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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.

Creating change through short-term pilots and rapid cycle testing: a case of cardiovascular risk reduction

BMJ Open Quality
July 15, 2026
Laura Ellen Ashcraft, Katy Mahraj, Laurie A. Norton, Marguerite Balasta, Kayla Clark, Karen Glanz, John Wood, Wendell Kellum, Carolina Garzon Mrad, Jordan Sigler, Yaphet Getachew, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Shivan J. Mehta, David A. Asch, Kevin G. Volpp

Sequential choice vs colonoscopy outreach for colorectal cancer screening: Design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials
January 12, 2026
Shivan J. Mehta, Pamela A. Shaw, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin Brophy, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Abraham Segura, Jinming Tao, Christopher K. Snider, Colin Wollack, Sadie Friday, Katharine A. Rendle, Tamar Klaiman, Karen Glanz, Corinne Rhodes, David A. Asch

Effectiveness of Financial Incentives for Health Behavior Change: A Narrative Review and Analysis

Annual Review of Public Health
December 23, 2025
Karen Glanz, Harsha Thirumurthy, and Natasha Agnes D'cruze

Behavioral Economic Framing for Enrollment and Retention of Patients in Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring

JAMA Network
September 2, 2025
Shivan J. Mehta, Joseph Teel, Evelyn Okorie, Catherine Reitz, Alison Purcell, Christopher K. Snider, Kayla Clark, Rebecca C. Kersting, Karen Glanz, Mary Putt, Charles Rareshide, Kevin G. Volpp

Digital Skin Cancer Risk Reduction Interventions for Young Adults: Findings from a Hybrid Type-II Effectiveness-Implementation Trial

AACR Journals
June 3, 2025
Carolyn J. Heckman, Elizabeth A. Handorf, Anna Mitarotondo, Olga Khavjou, Sharon L. Manne, Amy L. Yaroch, Karen Glanz

The role of dignity in food assistance: Participant experiences with a free meal kit program

Social Science & Medicine
April 26, 2025
Joslyn Brenton, Alyssa Tindall, Karen Glanz, Senbagam Virudachalam

Design and Rationale of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a Randomized Trial of Effectiveness of a Centrally Organized Approach to Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Improvement Among Patients at Elevated Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

American Heart Journal
September 27, 2024
Kevin G Volpp, K Mahraj, LA Norton, DA Asch, K Glanz, SJ Mehta, M Balasta, W Kellum, J Wood, LB Russell, AC Fanaroff, S Bakshi, D Jacoby, JB Cohen, MJ Press, K Clark, J Zhu, C Rareside, LE Ashcraft, C Snider, ME Putt

Factors associated with the COVID-19 booster vaccine intentions of young adults in the United States

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
July 24, 2024
Hyunmin Yu, Stephen Bonett, Ufuoma Oyiborhoro, Subhash Aryal, Melanie Kornides, Karen Glanz, Antonia Villarruel, José Bauermeister

Digital Interventions to Modify Skin Cancer Risk Behaviors in a National Sample of Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR
July 2, 2024
Carolyn J Heckman, Anna Mitarotondo, Yong Lin, Olga Khavjou, Mary Riley, Sharon L Manne, Amy L Yaroch, Zhaomeng Niu, Karen Glanz

Psychosocial correlates of parents’ willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19

PLOS One
June 24, 2024
Hyunmin Yu, Stephen Bonett, Ufuoma Oyiborhoro, Subhash Aryal, Andrew Kim, Melanie L. Kornides, John B. Jemmott, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel, José A. Bauermeister

Engaging Trusted Messengers to Increase COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccine Uptake in Philadelphia: Lessons from the VaxUpPhillyFamilies program

Science Direct
June 8, 2024
Sarah Badlis, Haolong Yu, Heather Klusaritz, Andy S L Tan, Teresa Dooley, Helaine Heggs, Sophia Collins, Gabriela Raczka, Naomi DeRoche-Brown, Rachel Feuerstein-Simon, José A Bauermeister, Antonia M Villarruel, Stephen Bonett, Karen Glanz, Terri Lipman

A Randomized Trial of Choice Architecture and Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach in a Community Health Setting

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal
April 30, 2024
Shivan J Mehta, Sanjay Palat, Caitlin McDonald, Catherine Reitz, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Jinming Tao, Pamela A Shaw, Karen Glanz, David A Asch

Qualitative Study of Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Success or Failure Among Participants in a US Weight Loss Trial of Financial Incentives and Environmental Change Strategies

BMJ Open
March 29, 2024
Karen Glanz, Collin Kather, Annie Chung, Ji Rebekah Choi, Kevin G. Volpp, Justin Clapp

Trust in Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Oversight and Parents’ Willingness To Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

BMC Public Health
March 16, 2024
Hyunmin Yu, José A. Bauermeister, Ufuoma Oyiborhoro, Subhash Aryal, Terri H. Lipman, Andy S. L. Tan, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel & Stephen Bonett

Effects of Sugary Beverage Text and Pictorial Warnings: A Randomized Trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
February 9, 2023
Aviva A. Musicus, Laura A. Gibson, Scarlett L. Bellamy, Jennifer A. Orr, David Hammond, Karen Glanz, Kevin G Volpp 2, Marlene B. Schwartz, Amy Bleakley, Andrew A. Strasser, Christina A. Roberto

Associations of Home and Neighborhood Environments With Children’s Physical Activity in the U.S.-Based Neighborhood Impact on Kids (NIK) Longitudinal Cohort Study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
February 2, 2023
Alison Carver, Ester Cerin, Muhammad Akram, James F. Sallis, Kelli L. Cain, Lawrence D. Frank, Carrie M. Geremia, Terry L. Conway, Karen Glanz, Brian E. Saelens