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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.

Text Messaging and Video Stories to Support Hypertension Self-Management in Black Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
November 5, 2025
Sarah L Cutrona, Sarah E McDannold, Kathryn L DeLaughter, Gemmae M Fix, Stephanie L Shimada, Barbara G Bokhour, Howard S Gordon, Charlene Pope, Bridget M Smith, Ndindam Ndiwane, Jessica Gardner, Diana C DeFelice, Ece S Bal, Judith A Long

Behavioral Interventions Improve Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Overdue Patients in a Randomized Trial

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
September 20, 2025
Shivan J Mehta, Pranay Nadella, Pamela A Shaw, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin Brophy, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Christopher K Snider, MaryAnne K Peifer, Corinne Rhodes, David A Asch

Effective Implementation of Population Health Outreach to Increase Breast Cancer Screening

Journal of General Internal Medicine
September 15, 2025
Maxim Yaskolko, Catherine Reitz, Christopher K. Snider, Stephanie Subbio, Caitlin Brophy, Shivan J. Mehta & Corinne Rhodes

Behavioral Economic Framing for Enrollment and Retention of Patients in Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring

JAMA Network
September 2, 2025
Shivan J. Mehta, Joseph Teel, Evelyn Okorie, Catherine Reitz, Alison Purcell, Christopher K. Snider, Kayla Clark, Rebecca C. Kersting, Karen Glanz, Mary Putt, Charles Rareshide, Kevin G. Volpp

Effect of smartphone breathalyzer feedback on willingness to drive in moderately intoxicated individuals: A randomized trial

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
August 14, 2025
Jeffrey P Ebert, Henry R Kranzler, Ian J Barnett, Jessica E Hemmons, Ruiqi Yan, Evan Spencer, M Kit Delgado

Patient Interaction Phenotypes With an Automated SMS Text Message-Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge: Observational Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research
July 18, 2025
Klea Profka, Agnes Wang, Emily Schriver, Ashley Batugo, Anna U. Morgan, Danielle Mowery, Eric Bressman

The Impact of Machine Learning Mortality Risk Prediction on Clinician Prognostic Accuracy and Decision Support: A Randomized Vignette Study

Medical Decision Making
July 4, 2025
Ravi B Parikh, William J Ferrell, Anthony Girard, Jenna White, Sophia Fang, Justin E Bekelman, Marilyn M Schapira

Evaluation of a Decision Support Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults Newly Diagnosed with Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Trial

MDM Policy & Practice
June 26, 2025
Lamia P Barakat, Shannon N Hammer, Yansong Wen, Ashley Anil, Lisa A Schwartz, Anne Reilly, Rochelle Bagatell, Marilyn M Schapira, Yimei Li, Janet A Deatrick

Generative AI without guardrails can harm learning: Evidence from high school mathematics

PNAS
June 25, 2025
Hamsa Bastani, Osbert Bastani, Alp Sungu, Haosen Ge, Özge Kabakcı, Rei Mariman

Digital Skin Cancer Risk Reduction Interventions for Young Adults: Findings from a Hybrid Type-II Effectiveness-Implementation Trial

AACR Journals
June 3, 2025
Carolyn J. Heckman, Elizabeth A. Handorf, Anna Mitarotondo, Olga Khavjou, Sharon L. Manne, Amy L. Yaroch, Karen Glanz

What motivates participants: a qualitative analysis of gamification and financial incentives to increase physical activity

BMC Public Health
May 16, 2025
Eric Ryu, David Farraday, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, Neel P. Chokshi, Jingsan Zhu, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Dylan Small, Kevin G. Volpp & Tamar Klaiman

Harnessing Behavioral Economics to Accelerate Implementation in Rehabilitation

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
May 9, 2025
Kimberly J Waddell, Miriam R Rafferty, Jessica Edelstein, Rinad S Beidas

Automated Text Message–Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge

JAMA Network Open
May 5, 2025
Eric Bressman, MD, MSHP; Judith A. Long, MD; Robert E. Burke, MD, MS; Aiden Ahn, BA; Katherine Honig, BA; Jarcy Zee, PhD; Nancy McGlaughlin, RN, MSN; Mohan Balachandran, MA, MS; David A. Asch, MD, MBA; Anna U. Morgan, MD, MSc, MSHP

A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized

PNAS
March 24, 2025
Angela L Duckworth, Ahra Ko, Katherine L Milkman, Joseph S Kay, Eugen Dimant, Dena M Gromet, Aden Halpern, Youngwoo Jung, Madeline K Paxson, Ramon A Silvera Zumaran, Ron Berman, Ilana Brody, Colin F Camerer, Elizabeth A Canning, Hengchen Dai, Marcos Gallo, Hal E Hershfield, Matthew D Hilchey, Ariel Kalil, Kathryn M Kroeper, Amy Lyon, Benjamin S Manning, Nina Mazar, Michelle Michelini, Susan E Mayer, Mary C Murphy, Philip Oreopoulos, Sharon E Parker, Renante Rondina, Dilip Soman, Christophe Van den Bulte

Leveraging principles of behavioural economics to encourage patient engagement with population health screening programmes

BMJ Open Quality
March 21, 2025
Eric Bressman, Alexander Fanaroff, Katy Mahraj, Laurie Norton, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Carolina Garzon Mrad, Mikael Avery, Ayisha Arshad, Aileen John, David A Asch, Kevin G Volpp

Behavioral Interventions for Increasing Seat Belt Use and Decreasing Distracted Driving Using Telematics: A National Randomized Trial

AJPH
March 13, 2025
Jeffrey P. Ebert, Ruiqi Yan, Sadie Friday, Dylan Small, Catherine C. McDonald, Kelsey Bartolozzi, and M. Kit Delgado