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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.

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

Clinician Perspectives on Virtual Specialty Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Illnesses

Journal of Palliative Medicine
May 28, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J Ferrell, Ezekiel J Emanuel, Amol S Navathe, Ravi B Parikh

Digital Engagement Strategy and Health Care Worker Mental Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network
May 24, 2024
Anish K Agarwal, Lauren Southwick, Rachel E Gonzales, Lisa M Bellini, David A Asch, Judy A Shea, Nandita Mitra, Lin Yang, Michael Josephs, Michael Kopinksy, Rachel Kishton, Mohan Balachandran, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Emily M Becker-Haimes, Raina M Merchant

Validation of a smartphone telematics algorithm for classifying driver trips

Science Direct
May 17, 2024
Jeffrey P. Ebert, Ruiying A. Xiong, Arjun Patel, Dina Abdel-Rahman, Catherine C. McDonald, M. Kit Delgado

Behavioral Interventions to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Outreach: Two Randomized Clinical Trials

JAMA
May 6, 2024
Shivan J Mehta, Corinne Rhodes, Kristin A Linn, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin McDonald, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, David Resnick, Annamaria Arostegui, Timothy McAuliffe, Colin Wollack, Christopher K Snider, MaryAnne K Peifer, Susan P Weinstein

Automated Text Message-Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
April 2, 2024
Eric Bressman, Judith A. Long, Robert E. Burke, Aiden Ahn, Katherine Honig, Jarcy Zee, Nancy McGlaughlin, Mohan Balachandran, David A. Asch, Anna U. Morgan

Computer-Facilitated Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use Risk in Adolescent Patients of Pediatric Primary Care Offices: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Research Protocols
March 26, 2024
Lydia A. Shrier, Madison M O'Connell, Alessandra Torres, Laura P. Shone, Alexander G. Fiks, Julia A. Plumb, Jessica L. Maturo, Nicholas H. McCaskill, Donna Harris, Pamela J. Burke, Thatcher Felt, Marie Lynd Murphy, Lon Sherritt, Sion Kim Harris

The Impact of Health Care Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities : A Systematic Review

Annals of Internal Medicine
March 12, 2024
Shazia Mehmood Siddique, Kelley Tipton, Brian Leas, Christopher Jepson, Jaya Aysola, Jordana B Cohen, Emilia Flores, Michael O. Harhay, Harald Schmidt, Gary E. Weissman, Julie Fricke, Jonathan R. Treadwell, Nikhil K Mull

Access to Telehealth and Changes in Diabetes Care Patterns During the Pandemic: Evidence From a Large Integrated Health System in the Southeast USA

BMJ Open Diabetes Research Care
March 1, 2024
Sofia A. Oviedo, Bennett McDonald, Jennifer C. Gander, Mohammed K. Ali, Jessica L. Harding

Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories: Empowering Innovation in AI + AgeTech

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
February 26, 2024
Rose M. Li, Peter M. Abadir, Alexis Battle, Rama Chellappa, Niteesh K. Choudhry, George Demiris, Deepak Ganesan, Jason Karlawish, Jason H. Moore, Jeremy D. Walston

Investigating the Feasibility of Using a Wearable Device to Measure Physiologic Health Data in Emergency Nurses and Residents: Observational Cohort Study

JMIR Formative Research
February 22, 2024
Anish K. Agarwal, Rachel Gonzales, Kevin Scott, Raina Merchant