A novel way to integrate economic information into clinical practice guidelines.

Background: Clinical guidelines are widely used to support clinical decision making, so they could also provide economic information about medical interventions to promote cost-conscious health care. We developed a new way to integrate economic information into the Finnish Current Care Guidelines.

Methods: Our development team consisted of clinical guideline specialists and health economists.

Cost-Effectiveness of Digital Preventive Parent Training for Early Childhood Disruptive Behaviour.

Background: Childhood disruptive behaviour disorder associates with various, also costly problems. Parent training is effective in reducing childhood disruptive behaviour. Only a few studies have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of digital parent training in reducing children's disruptive behaviour.

Improving the implementation of KiVa antibullying program with tailored support: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: There are no evidence-based models to support the implementation of school-based bullying prevention programs. Our primary objective is to examine the impact of tailored support on the implementation of the KiVa antibullying program. Our second objective is to evaluate whether the offered support influences student outcomes (e.

Cost-effectiveness of physical activity intervention in children - results based on the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) study.

Background: We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a 2-year physical activity (PA) intervention combining family-based PA counselling and after-school exercise clubs in primary-school children compared to no intervention from an extended service payer's perspective.

Methods: The participants included 506 children (245 girls, 261 boys) allocated to an intervention group (306 children, 60 %) and a control group (200 children, 40 %). The children and their parents in the intervention group had six PA counselling visits, and the children also had the opportunity to participate in after-school exercise clubs.

Review: Economic evidence of preventive interventions for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents - a systematic review.

Background: Anxiety disorders are common in children and youth. Also, in prevention, be it universal, selective or indicated, economic evaluation supports decision-making in the allocation of scarce resources. This review identified and summarised the existing evidence of economic evaluations for the prevention of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

The long-term cost of childhood conduct problems: Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study.

Background: Commonly recognized childhood conduct problems often lead to costly problems in adulthood. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term cumulative cost of childhood conduct problems until the age of 30. The costs included inpatient care, nervous system medicine purchases, and criminal offences.