|
|
 |
|
| |
| Ranking |
Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
Worksite-based incentives and competitions to reduce tobacco use among workers offer rewards to individual workers and to teams as a motivation to participate in a cessation program or effort.
• Rewards can be provided for participation, for success in achieving a specified behavior change, or for both.
• Types of rewards may include guaranteed financial payments, lottery chances for monetary or other prizes, and return of self-imposed payroll withholdings.
The Task Force recommends worksite-based incentives and competitions when combined with additional interventions to support individual cessation efforts based on sufficient evidence of effectiveness in reducing tobacco use among workers. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
Results from the Systematic Reviews:
Twelve studies qualified for the review.
Worksite-based Incentives and Competitions When Combined with Additional Interventions to Reduce Tobacco Use among Workers
• One group randomized trial of 32 worksites found a reduction in self-reported tobacco use of 2.1 percentage points (p=0.03) among workers in worksites with a smoking cessation program and self-imposed payroll withholdings.
• Tobacco quit rates: median increase of 4.3 percentage points (interquartile interval: 2.7 to 8.0 percentage points; 14 study arms in 11 studies).
• A subset of five studies evaluated a similar combination of interventions (including at a minimum, an incentive, a worksite-based tobacco cessation group, and educational materials or activities). In these studies, tobacco quit rates increased by a median of 10 percentage points.
• Individual rewards ranged from $10 to $237.
• Lottery prizes ranged from $40 to $500.
• The presence of an incentive or competition was not associated with a consistent increase in participation in worksite tobacco programs in the studies considered in this review; however participation rates were high in most of the intervention and comparison study arms. |
| Categories |
Health / Substance Abuse
|
| Source |
Community Guide Branch Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Location |
Country: USA |
| Primary Contact |
communityguide@cdc.gov
|
| For more details |
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html#topics
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/tobacco/worksi...
|
| Target Audience |
Adults |
| Back to Promising Practices Home |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
