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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

The effects of government-led cash transfer programmes on behavioural and health determinants of mortality: a difference-in-differences study

The Lancet
November 10, 2025
Aaron Richterman, MD; Tra-My Ngoc Bùi, BA; Elizabeth F Bair, MS; Gregory Jerome, MD; Christophe Millien, MD; Jean Christophe Dimitri Suffrin, MMSc; Prof Jere R Behrman, PhD; Prof Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD

Money, Medicine, and Motherhood: Developing a Cash Transfer for Pregnant Women with HIV in Rural Haiti

AIDS and Behavior
November 6, 2025
Aaron Richterman, Sindy Desire, Wendel Blaise, Elyse Derose, Alexis Moise, Lisa P Ward, Christophe Millien, Harsha Thirumurthy, Florence Momplaisir, Louise C Ivers

Text Messaging and Video Stories to Support Hypertension Self-Management in Black Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
November 5, 2025
Sarah L Cutrona, Sarah E McDannold, Kathryn L DeLaughter, Gemmae M Fix, Stephanie L Shimada, Barbara G Bokhour, Howard S Gordon, Charlene Pope, Bridget M Smith, Ndindam Ndiwane, Jessica Gardner, Diana C DeFelice, Ece S Bal, Judith A Long

Behaviorally Designed Gamification and Physical Activity Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors

JACC: CardioOncology
November 3, 2025
Alexander C Fanaroff, Jennifer A Orr, Chinyere Anucha, Emily Kim, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Meagan Echevarria, Stephanie Rodarte, Mareen Kassabian, Elina Balasian, Bonnie Ky, Kevin G Volpp, Saro H Armenian

Remote, Automated Gamification and Community-Based Physical Activity in Parkinson Disease

JAMA Neurology
November 3, 2025
Kimberly Waddell, Ryan Greysen, Mitesh Patel, Madison Smith, Abby Yuen Tsz Lau, Sharon Xie, Stephanie Wood, James Morley

Effects of Inhaled Tobacco and Cannabis Co-Use on Respiratory Health and Tobacco Cessation: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
November 1, 2025
Erin A McClure, Megan E Piper, Laura E Crotty Alexander, Ellen L Burnham, Tom P Freeman, Panagis Galiatsatos, Adam Edward Lang, Dustin C Lee, Frank T Leone, Anne C Melzer, Robin J Mermelstein, LaTrice Montgomery, Rachel A Rabin, Danielle M Smith, Gideon St Helen, Andrea H Weinberger, Hasmeena Kathuria

Feasibility and Usability of a Post-Hospital Behavioral Intervention to Improve Mobility in Veterans

INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
October 21, 2025
Jacqueline A Benson, Matthew Wilson, Aidan J Flynn, Julie Stutzbach, Kimberly J Waddell, Robert E Burke

“High-In” front-of-package labeling of foods high in added sugars, sodium, and saturated fat: A randomized experiment

Appetite
October 20, 2025
Brittany Lemmon, Aviva A Musicus, Anna H Grummon, Marissa G Hall, Christina A Roberto, Eva Greenthal, Jennifer Falbe

Twitter reveals spatio-temporal variation in vaccine concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Preprint
October 20, 2025
Devansh Jain, Sunny Rai, Juhi Mittal, Anietie Andy, Alison M. Buttenheim, Sharath Chandra Guntuku

Use of organizational change strategies and personalized agency feedback improves addressing tobacco in behavioral health outpatient treatment settings

Frontiers in Health Services
October 6, 2025
Douglas Ziedonis, Robert A Schnoll, Orrin Myers, Thomas Anthony Chavez, Amy Bachyrycz, Cesar J Ojeda, Frank T Leone, Mackenzie Hosie Quinn, Prajakta Adsul

Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments During Pregnancy Were Associated With Decreased Odds Of Adverse Birth Outcomes

Health Affairs
October 1, 2025
Aditi Vasan, Jordan I. Wood, Xianqun Luan, Chén C. Kenyon, and Meredith Matone

Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments During Pregnancy Were Associated With Decreased Odds Of Adverse Birth Outcomes

Health Affairs
October 1, 2025
Aditi Vasan, Jordan I Wood, Xianqun Luan, Chén C Kenyon, Meredith Matone

Medicare Part D Coverage and Costs for Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists

JAMA
September 24, 2025
Matthew J. Klebanoff, Pengxiang Li, Judith A. Long, Jalpa A. Doshi

Unfairness toward rural beneficiaries in Medicare’s hierarchical conditions categories score

Health Affairs Scholar
September 23, 2025
Ravi B Parikh, Kristin A Linn, Junning Liang, Sae-Hwan Park, Torrey Shirk, Deborah S Cousins, Caleb Hearn, Matthew Maciejewski, Amol S Navathe

Behavioral Interventions Improve Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Overdue Patients in a Randomized Trial

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
September 20, 2025
Shivan J Mehta, Pranay Nadella, Pamela A Shaw, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin Brophy, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Christopher K Snider, MaryAnne K Peifer, Corinne Rhodes, David A Asch

Increasing Dental Varnish Rates in a Large Pediatric Care Network: A Quality Improvement Effort

Pediatrics
September 18, 2025
Brian P Jenssen, Gabrielle DiFiore, Tyler Doherty, Steve Callum, Stephanie Gilbert, Elena Huang, Lisa Biggs, Gregory Lawton