- Title
- What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Guiding principles for the use of financial incentives in health behaviour change
- Creator
- Lynagh, Marita C.; Sanson-Fisher, Rob W.; Bonevski, Billie
- Relation
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 20, Issue 1, p. 114-120
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12529-011-9202-5
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Background:The use of financial incentives or pay-for-performance programs for health care providers has triggered emerging interest in the use of financial incentives for encouraging health behaviour change. Purpose: This paper aims to identify key conditions under which the use of financial incentives for improvements in public health outcomes is most likely to be effective and appropriate. Methods: We review recent systematic reviews on their effectiveness in changing health behaviour and identify existing moral concerns concerning personal financial incentives. Results: Current evidence indicates that incentives can be effective in driving health behaviour change under certain provisos, while a number of misgivings continue to be deliberated on. We outline a number of key principles for consideration in decisions about the potential use of incentives in leading to public health improvements. Conclusion: These key principles can assist policy makers in making decisions on the use of financial incentives directed at achieving improvements in public health.
- Subject
- financial incentives; health behaviour; rewards; contingency management
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1067861
- Identifier
- uon:18501
- Identifier
- ISSN:1070-5503
- Language
- eng
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