Pages within the "support" section:

• Support home
• Glossary
• Model parameters
• Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 General framework
• 1.2 Relationship to the BRAFO tiered approach
• 2. Problem formulation
• 2.1 Dietary scenarios
• 2.2 Population
• 3. Common metrics for integration of risks & benefits
• 3.1 DALY versus QALY.
• 3.2 Alternative approaches for calculating DALY/QALYs
• 4. Main elements of the Qalibra framework
• 5. When is use of the Qalibra framework appropriate?
• 6. Calculation of DALYs for quantal health effects
• 7. Calculation of DALYs for continuous health effects
• 8. Calculation of QALYs for quantal and continuous health effects
• 9. Recurrent effects
• 10. Effects on the next generation
• 11. Multiple effects on the same health endpoint
• 12. Calculating the net health impact of a dietary change
• 13. Direct health loss calculations for a single individual
• 14. Data needed as inputs to the Qalibra framework
• 14.1 Individuals and their attributes
• 14.2 Life expectancy [current page]
• 14.3 Health effects to be quantified
• 14.4 Dietary intakes
• 14.5 Probability of quantal effects
• 14.6 Probability and magnitude of continuous effects
• 14.7 Probabilities of recovery and death
• 14.8 Duration of disease
• 14.9 Severity of effect (disease weights)
• 15. Addressing uncertainty in risk-benefit assessment
• 15.1 Qualitative evaluation of uncertainties
• 15.2 Quantitative evaluation of uncertainties
• 15.3 Probabilistic treatment of uncertainty in Qalibra
• 16. Treatment of variability in the Qalibra framework
• 17. Treatment of dependencies in Qalibra framework
• 18. Presentation of results
• 19. Interpretation of results
• 20. Risk management considerations
• 21. Final remarks
• Acknowledgements
• References