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 .
The effectiveness of a worksite self-help smoking cessation program: A randomized trail
A 2 × 2 r and omized , factorial pretest/posttest group design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of  self-help smoking cessation methods  at the worksite . The study investigated the effect of a multicomponent health education and skill intervention versus the effect of a monetary incentive to the employee for quitting . All employees received , in addition , a st and ardized self-help smoking cessation manual and maintenance manual . Following agreement to participate and a baseline smoking history , all participants were followed for 6 weeks , 6 months , and 12 months . Saliva was obtained for thiocyanate ( SCN ) analysis of smoking status . Of the estimated 2000 smokers at the site , 387 smokers were recruited . Employees were r and omly assigned to one of four groups . Results of this r and om trial indicate that those employees receiving a multicomponent program were most successful in quitting and remaining abstinent . The monetary incentive appears to have no effect on quit rate
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 .