Using rewards-based incentives to increase purchase of fruit and vegetables in lower-income households: Design and start-up of a randomized trial

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 936-941

  Phipps, Etienne J ^a   Wallace, Samantha L ^a   Stites, Shana D ^a   Uplinger, Nadine ^b   Brook Singletary, S ^a   Hunt, Lacy ^c   Axelrod, Saul ^d   Glanz, Karen ^e   Braitman, Leonard E ^c  

^a Einstein Healthcare Network   (United States)

^b Gutman Diabetes Institute   (United States)

^c Inovio Pharmaceuticals Research and Development   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetables; Keywords Incentives; Lower income populations; Supermarket; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; REWARD; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84876149196     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004934     Document Type: Article

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