Money as motivation to quit: A survey of a non-random Australian sample of socially disadvantaged smokers' views of the acceptability of cash incentives

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-126

  Bonevski, B ^a   Bryant, J ^a   Lynagh, M ^b   Paul, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Incentives; Smoking cessation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84863779445     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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