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The Impact of Social Contagion on Physician Adoption of Advanced Imaging Tests in Breast Cancer

4 | Cancer , Physician Network , Social Contagion , Health Services Research

Citation:

C.E. Pollack, P.R. Soulos, J. Herrin, X. Xu, N.A. Christakis, H.P. Forman, J.B. Yu, B.K. Killelea, S.Y. Wang, C.P. Gross, "The Impact of Social Contagion on Physician Adoption of Advanced Imaging Tests in Breast Cancer" Journal of National Cancer Institute, March 2017) DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw330

Spread of Pathogens in the Patient Transfer Network of US Hospitals

4 | Institutional Network , Infectious Disease , Health Services Research , Sociocentric Network

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J. Gracia, J. Onnela, M. Barnett, V.M. Eguíluz, and N. A. Christakis, “Spread of Pathogens in the Patient Transfer Network of US Hospitals,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, in: Lee D., Lin YR., Osgood N., Thomson R. (eds) Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling. SBP-BRiMS 2017. vol 10354 (Jun 2017) DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60240-0_33

Influence of Patient Transfer Network of US Inpatient Facilities on the Incidence of Nosocomial Infections

4 | Institutional Network , Infectious Disease , Health Services Research , Sociocentric Network

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J. Gracia, J. Onnela, M. Barnett, V.M. Eguíluz, and N. A. Christakis, “Influence of Patient Transfer Network of US Inpatient Facilities on the Incidence of Nosocomial Infections,” Scientific Reports, 7: 2930 (Jun 2017) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02245-7

Locally Noisy Autonomous Agents Improve Global Human Coordination in Network Experiments (Nature, 2017)

13 | Methodology , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Biological Network , Behavior Genetics , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Bots , NAC Favorite , Nature , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Public Goods

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H. Shirado and N.A. Christakis, "Locally Noisy Autonomous Agents Improve Global Human Coordination in Network Experiments" Nature, 545, 370–374 (18 May 2017) doi:10.1038/nature22332

Dueling Biological and Social Contagions

7 | Social Contagion , NAC Favorite , Social Network , Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , Vaccination , Sociocentric Network

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F. Fu, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Dueling Biological and Social Contagions" Scientific Reports, (March 2017); 7: 43643 DOI: 10.1038/srep43634

Exploiting Social Influence to Magnify Population-Level Behavior Change in Maternal and Child Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Network Targeting Algorithms in Rural Honduras

11 | Methodology , Trellis Software , RCT , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Experiment , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Honduras , Global Health , Contagion Intervention , Network Targeting

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H.B. Shakya, D. Stafford, D.A. Hughes, T. Keegan, R. Negron, J. Broome, M. McKnight, E. Nicoll, J.A. Nelson, E. Iriarte, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Exploiting Social Influence to Magnify Population-Level Behavior Change in Maternal and Child Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Network Targeting Algorithms in Rural Honduras" BMJ Open, (2017) 7(3), p.e012996.

Cooperation, Decision Time, and Culture: Online Experiments with American and Indian Participants

5 | Breadboard Software , Cooperation , India , Methodology , Public Goods

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A. Nishi, N.A. Christakis, and D. G. Rand, "Cooperation, Decision Time, and Culture: Online Experiments with American and Indian Participants" PLoS ONE, (February 2017) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171252

Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study

3 | Mental Health , Online Network , Social Network

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H.B. Shakya and N.A. Christakis, "Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study" American Journal of Epidemiology, 2017; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww189

An Exploratory Comparison of Name Generator Content: Data from Rural India

4 | Methodology , India , Social Network , Global Health

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H.B. Shakya, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "An Exploratory Comparison of Name Generator Content: Data from Rural India" Social Networks, 48: 157-168 (January 2017)

Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk

5 | PNAS , Online Network , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Friendship

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W.R. Hobbs, M.K. Burke, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(46): 12980-12984 (November 2016) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605554113