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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.

Obesity Prevention at an Early Age: Progress, but a Long Way to Go

JAMA
November 21, 2024
Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD

Valuing the Societal Impact of Medicines and Other Health Technologies: A User Guide to Current Best Practices

Forum for Health Economics and Policy
November 8, 2024
Jason Shafrin, Jaehong Kim, Joshua T Cohen, Louis P Garrison, Dana A Goldman, Jalpa A Doshi, Joshua Krieger, Darius N Lakdawalla, Peter J Neumann, Charles E Phelps, Melanie D Whittington, Richard Willke

Handheld Cellphone Use and Risky Driving in Adolescents

JAMA Network
October 17, 2024
Catherine C McDonald, Kevin Rix, Jeffrey P Ebert, Subhash Aryal, Ruiying Xiong, Douglas J Wiebe, M Kit Delgado

Real-Time Prescription Benefit Tool Adoption Among US Hospitals

JAMA Health Forum
October 4, 2024
Matthew J Klebanoff, Pengxiang Li, Paula Chatterjee, Jalpa A Doshi

Implementation of a Secure Firearm Storage Program in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial

JAMA Pediatrics
September 19, 2024
Rinad S Beidas, Kristin A Linn, Jennifer M Boggs, Steven C Marcus, Katelin Hoskins, Shari Jager-Hyman, Christina Johnson, Melissa Maye, LeeAnn Quintana, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Leslie Wright, Celeste Pappas, Arne Beck, Katy Bedjeti, Alison M Buttenheim, Matthew F Daley, Marisa Elias, Jason Lyons, Melissa Lynne Martin, Bridget McArdle, Debra P Ritzwoller, Dylan S Small, Nathaniel J Williams, Shiling Zhang, Brian K Ahmedani

Machine learning approach to investigate pregnancy and childbirth risk factors of sleep problems in early adolescence: Evidence from two cohort studies

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
August 28, 2024
Ying Dai, Alison M Buttenheim, Jennifer A Pinto-Martin, Peggy Compton, Sara F Jacoby, Jianghong Liu

Protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation cluster randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of patient and clinician nudges to advance the use of genomic medicine across a diverse health system

Implementation Science
August 19, 2024
Anna C. Raper, Benita L. Weathers, Theodore G. Drivas, Colin A. Ellis, Colleen Morse Kripke, Randall A. Oyer, Anjali T. Owens, Anurag Verma, Paul E. Wileyto, Colin C. Wollack, Wenting Zhou, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Robert A. Schnoll & Katherine L. Nathanson

Efficacy of a Mobile App-Based Intervention for Young Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network
August 1, 2024
Jennifer N Bress, Avital Falk, Maddy M Schier, Abhishek Jaywant, Elizabeth Moroney, Monika Dargis, Shannon M Bennett, Matthew A Scult, Kevin G Volpp, David A Asch, Mohan Balachandran, Roy H Perlis, Francis S Lee, Faith M Gunning

Investigating racial and gender disparities in virtual randomized clinical trial enrollment: Insights from the BE ACTIVE study

American Heart Journal
July 30, 2024
Michael P Fortunato, Anthony Girard, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Neel Chokshi, Julia E Szymczak, Tamar Klaiman, Louise B Russell, Dylan S Small, Mitesh S Patel, Kevin G M Volpp, Alexander C Fanaroff

A randomized trial of behavioral interventions yielding sustained reductions in distracted driving

PNAS
July 29, 2024
Jeffrey P. Ebert, Ruiying A. Xiong, Neda Khan, Dina Abdel-Rahman, Aaron Leitner, William C. Everett, Kristen L. Gaba, William J. Fisher, Catherine C. McDonald, Flaura K. Winston, Roy M. Rosin, Kevin G. Volpp, Ian J. Barnett, Douglas J. Wiebe, Scott D. Halpern, M. Kit Delgado

Feedback and Financial Incentives for Reducing Cell Phone Use While Driving

JAMA Network
July 10, 2024
M. Kit Delgado, Jeffrey P. Ebert, Ruiying A. Xiong, Flaura K. Winston, Catherine C. McDonald, Roy M. Rosin, Kevin G. Volpp, Ian J. Barnett, Dylan S. Small, Douglas J. Wiebe, Dina Abdel-Rahman, Jessica E. Hemmons, Rafi Finegold, Benjamin Kotrc, Emma Radford, William J. Fisher, Kristen L. Gaba, William C. Everett, Scott D. Halpern

Effect of a Smartphone App (S-Check) on Actual and Intended Help-Seeking and Motivation to Change Methamphetamine Use Among Adult Consumers of Methamphetamine in Australia: Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial

JMIR
July 3, 2024
Krista J. Siefried, Florence Bascombe, Brendan Clifford, Zhixin Liu, Peter Middleton, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Jack Freestone, Daniel Herman, Michael Millard, Maureen Steele, Liam Acheson, Carl Moller, Nicky Bath, Nadine Ezard

Supporting Self-Management of Healthy Behaviors in Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension: The SMART-HABITS Pilot Randomized Trial

CJASN
July 2, 2024
Sarah J. Schrauben, Diane Park, Sandra Amaral, Adriana Purcell, Siqi Zhang, Matthew Kearney, Andrea Bilger, Harold I. Feldman, Laura M. Dember

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

University of Pennsylvania Telehealth Research Center of Excellence

JNCI Monographs
June 26, 2024
Jocelyn V Wainwright, Charu Aggarwal, Sarah Beucker, David W Dougherty, Peter E Gabriel, Linda A Jacobs, Jillian Kalman, Kristin A Linn, Anthony O Martella, Shivan J Mehta, Corinne M Rhodes, Megan Roy, Marilyn M Schapira, Lawrence N Shulman, Jennifer Steltz, Alisa J Stephens Shields, Andy S L Tan, Jeffrey C Thompson, Hannah Toneff, Richard C Wender, Sana Zeb, Katharine A Rendle, Anil Vachani, Justin E Bekelman; Penn TRACE

Using machine learning to unveil relevant predictors of adherence to recommended health-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

International Association of Applied Psychology
June 8, 2024
Lau Lilleholt, Gretchen B. Chapman, Robert Böhm, Ingo Zettler