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Dueling Biological and Social Contagions

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

Citation:

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

Citation:

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.

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

3 | Mental Health , Online Network , Social Network

Citation:

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

Citation:

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

Citation:

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

Formation of Raiding Parties for Inter-Group Violence is Mediated by Social Network Structure

9 | Evolutionary Biology , LMIC , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Indigenous Social Network , Friendship , Violence

Citation:

L. Glowacki, A. Isakov, R. W. Wrangham, R. McDermott, J. H. Fowler, and N. A. Christakis, "Formation of Raiding Parties for Inter-Group Violence is Mediated by Social Network Structure" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016 Oct 25;113(43):12114-12119. 10.1073/pnas.1610961113

Social Connectedness Is Associated with Fibrinogen Level in a Human Social Network

5 | Biomarker , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Evolutionary Biology

Citation:

D.A. Kim, E. Benjamin, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Connectedness Is Associated with Fibrinogen Level in a Human Social Network" Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283: 20160958 (August 2016) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0958

Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation

4 | Breadboard Software , Cooperation , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, N.A. Christakis, T. Evans, A.J. O’Malley, and D. G. Rand, "Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation" Scientific Reports, 6: 29622 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep29622

Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras

6 | Honduras , Social Network , Global Health , LMIC , Trellis Software , Violence

Citation:

H.B. Shakya, D. Hughes, D. Stafford, N.A. Christakis, J. Fowler, J. Silverman, "Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras" BMC Public Health, 2016, 16:233 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2893-4

Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India

8 | India , Vaccination , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Contagion , LMIC , Geographic Effects , Global Health

Citation:

J.P. Onnela, B.E. Landon, A.L. Kahn, D. Ahmed, H. Verma, A.J. O'Malley, S. Bahl, R.W. Sutter, N.A. Christakis, "Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India" Social Science & Medicine, 153: 99-106 (February 2016) doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.024

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