Invitations and incentives: a qualitative study of behavioral nudges for primary care screenings in Armenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases account for a growing proportion of deaths in Armenia, which require early detection to achieve disease control and prevent complications. To increase rates of screening, demand-side interventions of personalized invitations, descriptive social norms, labeled cash transfers, and conditional cash transfers were tested in a field experiment. Our complementary qualitative study explores factors leading to the decision to attend screening and following through with that decision, and experiences with different intervention components.

Methods

Informed by the Health Belief Model as our conceptual framework, we collected eighty in-depth interviews with service users and twenty service providers and analyzed them using open coding and thematic a

SUBMITTER: Gong E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709231 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature