[Behavioral economics to improve lifestyle choices and to reduce risk factors].
Economía del comportamiento para mejorar estilos de vida y reducir factores de riesgo.
Behavioural sciences
Ciencias de la conducta
Conductas relacionadas con la salud
Economics
Economía
Estilo de vida
Habits
Health behaviour
Hábitos
Life style
Public health
Salud pública
Journal
Gaceta sanitaria
ISSN: 1578-1283
Titre abrégé: Gac Sanit
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 8901623
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
06
02
2019
revised:
11
04
2019
accepted:
30
05
2019
pubmed:
21
8
2019
medline:
30
3
2021
entrez:
21
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A large part of morbimortality is caused by lifestyle habits and modifiable risk factors. A promising strategy to promote the change of such factors is the implementation of public health interventions based on behavioral economics, a discipline that combines psychological and economic principles. In the present article, we focus on a type of intervention known as "nudge" (that has been translated into Spanish as empujón or acicate), that changes behaviour without limiting the individual's choice. We analyze the properties that characterize nudges, and several areas in which they have been successfully implemented: vaccination, nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation and drug prescription. We conclude that behavioural economics and nudges have great potential for their implementation in the public health sphere in Spain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31427126
pii: S0213-9111(19)30161-X
doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2019.05.014
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
spa
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
197-199Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.