Participants will be specifically asked whether they would take up a programme of genetic testing and preventive treatment if it were to become available.
General physical activity recommendations encourage individuals to accumulate 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on five days per week [ 20] or 10,000 steps [ 21]; and there is evidence from a meta-analysis that healthy but sedentary individuals who take up a programme of regular brisk walking improve several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease [ 22].
Apart from this the report indicates the need to take up screening programmes in the Bhutia population for cancers of the stomach (Miyamoto et al, 2007; Yoshihara et al, 2007).
So far it has failed to significantly boost take up of the programme, with the Green Deal only managing to sign up around 1% of its target of more than 100,000 households so far.
The first author received the Erasmus Mundus External Co-operation window (EMEC Wlot 15) India scholarship that enabled her to take up the Master programme in Global Health at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
It also wants better coordination between government departments to deliver more integrated fuel poverty, energy efficiency and benefit take-up programmes.
Finally, graduates were asked whether they would recommend the programme to others and whether they would take the same decision of taking up the programme if given a chance today, which were answered using 5-point Likert scales ranging from 1 for 'definitely not' to 5 for 'definitely yes'.
The policy has led to 12,000 more mothers finding part-time work - whereas the education outcomes of five-year-olds only improved by two percentage points amongst those that took up the programme.
Consequently, factors that are unrelated to incentives may have prevented individuals from contacting their DI office and from taking up the programme.
Most students now see postgraduate training as an investment for strengthening career development and improving employability, rather than just taking up any programme at any institution [ 6].
