Are financial incentives for lifestyle behavior change informed or inspired by behavioral economics? A mapping review

Grunseit, A

Are financial incentives for lifestyle behavior change informed or inspired by behavioral economics? A mapping review

Grunseit, A

Permalink

Publisher:: American Journal of Health Promotion
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: American Journal of Health Promotion, 2019, 33, (1), pp. 131-141
Issue Date:: 2019

Closed Access

	Filename	Description	Size
	0890117118770837.pdf	Published version	315.53 kB		View/Open

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Closed Access

This item is closed access and not available.

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Grunseit, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0783-4596
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-29T02:02:34Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-29T02:02:34Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	American Journal of Health Promotion, 2019, 33, (1), pp. 131-141
dc.identifier.issn	0890-1171
dc.identifier.issn	2168-6602
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162163
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: To identify the behavioral economics (BE) conceptual underpinnings of lifestyle financial incentive (FI) interventions. DATA SOURCE: A mapping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted by searching electronic databases. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Inclusion criteria were real-world FI interventions explicitly mentioning BE, targeting individuals, or populations with lifestyle-related behavioral outcomes. Exclusion criteria were hypothetical studies, health professional focus, clinically oriented interventions. DATA EXTRACTION: Study characteristics were tabulated according to purpose, categorization of BE concepts and FI types, design, outcome measures, study quality, and findings. DATA SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS: Financial incentives were categorized according to type and payment structure. Behavioral economics concepts explicitly used in the intervention design were grouped based on common patterns of thinking. The interplay between FI types, BE concepts, and outcome was assessed. RESULTS: Seventeen studies were identified from 1452 unique records. Analysis showed 76.5% (n = 13) of studies explicitly incorporated BE concepts. Six studies provided clear theoretical justification for the inclusion of BE. No pattern in the type of FI and BE concepts used was apparent. CONCLUSIONS: Not all FI interventions claiming BE inclusion did so. For interventions that explicitly included BE, the degree to which this was portrayed and woven into the design varied. This review identified BE concepts common to FI interventions, a first step in providing emergent and pragmatic information to public health and health promotion program planners.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	American Journal of Health Promotion
dc.relation.ispartof	American Journal of Health Promotion
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0890117118770837
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Economics, Behavioral
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Motivation
dc.subject.mesh	Reward
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Reduction Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Reduction Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Motivation
dc.subject.mesh	Reward
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	Economics, Behavioral
dc.title	Are financial incentives for lifestyle behavior change informed or inspired by behavioral economics? A mapping review
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	33
utslib.location.activity	United States
utslib.for	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Public Health
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
pubs.consider-herdc	false
dc.date.updated	2022-09-29T02:02:33Z
pubs.issue	1
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	33
utslib.citation.issue	1

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To identify the behavioral economics (BE) conceptual underpinnings of lifestyle financial incentive (FI) interventions. DATA SOURCE: A mapping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted by searching electronic databases. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Inclusion criteria were real-world FI interventions explicitly mentioning BE, targeting individuals, or populations with lifestyle-related behavioral outcomes. Exclusion criteria were hypothetical studies, health professional focus, clinically oriented interventions. DATA EXTRACTION: Study characteristics were tabulated according to purpose, categorization of BE concepts and FI types, design, outcome measures, study quality, and findings. DATA SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS: Financial incentives were categorized according to type and payment structure. Behavioral economics concepts explicitly used in the intervention design were grouped based on common patterns of thinking. The interplay between FI types, BE concepts, and outcome was assessed. RESULTS: Seventeen studies were identified from 1452 unique records. Analysis showed 76.5% (n = 13) of studies explicitly incorporated BE concepts. Six studies provided clear theoretical justification for the inclusion of BE. No pattern in the type of FI and BE concepts used was apparent. CONCLUSIONS: Not all FI interventions claiming BE inclusion did so. For interventions that explicitly included BE, the degree to which this was portrayed and woven into the design varied. This review identified BE concepts common to FI interventions, a first step in providing emergent and pragmatic information to public health and health promotion program planners.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162163