Elder J P, McKenna C A, Lazieh M, Ferreira A, Lasater T M, Carleton R A
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92182.
Am J Prev Med. 1986 Sep-Oct;2(5):268-72.
This paper describes the effectiveness of an incentive-based approach to screening for hypertension by comparing it to two more typical on-site screenings. In the "bounty system," adolescents were trained and certified in blood pressure assessment to enable them to conduct door-to-door blood pressure screenings. The youths received incentives for various phases of their training and the screenings. The two other screenings were conducted in a worksite and a public "community" setting. It was evident that incentives played a major role in recruiting adolescents to volunteer as screeners. The final results, however, revealed that this contact did not result in an increase in the number of persons screened as had been predicted. This was due in part to the reluctance of residents to admit teenagers into their homes and related problems.
本文通过将基于激励的高血压筛查方法与另外两种更典型的现场筛查方法进行比较，描述了该方法的有效性。在“赏金制度”中，青少年接受了血压评估培训并获得认证，以便能够挨家挨户进行血压筛查。这些年轻人在培训和筛查的各个阶段都能获得激励。另外两种筛查分别在工作场所和公共“社区”环境中进行。很明显，激励措施在招募青少年自愿成为筛查人员方面发挥了主要作用。然而，最终结果显示，这种接触并没有像预期的那样增加接受筛查的人数。部分原因是居民不愿意让青少年进入他们家中以及相关问题。
