TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Simulation Modeling to Guide the Design of the Girl Scouts Fierce & Fit Program
AU - Ferguson, Marie C.
AU - Morgan, Matthew J.
AU - O’Shea, Kelly J.
AU - Winch, Lucas
AU - Siegmund, Sheryl S.
AU - Solano Gonzales, Mario
AU - Randall, Samuel
AU - Hertenstein, Daniel L.
AU - Montague, Valerie
AU - Woodberry, Ayanna
AU - Cassatt, Trish
AU - Lee, Bruce Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The project described was supported by the Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (OD) under award number U54HD070725. This project is also funded by NICHD via grant U01HD086861 and 5R01HD086013‐02 as well as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) via grant R01HS023317. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NICHD or AHRQ. This study was supported, in part, by a grant from the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. The study sponsors did not have any role in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing the report; or the decision to submit the report for publication. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Funding Information:
The project described was supported by the Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (OD) under award number U54HD070725. This project is also funded by NICHD via grant U01HD086861 and 5R01HD086013-02 as well as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) via grant R01HS023317. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NICHD or AHRQ. This study was supported, in part, by a grant from the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. The study sponsors did not have any role in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing the report; or the decision to submit the report for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Obesity Society
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Objective: The study aim was to help the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland evaluate, quantify, and potentially modify the Girl Scouts Fierce & Fit program. Methods: From 2018 to 2019, our Public Health Informatics, Computational, and Operations Research team developed a computational simulation model representing the 250 adolescent girls participating in the Fierce & Fit program and how their diets and physical activity affected their BMI and subsequent outcomes, including costs. Results: Changing the Fierce & Fit program from a 6-week program meeting twice a week, with 5 minutes of physical activity each session, to a 12-week program meeting twice a week with 30 minutes of physical activity saved an additional $84,828 ($80,130-$89,526) in lifetime direct medical costs, $81,365 ($76,528-$86,184) in lifetime productivity losses, and 7.85 (7.38-8.31) quality-adjusted life-years. The cost-benefit of implementing this program was $95,943. Based on these results, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland then implemented these changes in the program. Conclusions: This is an example of using computational modeling to help evaluate and revise the design of a program aimed at increasing physical activity among girls.
AB - Objective: The study aim was to help the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland evaluate, quantify, and potentially modify the Girl Scouts Fierce & Fit program. Methods: From 2018 to 2019, our Public Health Informatics, Computational, and Operations Research team developed a computational simulation model representing the 250 adolescent girls participating in the Fierce & Fit program and how their diets and physical activity affected their BMI and subsequent outcomes, including costs. Results: Changing the Fierce & Fit program from a 6-week program meeting twice a week, with 5 minutes of physical activity each session, to a 12-week program meeting twice a week with 30 minutes of physical activity saved an additional $84,828 ($80,130-$89,526) in lifetime direct medical costs, $81,365 ($76,528-$86,184) in lifetime productivity losses, and 7.85 (7.38-8.31) quality-adjusted life-years. The cost-benefit of implementing this program was $95,943. Based on these results, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland then implemented these changes in the program. Conclusions: This is an example of using computational modeling to help evaluate and revise the design of a program aimed at increasing physical activity among girls.
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U2 - 10.1002/oby.22827
DO - 10.1002/oby.22827
M3 - Article
C2 - 32378341
AN - SCOPUS:85085102458
VL - 28
SP - 1317
EP - 1324
JO - Obesity
JF - Obesity
SN - 1930-7381
IS - 7
ER -