Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: Focus groups

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Financial incentives; Healthy behaviours; Qualitative focus groups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924157161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1409-y     Document Type: Article

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