Acceptability of financial incentives for health behaviour change to public health policymakers: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative personnel; Health behaviour; Motivation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECIPIENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REWARD; SHOPPING; TENSION; TRUST; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; TRUST;

EID: 84988345428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3646-0     Document Type: Article

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