How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol
Introduction Smoking is harmful to human health and programmes to help people stop smoking are key public health efforts that improve individual and population health outcomes. Research shows that financial incentives improve the success of stop smoking programmes. However, a better understanding of...
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| description | Introduction Smoking is harmful to human health and programmes to help people stop smoking are key public health efforts that improve individual and population health outcomes. Research shows that financial incentives improve the success of stop smoking programmes. However, a better understanding of how they work is needed to better inform policy and to support building capability for implementation.The aims of this study: (1) To review the international literature to understand: How, why, in what circumstances and for whom financial incentives improve the success of stop smoking interventions among general population groups and among pregnant women. (2) To provide recommendations for how to best use financial incentives in efforts to promote smoking cessation.Methods and analysis A realist review of published international literature will be undertaken to understand how, why, for whom and in which circumstances financial incentives contribute to success in stopping smoking for general population groups and among pregnant women. Systematic searches were undertaken on 16 February 2022 of five academic databases: MEDLINE (ovid), Embase.com, CIHAHL, Scopus and PsycINFO. Iterative searching using citation tracking and of grey literature will be undertaken as needed. Using Pawson and Tilley’s iterative realist review approach, data collected will be screened, selected, coded, analysed and synthesised into a set of explanatory theoretical findings.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this review as data sources to be included are previously published. The study will provide important findings for policy-makers and health system leaders to guide the development of stop smoking services which use incentives, for example, as part of the Health Service Executive’s Tobacco Free Programme in Ireland. Understanding how contextual factors impact implementation and programmatic success is key to developing a more effective public health approach to stop smoking. Our dissemination strategy will be developed with our stakeholders.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022298941. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04b516db6bd245599982217a94ccca902025-01-27T15:15:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552022-06-0112610.1136/bmjopen-2021-060457How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocolSarah Parker0Rikke Siersbaek1John Alexander Ford2Sara Burke3Paul Kavanagh4Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin 2, IrelandCentre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCentre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, IrelandHealth Intelligence Unit, Strategic Planning and Transformation, Health Service Executive, Dublin, IrelandIntroduction Smoking is harmful to human health and programmes to help people stop smoking are key public health efforts that improve individual and population health outcomes. Research shows that financial incentives improve the success of stop smoking programmes. However, a better understanding of how they work is needed to better inform policy and to support building capability for implementation.The aims of this study: (1) To review the international literature to understand: How, why, in what circumstances and for whom financial incentives improve the success of stop smoking interventions among general population groups and among pregnant women. (2) To provide recommendations for how to best use financial incentives in efforts to promote smoking cessation.Methods and analysis A realist review of published international literature will be undertaken to understand how, why, for whom and in which circumstances financial incentives contribute to success in stopping smoking for general population groups and among pregnant women. Systematic searches were undertaken on 16 February 2022 of five academic databases: MEDLINE (ovid), Embase.com, CIHAHL, Scopus and PsycINFO. Iterative searching using citation tracking and of grey literature will be undertaken as needed. Using Pawson and Tilley’s iterative realist review approach, data collected will be screened, selected, coded, analysed and synthesised into a set of explanatory theoretical findings.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this review as data sources to be included are previously published. The study will provide important findings for policy-makers and health system leaders to guide the development of stop smoking services which use incentives, for example, as part of the Health Service Executive’s Tobacco Free Programme in Ireland. Understanding how contextual factors impact implementation and programmatic success is key to developing a more effective public health approach to stop smoking. Our dissemination strategy will be developed with our stakeholders.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022298941.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/6/e060457.full |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Parker Rikke Siersbaek John Alexander Ford Sara Burke Paul Kavanagh How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol BMJ Open |
| title | How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol |
| title_full | How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol |
| title_fullStr | How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol |
| title_short | How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol |
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