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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.

Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks

7 | Breadboard Software , Economics , Experiment , Inequality , Connection Intervention , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, H. Shirado, and N.A. Christakis, "Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks" Sociological Science, 2: 544-557 (Nov 30, 2015) doi: 10.15195/v2.a26

Inequality and Visibility of Wealth in Experimental Social Networks (Nature, 2015)

11 | Cooperation , Inequality , NAC Favorite , Nature , Economics , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, H. Shirado, D.G. Rand, and N.A. Christakis, "Inequality and Visibility of Wealth in Experimental Social Networks" Nature, Published online 09 September 2015. doi:10.1038/nature15392

Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial

11 | RCT , NAC Favorite , Contagion Intervention , Honduras , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Experiment , Global Health , Trellis Software , Network Targeting

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D.A. Kim, A.R. Hwong, D. Stafford, D.A. Hughes, A.J. O’Malley, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial" The Lancet, Published online May 5, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60095-2

Static Network Structure Can Stabilize Human Cooperation

9 | NAC Favorite , PNAS , Cooperation , Connection Intervention , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Public Goods

Citation:

D.G. Rand, M. Nowak, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Static Network Structure Can Stabilize Human Cooperation" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (48): 17093-17098 (December, 2014) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1400406111

Quality Versus Quantity of Social Ties in Experimental Cooperative Networks

7 | Breadboard Software , Connection Intervention , Experiment , NAC Favorite , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Public Goods

Citation:

H. Shirado, F. Fu, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Quality Versus Quantity of Social Ties in Experimental Cooperative Networks" Nature Communications, 4: 2814 (November, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3814

Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks

6 | Breadboard Software , Connection Intervention , Cooperation , Experiment , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

J.J. Jordan, D.G. Rand, S. Arbesman, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks" PLoS One, 8(6): e66199 (June, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066199

Dynamic Social Networks Promote Cooperation in Experiments with Humans (PNAS, 2011)

7 | Experiment , NAC Favorite , Social Network , PNAS , Breadboard Software , Connection Intervention , Public Goods

Citation:

D. Rand, S. Arbesman, and N.A. Christakis, "Dynamic Social Networks Promote Cooperation in Experiments with Humans" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (48): 19193-19198 (November 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1108243108

Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks (PNAS, 2010)

8 | Cooperation , Experiment , Contagion Intervention , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Marriage

Citation:

James H. Fowler and Nicholas A. Christakis, "Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(12): 5334-5338 (March 2010)

Neighborhoods Matter: A Population-Based Study of Provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

11 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Connection Intervention , Cooperation , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Bots , Breadboard Software , Public Goods

Citation:

T.J. Iwashyna, N.A. Christakis, and L.B. Becker, "Neighborhoods Matter: A Population-Based Study of Provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" Annals of Emergency Medicine, 34(4): 459-468 (October 1999)

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