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ArticleBMC public health2019

Flawed conclusions on the Västerbotten Intervention Program by San Sebastian et .al.

Yulia Blomstedt, Margareta Norberg, Nawi Ng, Lennarth Nyström, Kurt Boman, Göran Lönnberg, Hans Stenlund, Stig Wall, Lars Weinehall

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Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yulia BlomstedtDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Margareta NorbergDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Nawi NgDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Lennarth NyströmDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Kurt BomanDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Göran LönnbergDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Hans StenlundDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Stig WallDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Lars WeinehallDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden. Lars.Weinehall@umu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-3025-2690

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesPopulation HealthCounselingHumansInterrupted Time Series AnalysisSwedenCommunity interventionCVDEvaluationPrevention

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