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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.

Investing in Child Health Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons From North Carolina Integrated Care for Kids

Medical Care Research and Review
December 29, 2023
Greeshma James, Elizabeth Kasper, Charlene A. Wong, David M. Anderson, Sarah Allin, Michael J. Steiner, Kori B. Flower, Daniel Kimberg, Rushina Cholera

COVID-19 Reflections: COVID-19 Vaccination in North Carolina: Promoting Equity by Partnering with Communities and Health Care Providers

North Carolina Medical Journal
May 1, 2022
Charlene A. Wong, Carolina Alzuru, Kody Kinsley, Ryan Jury, Margaret L. Sauer, Tivi Jones, Victor Armstrong

Promoting Child Health Equity Through Medicaid Innovation

Pediatric Annals
March 1, 2022
Alon Peltz, MD, MBA, MHS, Charlene A. Wong, MD, MSHP, and Arvin Garg, MD, MPH

Guaranteed Financial Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccination: A Pilot Program in North Carolina

JAMA Internal Medicine
October 25, 2021
Wong CA, Pilkington W, Doherty IA, Zhu Z, Gawande H, Kumar D, Brewer NT.

Association of Unemployment With Medicaid Enrollment By Social Vulnerability in North Carolina During COVID-19

Health Affairs
September 1, 2021
Shafer PR, Anderson DM, Whitaker R, Wong CA, Wright B

Strategies for research participant engagement: A synthetic review and conceptual framework

SAGE Journals
May 20, 2021
Wong CA, Song WB, Jiao M, O'Brien E, Ubel P, Wang G, Scales CD.

Winning the Hearts and Minds of Young Adults in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Adolescent Health
March 1, 2021
Freeman SW, Chung RJ, Ford CA, Wong CA.

The Need for New Cost Measures in Pediatric Value-Based Payment

Pediatrics
January 1, 2021
Counts NZ, Mistry KB, Wong CA.

Applying Behavioral Economics to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health: A Developmentally-Sensitive Approach

Journal of Adolescent Health
December 5, 2020
Wong CA, Hakimi S, Santanam TS, Madanay F, Fridman I, Ford C, Patel M, Ubel PA.

Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges

Journal of Adolescent Health
August 1, 2020
Charlene A Wong, Farrah Madanay, Elizabeth M Ozer, Sion K Harris, Megan Moore, Samuel O Master, Megan Moreno, Elissa R Weitzman,

Medicaid and CHIP child health beneficiary incentives: program landscape and stakeholder insights

Pediatrics
July 17, 2019
Connor A. Moseley; Madhulika Vulimiri; Robert S. Saunders, PhD; William K. Bleser, PhD, MSPH; Eliana M. Perrin, MD; Sarah C. Armstrong, MD; Gary X. Wang, Peter A. Ubel, MD; Mark McClellan, MD, PhD; Charlene A. Wong, MD

Engaging Beneficiaries In Medicaid Programs That Incentivize Health-Promoting Behaviors

Health Affairs
March 4, 2019
Madhulika Vulimiri, BSPH; William K. Bleser, PhD, MSPH; Robert S. Saunders, PhD; Farrah Madanay, MA; Connor Moseley; F. Hunter McGuire; Peter A. Ubel, MD: Aaron McKethan, PhD; Mark McClellan, MD, PhD; Charlene A. Wong, MD

Association of Physical Activity With Income, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States

JAMA Pediatrics
June 11, 2018
Sarah Armstrong, MD; Charlene A. Wong, MD, MSHP; Eliana Perrin, MD, MPH

Shopping on the Public and Private Health Insurance Marketplaces: Consumer Decision Aids and Plan Presentation

Journal of General Internal Medicine
May 29, 2018
Charlene A. Wong, MD, MSHP; Sajal Kulhari, BS; Ellen McGeoch, MD, MBA, BA; Arthur T. Jones, PhD, BA; Janet Weiner, PhD, MPH; Daniel Polsky, PhD, MPP; Tom Baker, JD

Finding Health Care Prices Online-How Difficult Is It to Be an Informed Healthcare Consumer?

JAMA Internal Medicine
December 4, 2017
Allison Kratka, BA; Charlene A. Wong, MD, MSHP; Riley Herrmann, BA; Kathryn Hong, BA; Aleena Karediya, BS; Iris Yang; Peter A. Ubel, MD

Effect of Financial Incentives on Glucose Monitoring Adherence and Glycemic Control Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA
October 23, 2017
Wong CA, MD, MSPH; Miller VA, Murphy K, Small D, PhD; Ford CA; Willi SM; Feingold J; Morris A; Ha YP; Zhu J, MD; Wang W, Patel MS, MD, MBA, MS