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<\/p>\nSPECIAL ISSUE OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY ON BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Health has a major impact on both individuals and nations. Health problems
\ncan impact a person\u2019s emotional, financial and social state; they can also
\naffect a nation\u2019s financial and social standing. Indeed, countries across
\nthe globe are currently battling the increasing costs of health care
\ndelivery, while others are trying to modernize their systems. Furthermore,
\nmost nations face similar health related challenges such as reducing
\nunhealthy behaviors (poor diet and smoking), increasing healthy behaviors
\n(exercising), assisting disadvantaged population gain better access to
\nhealth services, and improving adherence to medical treatment.<\/p>\n
According to the Surgeon General’s Office the leading causes of mortality in
\nthe U.S. have substantial behavioral components. It is no wonder, therefore,
\nthat both psychologists and economists have been among the pioneers in
\nstudying components associated with health behaviors and have provided a
\nrange of successful behaviorally based prevention and treatment options.
\nYet, the sheer extent of these problems calls for a more interdisciplinary
\napproach. In recent years a growing number of researchers have turned to
\nbehavioral and experimental economics in the hopes of providing additional
\ninsights to facilitate positive health behavior changes.<\/p>\n
The aim of this special issue is to bring together the latest research in
\nbehavioral and experimental economics on health related issues, stimulate
\ncross disciplinary exchange of ideas (theories, methods and practices)
\nbetween health economists and psychologists, and provide an opportunity to
\nsimulate novel and creative ways to tackle some of the most important health
\nchallenges we currently face. This special issue will be of interest not
\nonly to a diverse range of researchers but to health professionals,
\npractitioners and policy makers alike.<\/p>\n
With this call for papers, we hope to attract manuscripts that are
\noutstanding empirical and\/or theoretical exemplars of research on any health
\nrelated topic from a behavioral and\/or experimental economic perspective. We
\nanticipate studies will focus on a range of topics, including, but not
\nlimited to: Smoking, Dietary choices, Adherence to treatment, Decision
\nmaking, Risk taking behavior, Choice architecture, Information asymmetry and
\nuse of monetary incentives to alter behavior. We expect papers to reflect a
\nvariety of methodologies but to highlight implications of the research for
\npractitioners and policy makers.<\/p>\n
Authors should submit a short proposal (maximum of 400 words) that outlines With this call for papers, we hope to attract manuscripts that are
\nthe plan for a full manuscript* to Yaniv Hanoch, PhD *and* Eric Andrew
\nFinkelstein*, PhD, guest editors for the special issue, by *March 1, 2012*.
\nThe proposal should outline the study question, methods and findings of the
\nproposed submission and note how the paper will align with the theme of the
\nspecial issue. *Submissions are due August 1, 2012.* Papers should be
\nprepared in full accord with the *Health Psychology* Instructions to Authors
\nand submitted through the Manuscript Submission
\nPortal
\nAll manuscripts will be peer reviewed. Some papers not included in a
\nspecific special section may be accepted for publication in *Health
\nPsychology* as regular papers. Please indicate in the cover letter
\naccompanying your manuscript that you would like to have the paper
\nconsidered for the Special Series on Health Psychology meets Behavioral
\nEconomics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\noutstanding empirical and\/or theoretical exemplars of research on any health
\nrelated topic from a behavioral and\/or experimental economic perspective. We
\nanticipate studies will focus on a range of topics, including, but not
\nlimited to: Smoking, Dietary choices, Adherence to treatment, Decision
\nmaking, Risk taking behavior, Choice architecture, Information asymmetry and
\nuse of monetary incentives to alter behavior. We expect papers to reflect a
\nvariety of methodologies but to highlight implications of the research for
\npractitioners and policy makers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,13,2],"tags":[252,26,159,20,27,216,253,214,250,82,203,28,29,36,251],"class_list":["post-2708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-programs","category-research-news","tag-adherence","tag-behavioral","tag-behavioral-economics","tag-decision-making","tag-economics","tag-exercise","tag-field","tag-health","tag-interventions","tag-jdm","tag-judgment","tag-medicine","tag-nudges","tag-psychology","tag-treatments"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4LKj-HG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}