8. HARRY PRAPAVESSIS ♂
Information acquired: 2025
HARRY PRAPAVESSIS is an academic who published a paper in 2020 entitled Adding team-based financial incentives to the Carrot Rewards physical activity app increases daily s. HARRY PRAPAVESSIS published this work as part of a team: Pearson, Emma. Here is a description of this work: Bac,,ground: Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) targeting physical inactivity have increased in popularity yet are usually limited by low engagement. This study examined the impact of adding team-based incentives (Step Together Challenges, STCs) to an existing mHealth app (Carrot Rewards) that rewarded individual physical activity achievements. Methods: A 24-week quasi-experimental study (retrospective matched pairs design) was conducted in three Canadian provinces (pre-intervention: weeks 1â€"12, intervention: weeks 13â€"24). Participants who used Carrot Rewards and STCs (experimental group) were matched with those who used Carrot Rewards only (controls) on age, gender, province and baseline mean daily step count (±500 steps/d). Carrot Rewards users earned individual-level incentives (worth $0. 04 CAD) each day they reached a.