Our framework should help research ers and policy-makers identify the most effective incentive configurations for helping individuals adopt healthy behaviours
Financial incentive interventions are increasingly used as a method of encouraging healthy behaviours , from attending for vaccinations to taking part in regular physical activity .
There is a growing body of research on the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours .
Wide variations in the nature of these interventions make it difficult to draw firm conclusions about what makes an effective incentive , for whom and under what circumstances .
Whilst there has been some recognition of the theoretical complexity of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours , there is no framework that categorises these interventions .
This limits the research community 's ability to clearly establish which components of financial incentives interventions are more and less effective , and how these components might interact to enable behavioural change .
We propose a framework for describing health-promoting financial incentive interventions .
Tuberculosis screening and compliance with return for skin test reading among active drug users.
OBJECTIVES This study assessed the independent and combined effects of different levels of monetary incentives and a theory-based educational intervention on return for tuberculosis ( TB ) skin test reading in a sample of active injection drug and crack cocaine users . Prevalence of TB infection in this sample was also determined . METHODS Active or recent drug users ( n = 1004 ) , recruited via street outreach techniques , were skin tested for TB . They were r and omly assigned to 1 of 2 levels of monetary incentive ( $ 5 and $ 10 ) provided at return for skin test reading , alone or in combination with a brief motivational education session . RESULTS More than 90 % of those who received $ 10 returned for skin test reading , in comparison with 85 % of those who received $ 5 and 33 % of those who received no monetary incentive . The education session had no impact on return for skin test reading . The prevalence of a positive tuberculin test was 18.3 % . CONCLUSIONS Monetary incentives dramatically increase the return rate for TB skin test reading among drug users who are at high risk of TB infection
Our framework should help research ers and policy-makers identify the most effective incentive configurations for helping individuals adopt healthy behaviours
Financial incentive interventions are increasingly used as a method of encouraging healthy behaviours , from attending for vaccinations to taking part in regular physical activity .
There is a growing body of research on the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours .
Wide variations in the nature of these interventions make it difficult to draw firm conclusions about what makes an effective incentive , for whom and under what circumstances .
Whilst there has been some recognition of the theoretical complexity of financial incentive interventions for health behaviours , there is no framework that categorises these interventions .
This limits the research community 's ability to clearly establish which components of financial incentives interventions are more and less effective , and how these components might interact to enable behavioural change .
We propose a framework for describing health-promoting financial incentive interventions .