Introduction
The increase of the population with chronic diseases in Australia has led to many people having financial strains as it affects their ability to work efficiently. This result in low quality of life for them as well as the family that was depending on such individual. To encounter this challenge the government has come up with a program to support the victims economically using the health incentives (Alfano, et al., 2019). The program does not only provide financial support but encourage people to take preventive measure toward healthy living. By providing tools for fitness and knowledge for people to achieve health goals.
Changing Healthcare Behaviors
An intervention of the behavior of an individual is critical in maintaining a healthy condition or recovering from a disease that on is diagnosed while continuing with the medication. This strategy encourages the individual who is at a high chance of contracting a particular disease to take precautions for example encouraging people with breathing problems to quit smoking(Vlaev, et al., 2019).
Another approach is to discourage people who do activities that may cause health problems to others to induce a behavioral change. For example, discouraging smokers to smoke in public may cause adverse consequences to passive smokers. The campaign on behavioral change is effective as it reduces the possibility of an individual being exposed to a risk of contracting a disease by spreading a positive message on behavioral practices. Therefore the Australian government and other organizations have developed policies to enforce behavioral change.
Response as a Patient
As a patient, I would respond effectively to the health behavioral change based on the situation of my health condition as when as the behavioral practice that incentive as provided to improve the potential of that particular behavior. For example, the Australian government has a program to distribute handwashing soaps to the population to encourage the behavioral habit of washing hands regularly. This strategy has been proven to work as the number of the stomach such as cholera complications to reduce greatly.
Strategies Adopted by Providers and Insurance Companies
The incentive approach is considered to be the most effective since it drives people to their own will without close monitoring of their behavior. Most people fail to follow the required healthcare practices since they lack the facilities or the financial support. Most people go for options of survival overlooking their health condition for example when an individual is under financial constrain he just eat anything without checking on balancing the diet hence they end up being obsessed. The incentive strategy is effective when it is provided frequently to provide an effective response on behavioral change in maintaining a healthy practice(Fox, et al., 2019). Some organizations have developed mobile applications that help people to maintain health practices by reminding a person of the time to carry out some workouts and providing tips on the best workouts.
Conclusion
To create a good habit of maintaining a healthy practice is by encouraging the behavior of the people to maintain a healthy practice by; eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly, and avoiding unhealthy behavior such as smoking or drinking too much alcohol. Giving financial incentives to people will motivate them to change their activity to earn the provided benefit. For example, providing refreshments of money to people after gym sessions will increase the likelihood of people attending the daily practice.
References
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Fox, H., Topp, S. M., Callander, E., & Lindsay, D. (2019). A review of the impact of financing mechanisms on maternal health care in Australia. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-14.
Vlaev, I., King, D., Darzi, A., & Dolan, P. (2019). Changing health behaviors using financial incentives: a review from behavioral economics. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-9.