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Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study

8 | Honduras , Mental Health , LMIC , Global Health , Sociocentric Network , Social Network , Emotion , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH)

Citation:

Lee ST, Papamichalis M, Raygoza-Cortez K, Christakis NA, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL. Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2026 Jun 12;16(6):e108285. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108285. PMID: 42285574; PMCID: PMC13288701.

The Influence “Paradox”: When More Network Ties Lead to Less Change

8 | Honduras , Contagion Intervention , Economics , Methodology , Network Targeting , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Contagion

Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self‑reports

3 | Honduras , Global Health , Methodology

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Rudnev M, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL, Barrett R, Christakis NA, Grossmann I. Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self-reports. Behav Res Methods. 2026 May 4;58(6):150. doi: 10.3758/s13428-026-03016-x. PMID: 42082861.

Modeling roles and trade-offs in multiplex networks

5 | Honduras , Methodology , Multiplex Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Network

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Nakis, N., Lehmann, S., Christakis, N.A. et al. Modeling roles and trade-offs in multiplex networks. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68896-1

Countering the Forgetting of Novel Health Information with ‘Social Boosting’

7 | Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Social Contagion , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Krishna V, Christakis NA. Countering the forgetting of novel health information with ‘social boosting.' SSM Popul Health, 33 (2026); 101902

Characterization of gut microbiomes in rural Honduras reveals uncharacterized species and associations with human genetic variation

6 | Biomarker , Evolutionary Biology , Genetics , Honduras , LMIC , Microbiome

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Beghini F, Brito IL, Gerstein M, Christakis NA. Characterization of gut microbiomes in rural Honduras reveals uncharacterized species and associations with human genetic variation. Cell Rep. 2026 Jan 27;45(1):116724. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116724. Epub 2025 Dec 18. PMID: 41420859.

Social Networks and International Migration in Honduran Villages

8 | Geographic Effects , Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

Thomas LJ, Christakis NA, Garip F. Social networks and international migration in Honduran villages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jan 6;123(1):e2505818122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505818122. Epub 2026 Jan 2. PMID: 41481447; PMCID: PMC12773785.

Network-cycle motif participation is associated with individual and collective wealth in Honduran villages

8 | Economics , Honduras , Inequality , LMIC , Methodology , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Shridhar, S.V., Lee, S.T., Charette, Y. et al. Network-cycle motif participation is associated with individual and collective wealth in Honduran villages. Sci Rep 15, 27680 (2025).

Cognitive representations of social networks in isolated villages

11 | Friendship , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , Genetics , LMIC , Methodology , Multiplex Network , NAC Favorite , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Feltham, E., Forastiere, L. & Christakis, N.A. Cognitive representations of social networks in isolated villages. Nat Hum Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02221-6

Gut Microbiome Strain-sharing within Isolated Village Social Networks (Nature, 2024)

14 | Friendship , Genetics , Global Health , Homophily , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , Infectious Disease , LMIC , Microbiome , NAC Favorite , Nature , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

Citation:

Beghini F, Pullman J, Alexander M, Shridhar SV, Prinster D, Singh A, Matute Juárez R, Airoldi EM, Brito IL, Christakis NA. Gut microbiome strain-sharing within isolated village social networks. Nature. 2025 Jan;637(8044):167-175. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08222-1. Epub 2024 Nov 20. PMID: 39567691; PMCID: PMC11666459.

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