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ReviewPsychology research and behavior management2014

The ABCs of incentive-based treatment in health care: a behavior analytic framework to inform research and practice.

Steven E Meredith, Brantley P Jarvis, Bethany R Raiff, Alana M Rojewski, Allison Kurti, Rachel N Cassidy, Philip Erb, Jolene R Sy, Jesse Dallery

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In one paragraph

Review in Psychology research and behavior management, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04458766 (The Use of Mobile Health Technology and Behavioral Economics to Encourage Adherence to Statins in Adolescents With Familial Hypercholesterolemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04458766 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

The Use of Mobile Health Technology and Behavioral Economics to Encourage Adherence to Statins in Adolescents With Familial Hypercholesterolemia

TypeinterventionalSponsorBoston Children's HospitalRan2021 to 2024Enrolled11ConditionsFamilial Hypercholesterolemia, Adherence, MedicationArmsMonetary incentives
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Enhancing Weight Loss Programs: A Meta-Analysis of Financial Incentives and Behavior Change Techniques.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Steven E MeredithDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Brantley P JarvisDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Bethany R RaiffDepartment of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA.
Alana M RojewskiDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Allison KurtiDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Rachel N CassidyDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Philip ErbDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Jolene R SySaint Louis University School of Social work, St Louis, MO, USA.
Jesse DalleryDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Funding

HUMAN BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSET32DA007209 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Eric C. Strain, Elise M Weerts · 1985 to 2026
$12.9M
Technological Innovations in a Behavioral Treatment for Cigarette SmokingR01DA023469 · NIDA · NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES, INC. · PI DALLERY, JESSE · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
Internet-based Group Contingency Management to Promote Smoking AbstinenceR21DA029162 · NIDA · NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES, INC. · PI DALLERY, JESSE · 2010 to 2011
$362k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA023469NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA029162NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behavior plays an important role in health promotion. Exercise, smoking cessation, medication adherence, and other healthy behavior can help prevent, or even treat, some diseases. Consequently, interventions that promote healthy behavior have become increasingly common in health care settings. Many of these interventions award incentives contingent upon preventive health-related behavior. Incentive-based interventions vary considerably along several dimensions, including who is targeted in the intervention, which behavior is targeted, and what type of incentive is used. More research on the quantitative and qualitative features of many of these variables is still needed to inform treatment. However, extensive literature on basic and applied behavior analytic research is currently available to help guide the study and practice of incentive-based treatment in health care. In this integrated review, we discuss how behavior analytic research and theory can help treatment providers design and implement incentive-based interventions that promote healthy behavior.

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conditional cash transfercontingency managementincentivespay-for-performancewellness

Identifiers

PMID24672264
PMCPMC3964160

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