Enhancement of health

The recent increase in consumer awareness on the health benefits of dietary phytochemicals accompanied by the rapid progress in the field of molecular biology have provided the means and incentive to enhance the functional value of plant material. This enhancement of health-promoting compounds is being tackled using a variety of approaches, which are discussed in the ensuing sections. 

Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses are frequently mentioned in academic and policy-analysis circles. These notions center on careful examination of the costs and their corresponding outputs. Eisenberg defines cost-effectiveness analysis as the measure of the net cost of providing service (expenditures minus savings) as well as the results obtained (e.g., clinical results measured singly or a series of results measured on some scale). Cost-benefit analysis determines whether the cost is worth the benefits by measuring both in the same units. Such analyses will be critical, as future policy decisions are made with regard to the collection, allocation, and utilization of finite resources in the health care system for the enhancement of health status of the American people. 

Al-Mufti, M. A. (1999). Continuous enhancement of health and safety awareness in undergraduate civil engineering courses, in proceedings of the Seeond International Conference of CIB W99, Implementation of safety and health on construetion sites, (Eds., Singh, Hinze and Coble), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 277-282. 

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