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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.

The health dividend of cash transfer programmes

The Lancet
May 29, 2025
Aaron Richterman, Brendan Maughan-Brownd, Harsha Thirumurthy

High mortality among fishermen along the beaches of lake Victoria: secondary analysis of evidence from a randomized control trial to promote HIV testing and services uptake in Siaya County, Kenya

BMC Public Health
May 2, 2025
Kawango Agot, Benard O. Ayieko, Lila A. Sheira, Carol S. Camlin, Jayne Kulzer, Harsha Thirumurthy, Phoebe Olugo, Edwin D. Charlebois & Zachary Kwena

The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial

The Lancet Global Health
April 1, 2025
Carol S Camlin, Lila A Sheira, Zachary A Kwena, Edwin D Charlebois, Kawango Agot, James Moody, Benard Ayieko, Sarah A Gutin, Antony Ochung, Phoebe Olugo, Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, Holly Nishimura, Monica Gandhi, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Harsha Thirumurthy

Diet-focused behavioral interventions to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of existing evidence

Obesity Reviews
March 24, 2025
Averi Chakrabarti, Nathan Ellermeier, Arpita Tripathi, Harsha Thirumurthy, Rachel Nugent

Jitegemee (rely on yourself): a cross-sectional study on acceptability, feasibility and design considerations for a personal savings intervention to reduce HIV risk among female sex workers in Siaya County, Kenya

BMJ Open
February 16, 2025
Kawango Agot, Nicky Okeyo, Jacob Onyango, Marylyn Ochillo, Gift-Noelle Wango, Moraa Arasa, Timothy Okello, Olivia Okumu, Shantana Carol, Bernard Ayieko, Harsha Thirumurthy

The effect of a social network-based intervention on adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and HIV viral suppression among Kenyan fishermen

AIDS
February 13, 2025
Lila A. Sheira, Zachary A. Kwena, Benard Ayieko, Edwin D. Charlebois, Kawango Agot, Sarah A. Gutin, Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, Phoebe Olugo, Monica Gandhi, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Harsha Thirumurthy, Daniel Adede, James Moody, Carol S. Camlin

B-OK: A Visual and Tactile Tool for HIV Treatment Adherence Support in a United States Urban Center

AIDS Care
February 4, 2025
Aaron Richterman, Tamar Klaiman, Daniel Palma, Eric Ryu, Laura Schmucker, Katherine Villarin, Gabrielle Grosso, Kathleen A Brady, Harsha Thirumurthy, Alison Buttenheim

Alcohol use and HIV suppression after completion of financial incentives for alcohol abstinence and isoniazid adherence: a randomized controlled trial

eClinicalMedicine
February 1, 2025
Winnie R. Muyindike, Robin Fatch, Sara Lodi, Nneka I. Emenyonu, Allen Kekibiina, Julian Adong, Brian Beesiga, Kara Marson, Harsha Thirumurthy, Michael G. McDonell, Moses R. Kamya, Gabriel Chamie, Judith A. Hahn

“There is no need to leave the beach to test”: A qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in western Kenya

(Preprint)
January 27, 2025
Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, Phoebe Olugo, Sarah A Gutin, Zachary A Kwena, Holly Nishimura, Marguerite Thorp, Kawango Agot, Benard Ayieko, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Lennah Oluoch, David Angawa, Harsha Thirumurthy, Carol S Camlin

Improving HIV testing, linkage, and retention in care among South African men through U = U messaging: A study protocol for two sequential hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trials

PLOS One
November 25, 2024
Andrew Medina-Marino, Nkosiyapha Sibanda, Mary Putt, Dvora Joseph Davey, Phillip Smith, Harsha Thirumurthy, Linda-Gail Bekker, Alison Buttenheim

Mental Bandwidth is Associated with HIV and Viral Suppression Among Low-Income Women in Philadelphia

AIDS and Behavior
November 1, 2024
Aaron Richterman, Nancy Aitcheson, Celeste Durnwald, Cara Curley, William R. Short, Mirabelle Jean Louis, Florence Momplaisir & Harsha Thirumurthy

Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of the B-OK Bottles as an Implementation Strategy for Treatment Adherence Support by Medical Case Managers

Global Implementation Research and Applications
September 17, 2024
Aaron Richterman, Tamar Klaiman, Rebecca Connelly, Daniel Palma, Eric Ryu, Laura Schmucker, Katherine Villarin, Gabrielle Grosso, Kathleen A. Brady, Harsha Thirumurthy & Alison Buttenheim

Behaviourally-informed two-way text messaging to improve return to HIV care in South Africa: evidence from a randomised controlled trial

MedRxiv
August 18, 2024
Christine Njuguna, Preethi Mistri, Lawrence Long, Candice Chetty-Makkan, Brendan Maughan-Brown, Alison Buttenheim, Laura Schmucker, Sophie Pascoe, Harsha Thirumurthy, Cara O'Connor, Barry Mutasa, Kate Rees

Effectiveness of Using Additional HIV Self-Test Kits as an Incentive to Increase HIV Testing Within Assisted Partner Services

JAIDS
August 15, 2024
Unmesha Roy Paladhi, David A Katz, George Otieno, James P Hughes, Harsha Thirumurthy, Harison Lagat, Sarah Masyuko, Monisha Sharma, Paul Macharia, Rose Bosire, Mary Mugambi, Edward Kariithi, Carey Farquhar

Applying behavioural economics principles to increase demand for free HIV testing services at private doctor-led clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa: A randomised controlled trial

PLOS Global Public Health
August 6, 2024
Simamkele Bokolo, Suzanne Mabaso, Wentzel Kruger, Preethi Mistri, Laura Schmucker, Candice Chetty-Makkan, Sophie J S Pascoe, Alison Buttenheim, Harsha Thirumurthy, Lawrence Long

A randomised trial of “Fresh Start” text messaging to improve return to care in people living with HIV who missed appointments in South Africa

AIDS
May 29, 2024
Njuguna C, Long L, Mistri P, Chetty-Makkan C, Maughan-Brown B, Buttenheim A, Schmucker L, Pascoe S, Thirumurthy H, O'Connor C, Mutyambizi C, Mutasa B, Rees K.