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The Healthy Nudge
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Digital Nudges at the Food Pantry
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A new
study from PEACH Lab Director
Christina Roberto, PhD will use a local food cupboard's online ordering system to conduct a randomized controlled trial on nudges toward healthier food choices. Roberto will analyze decision-making within the online program, in addition to health indicators such as blood pressure and weight. The project is a partnership between Penn and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Mitzvah Food Program.
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Comparing Smoking Cessation Interventions in Underserved Populations
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CHIBE Steering Committee Member
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE was recently awarded
PCORI funding to conduct the largest study to-date comparing smoking cessations interventions among underserved patients referred for lung cancer screenings. The monumental study will test four approaches, including financial incentives and the use of an mHealth intervention, to decrease smoking in 3200 current smokers from populations who have "historically not benefited as much from programs designed to promote quitting."
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Rapid Testing of HIV Interventions in South Africa
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded CHIBE Associate Director
Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD with a planning grant that will leverage insights from behavioral economics and mHealth-based interventions to
promote HIV testing among young men in South Africa. The project will focus on conducting a series of short-duration pilots, with the goal of informing the development of a future, large-scale randomized controlled trial.
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E-Cigarettes vs. Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation
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"Healthcare Payment Reform from the Front Lines"
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of General Internal Medicine;
Associate Medical Director,
Primary Care Service Line
Perelman School of Medicine
12/13 @ Noon
104 Stellar-Chance
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Do High Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Diabetes Patients From Care?
Black and Hispanic Americans Have a Harder Time Quitting Cigarettes. Will This Penn Study Find a Way to Help?
Health Affairs Council On Health Care Spending And Value Announces Membership
Penn and CHOP Receive $1.84 Million to Study Ways to Curb Cell Phone Use While Driving
National Institutes of Health Funds Monumental Mitzvah Food Program Study
Teen Vapers Smoke Just as Much as Youth Who Don't Use E-cigarettes
Penn Med Physicians Call for Greater Access to Fentanyl Test Strips to Combat Growing Opioid Crisis
Scott Halpern-Led Penn Research Team Wins $11 Million PCORI Grant
FDA Plans Heavy Crackdown on Electronic Cigarettes
Why the Vaping Business Is Going Up in Smoke
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CHIBE External Advisory Board Member
Mitchell Blutt, MD, MBA is the first physician known to have launched a successful career as a professional health care investor. For more than two decades, Dr. Mitchell Blutt has applied his medical knowledge to select and manage diverse health care investments. Dr. Blutt currently serves as CEO of Consonance Capital.
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How did you decide to become involved in CHIBE’s external advisory board? What drew you to CHIBE’s work?
I had been following CHIBE’s breakthrough work for some time given my career in both the healthcare industry and healthcare policy. I had known David Asch for many years, having been his resident when he was a medical student at Cornell. I had been introduced to Kevin Volpp and we began discussing my getting involved. When Kevin asked me to join the CHIBE EAB, it was an easy, “Yes”.
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Which updates did you find most noteworthy during CHIBE's recent EAB meeting?
Each of the program updates at the recent CHIBE EAB meeting were compelling. As my time on the CHIBE EAB has continued, I’ve begun to contextualize our programs more effectively. As I extrapolate that content to my daily observations of our healthcare delivery system, I find the role of behavioral economics nearly ubiquitous. As our system struggles to manage escalating cost and improve quality, CHIBE’s work seems so vital.
What future directions would you like to see CHIBE move in over the next couple of years?
Perhaps due to my immersion in the American healthcare system, I’m (impatiently) eager for CHIBE’s work to be increasingly incorporated into clinical practice and the general delivery of care. The challenges in our healthcare system are now and the translation of CHIBE’s scientific discoveries to the lives of patients and providers can’t happen soon enough.
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- Kwan, Mun Yee, Haynos, Ann F., Blomquist, Kerstin K., Roberto, Christina A., Warning Labels on Fashion Images: Short- and Longer-Term Effects on Body Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorder Symptoms, and Eating Behavior. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2018.
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