of Sweden with about 270 000
inhabitants. In addition to population strategy, involving the total
county, men and women aged 30 and 35 years were invited to an
individually based examination.
MAIN RESULTSFactors
related to body weight increased during the study period, while other
factors mostly changed in the direction wanted. As a whole the changes
were rather modest. There were favourable changes in lifestyle
variables, for example, concerning smoking and dietary habits.
CONCLUSIONSThere were
beneficial effects from the health promotion programme, but there is a
need for continuous improvement of methods of intervention referred to lifestyle.
Keywords: evaluation; screening; prevention; primary health care; ischaemic heart disease
© 2001 by Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
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