Health Beliefs, Disease Severity, and Patient Adherence
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
A Meta-Analysis
Patient Compliance
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Physician Communication and Patient Adherence to Treatment
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study analyzed 127 research studies spanning 59 years to find a positive correlation between physician communication skills, as well as physician training in communication skills and patient adherence to treatment recommendations.
Health Behavior Change and Treatment Adherence
January 1, 2010 | Book
This book synthesizes the results from more than 50 years of empirical research, resulting in simple, powerful, and practical guidance for health professionals who want to know the most effective strategies for helping their clients to put long-term health-relevant behavior changes into practice.
Patient Illiteracy Affects Compliance With Health Care Instructions
December 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Prudential Center for Health Care Research assessed the functional health literacy of 3,260 older Americans at four Prudential HealthCare sites in Cleveland, Ohio Houston, Texas Tampa, Fla. and south Florida.
Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
People are highly influenced by what the people in their social network eat.
How Our Friends (and Our Friends' Friends) Influence Our Health
September 1, 2011 | Story
A Profile of Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH
Do Facebook and Other Social Networks Influence Health and Behavior?
August 9, 2011 | Program Result
A team at Harvard led by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, built several health-related social network data sets and used them to analyze the role social networks play in health and health care. Some findings achieved national media coverage.
Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks
September 15, 2010 | Journal Article
To evaluate whether such a friend group could indeed provide early detection, the authors studied a flu outbreak at Harvard College in late 2009.
The Spread of Alcohol Consumption in a Large Social Network
April 6, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines whether the alcohol consumption behavior of individuals is influenced by the alcohol consumption of people in their social network. A more nuanced understanding of the relationship between social networks and alcohol consumption is important because alcohol has complex health ramifications, both negative and positive.
Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks
March 23, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines how an individual’s decision to cooperate or not cooperate in a game setting can influence subsequent interactions between other players. Little is known about whether cooperative or uncooperative behavior can have a cascading influence on the behavior of people who were not part of the original decision.