Governments, nonprofits, and companies all try to influence people’s behavior. They do that in lots of ways. There are many education programs that aim to affect behavior. For example, the US ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study analyzing behavior modification interventions for chronic kidney disease found the intervention to be ...

The behavioral health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in increased drug use and subsequent overdoses, with overdose deaths in New Jersey increasing by 8% from January to August of this ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Young children in a classroom (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ground Picture) The landscape of modern education requires a fundamental shift in how student behavior is understood and managed.

The world has relied on adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as ventilation, mask-wearing and physical distancing, to keep us safe throughout the ongoing pandemic. With vaccines ...

This paper reviews research on the effects of behavioral risk factors on cancer incidence, as well as behavioral interventions for cancer prevention. Risk factors discussed here—tobacco use, diet, ...

People wear protective face masks near a social distancing sign in Central Park as New York City commences stage 4 of its reopening plan. As I tell my students, if you want to use behavioral science ...

It's one of the Minneapolis Police Department's latest reform measures. For some 30 years, early intervention systems have been a common reform in police departments. The data-driven approach attempts ...

Governments, nonprofits, and companies all try to influence people’s behavior. They do that in lots of ways. There are many education programs that aim to affect behavior. For example, the US ...