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Maternal and Child Health Interventions to Promote Behavior Change: A Population-Level Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Honduras

9 | Experiment , Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Methodology , RCT , Social Network , Trellis Software

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Oles W, Alexander M, Negron R, et al. Maternal and child health intervention to promote behaviour change: a population-level cluster-randomised controlled trial in Honduras. BMJ Open 2024;14:e060784. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-060784

Induction of Social Contagion Across Diverse Outcomes in Structured Experiments in Isolated Honduras Villages (Science, 2024)

9 | Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Experiment , Network Targeting , Contagion Intervention , Breadboard Software , Global Health , LMIC , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Airoldi EM, Christakis NA. Induction of social contagion for diverse outcomes in structured experiments in isolated villages. Science. 2024 May 3;384(6695):eadi5147. doi: 10.1126/science.adi5147. Epub 2024 May 3. PMID: 38696582.

Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans

8 | Cooperation , Economics , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Breadboard Software , Hybrid Systems , Public Goods

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H Shirado, S Kasahara, NA Christakis. "Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans," PNAS, 2023 Dec 19;120(51):e2307804120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2307804120. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

Approaching disease transmission with network science

4 | Global Health , Social Network , Infectious Disease , LMIC

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Vishnempet Shridhar, S., Christakis, N.A. Approaching disease transmission with network science. Nat Rev Bioeng 2, 6–7 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-023-00139-0

The Enmity Paradox

8 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software , Violence

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Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The enmity paradox. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 16;13(1):20040. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47167-9. PMID: 37973933; PMCID: PMC10654772.

Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments

10 | Experiment , Breadboard Software , Inequality , Economics , Mental Health , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Contagion Intervention

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Nishi, A., German, C.A., Iwamoto, S.K. et al. Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments. Nat. Mental Health 1, 990–1000 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00159-0

Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide

5 | Methodology , Microbiome , Honduras , Infectious Disease , Global Health

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Diebold PJ, Rhee MW, Shi Q, Trung NV, Umrani F, Ahmed S, Kulkarni V, Deshpande P, Alexander M, Thi Hoa N, Christakis NA, Iqbal NT, Ali SA, Mathad JS, Brito IL. Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide. Nature Communications. 2023 Nov 14;14(1):7366. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42998-6. PMID: 37963868; PMCID: PMC10645880.

Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties

4 | Phone Network , China , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

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Jayson S Jia, Yiwei Li, Sheng Liu, Nicholas A Christakis, Jianmin Jia, Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2023, pgad358, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad358

A Prospective Sociocentric Study of 2 Entire Traditional Korean Villages: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP)

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Baek J, Baldina E, Sung K, Lee SH, Christakis NA, Bearman P, Kim HC, Chu SH, Lee E, Park YR, Chey J, Choi YH, Lee D, Youm Y. A Prospective Sociocentric Study of 2 Entire Traditional Korean Villages: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP). Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 5;193(2):241-255. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad190. PMID: 37759338.

Mass Gatherings for Political Expression Had No Discernable Association with the Local Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA in 2020 and 2021

3 | Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , Political Science

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Feltham, E., Forastiere, L., Alexander, M. et al. Mass gatherings for political expression had no discernible association with the local course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA in 2020 and 2021. Nat Hum Behav 7, 1708–1728 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01654-1