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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.

Linkage of Emergency Department Patients With Public Benefits Navigators via Text Messages: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Health Forum
February 26, 2026
Austin S Kilaru, Aliza Haider, Joseph Harrison, Erica L Dixon, Lauren Southwick, Melissa Berkowitz, Charles Rareshide, Conor Carroll, Clayton Kaledin, Grace McDermott, Michael Mehta, Alisa J Stephens Shields, Wendy De La Rosa, Anish K Agarwal, Raina M Merchant

Toward optimizing social drivers of health screenings in prenatal care: Healthcare professional perspectives

Pregnancy
December 28, 2025
Melissa Berkowitz, Erica L. Dixon, Jenna White, Tamar Klaiman, Sindhu K. Srinivas, Rebecca F. Hamm

Towards optimizing social drivers of health screenings in prenatal care: patient perspectives

AJOG MFM
April 23, 2025
Melissa Berkowitz, MPP, MS, Erica L. Dixon, PhD, Jenna White, MSW, Tamar Klaiman, PhD, MPH, Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE, Rebecca F. Hamm, MD, MSCE

Using a human-centered design framework and behavioral economic interventions to increase fruit and vegetable purchases in an online grocery store: Study design and methodologies

Contemporary Clinical Trials
April 17, 2025
Sophia V Hua, Tamar Klaiman, Samantha Coratti, Jenna White, Aileen John, Mary E Putt, Erica Dixon, Hannah Posner, Kevin G Volpp

Public Views on Medicaid Work Requirements and Mandatory Premiums in Kentucky

JAMA Health Forum
October 20, 2023
Kristen Underhill, Elizabeth F. Bair, Erica L. Dixon, William J. Ferrell, Kristin A. Linn, Kevin G. Volpp, Atheendar S. Venkataramani

COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Reviews Reveal Concerns and Motivations Around Adoption

PLOS One
September 9, 2022
Erica L. Dixon, Sukanya M. Joshi, William Ferrell, Kevin G. Volpp, Raina M. Merchant, Sharath Chandra Guntuku

Oral health and oral health care use among able-bodied adults enrolled in Medicaid in Kentucky after Medicaid expansion

The Journal of The American Dental Association
August 25, 2021
Tim T. Wang, Erica L. Dixon, Elizabeth F. Bair, William Ferrell, Kristin Linn, Kristen Underhill, Atheendar S. Venkataramani, Kevin Volpp

Association Between State Policies Using Medicaid Exclusions to Sanction Noncompliance With Welfare Work Requirements and Medicaid Participation Among Low-Income Adults

Jama Network Open
May 1, 2020
Atheendar S Venkataramani, Elizabeth F Bair, Erica Dixon, Kristin A Linn, William J Ferrell, Kevin G Volpp, Kristen Underhill

Assessment of Medicaid Beneficiaries Included in Community Engagement Requirements in Kentucky

JAMA Network Open
July 17, 2019
Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD; Elizabeth F. Bair, MS; Erica Dixon, PhD; Kristin A. Linn, PhD; Will Ferrell, MPH; Margrethe Montgomery, MA; Michelle K. Strollo, DrPH; Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD; Kristen Underhill, JD, DPhil