Can cash incentives help people referred for lung cancer screening quit smoking long term?

The Healthy Lungs study is the first to test financial incentives to quit among this group.

Read more about the study design, findings, and their implications: https://bit.ly/4i7hetq

Funding opportunity! 🚨
Penn faculty, don't forget the deadline to submit a letter of intent for this Penn Roybal Center on Behavioral Economics and Health opportunity is tomorrow, October 8! Total award amount is $200,000. redcap.northwell.edu/surveys/?s=L...

Offering financial incentives of up to $600 nearly doubled smoking cessation rates among medically underserved adults undergoing lung cancer screening, according to a large randomized clinical trial. 🚭 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The latest Health Care by Food annual report highlights a rapidly growing body of evidence showing how nutrition interventions can improve health outcomes and help reduce healthcare utilization. Explore the latest research below⤵️ www.healthcarexfood.org/en/science-o...

"Great careers used to hinge on ability, and now they depend on agility."

See how the currency of success is shifting under our feet, and read more from CHIBE affiliate @adamgrant.bsky.social sky.social in WSJ.

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

Dr. Damon Centola: I hope people will stop asking only, “Who are the right people to put in the room?” and start asking, “How should we connect them?”
chibe.upenn.edu/blog/the-sec...

Federal changes to SNAP mean states need new revenue. How can Pennsylvania protect access for food insecure families?

Food policy experts Christina Roberto and Alyssa Moran say: tax the distributors of sweetened drinks. Read more in @pennlive.com: https://bit.ly/4jljEWr

When do drivers skip seatbelts? 🚗

A new study found that drivers were less likely to wear seatbelts at night, at higher speeds, and on shorter trips.

@kitdelgado.bsky.social

www.pennmedicine.org/news/high-sp...

Funding opportunity: CHIBE invites proposals from our affiliated faculty for clinical trials that translate ideas from behavioral economics into practice in real world settings, specifically testing interventions that reach middle-aged and elderly Americans. chibe.upenn.edu/opportunitie...

What increases Black and Hispanic enrollment in clinical trials?

Four sequential RCTs by LDI and @pennchibe.bsky.social
researchers found a $25 cash incentive nearly doubled enrollment.

Read more:
bit.ly/4x3GCos

Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy (@hthirumurthy.bsky.social) has returned from his sabbatical in South Africa. Read our story to find out more about his research there, what tangible and intangible things he brought home, and what he's looking forward to in the coming year. chibe.upenn.edu/blog/harsha-...

An AI tool helped improve patient access to medicine in Sierra Leone, increasing the consumption of needed medicine by 19%. @hamsabastani.bsky.social chibe.upenn.edu/case-study/a...

Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy talks about why healthy choices can be difficult when people face competing priorities like food, rent, and work; how cash transfer programs can improve population health; and how researchers evaluate the impact of large-scale initiatives.
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Can a meal program reduce hospitalizations in Navajo Nation? See what happened with this Indigenous Food is Medicine intervention. chibe.upenn.edu/case-study/n...