Carrots, sticks and health behaviours: a framework for documenting the complexity of financial incentive interventions to change health behaviours

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-295

  Adams, Jean ^a   Giles, Emma L ^a   McColl, Elaine ^a   Sniehotta, Falko F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioural economics; health behaviour; incentives; motivation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION;

ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84901240630     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2013.848410     Document Type: Article

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