Personal financial incentives can change habitual health-related behaviors and help reduce health inequalities .
However , their role in reducing disease burden is potentially limited given current evidence that effects dissipate beyond three months post-incentive removal
OBJECTIVES Uncertainty remains about whether personal financial incentives could achieve sustained changes in health-related behaviors that would reduce the fast-growing global non-communicable disease burden .
This review aims to estimate whether : i. financial incentives achieve sustained changes in smoking , eating , alcohol consumption and physical activity ; ii .
effectiveness is modified by ( a ) the target behavior , ( b ) incentive value and attainment certainty , ( c ) recipients ' deprivation level .
Vouchers versus Lotteries: What works best in promoting Chlamydia screening? A cluster randomised controlled trial.
In this cluster r and omised trial ( N=1060 ) , we tested the impact of financial incentives ( £ 5 voucher vs. £ 200 lottery ) framed as a gain or loss to promote  Chlamydia screening in students aged 18 - 24 years , mimicking the st and ard outreach approach to student in halls of residence . Compared to the control group ( 1.5 % ) , the lottery increased screening  to 2.8 % and the voucher increased screening  to 22.8 % . Incentives framed as gains were marginally more effective ( 10.5 % ) that loss-framed incentives ( 7.1 % ) . This work fundamentally contributes to the literature by testing the predictive validity of Prospect Theory to change health behaviour in the field
Personal financial incentives can change habitual health-related behaviors and help reduce health inequalities .
However , their role in reducing disease burden is potentially limited given current evidence that effects dissipate beyond three months post-incentive removal
OBJECTIVES Uncertainty remains about whether personal financial incentives could achieve sustained changes in health-related behaviors that would reduce the fast-growing global non-communicable disease burden .
This review aims to estimate whether : i. financial incentives achieve sustained changes in smoking , eating , alcohol consumption and physical activity ; ii .
effectiveness is modified by ( a ) the target behavior , ( b ) incentive value and attainment certainty , ( c ) recipients ' deprivation level .