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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.

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 , LIMC , 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

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

8 | India , Vaccination , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Contagion , LIMC , 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

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

Citation:

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

Social networks and health: a systematic review of sociocentric network studies in low- and middle-income countries

7 | Systematic Review , LIMC , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Global Health , Methodology , Friendship

Citation:

Perkins JM, Subramanian SV, Christakis NA. Social networks and health: a systematic review of sociocentric network studies in low- and middle-income countries. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jan;125:60-78. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.019. Epub 2014 Aug 19. PMID: 25442969; PMCID: PMC5690563.

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

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