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- Blog
- 16th Sep 2024
Use a behavioral lens to tackle trust in US healthcare
BIT recently participated in an interdisciplinary Community of Practice (CoP) led by the Pima County Health Department. The goal was to increase health literacy and vaccination rates among Latine people who can become pregnant.
- Blog
- 6th Aug 2024
Are content controls the answer to helping people curate their online feeds?
To examine how the design of platforms might help - or hinder - people from making informed choices about the content they see, BIT and Ofcom ran two trials.
- Press release
- 1st Aug 2024
Be In A Net: Behavioural Insights to improve the use of Insecticide-treated Malaria nets in Nigeria and Uganda
Nearly every minute, a child under five dies from malaria. Despite significant progress in reducing the disease in the last two decades, malaria continues to cause over 200 million infections and over 600,000 deaths each year. The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a world leader in behavioural science, having completed…
- Blog
- 11th Jul 2024
How can we reach non-English speakers for cancer screenings?
Not everyone takes advantage of screening when they’re eligible, and groups with language and cultural barriers get screened even less.
- Blog
- 6th Jun 2024
Hacia la Erradicación del Dengue y otras Enfermedades Vectoriales: Un Enfoque Conductual y Sanitario en América Latina
Las ciencias del comportamiento ofrecen herramientas esenciales para influir en las prácticas y decisiones de las comunidades, promoviendo así un enfoque proactivo para reducir la prevalencia de las enfermedades transmitidas por el mosquito.
- Blog
- 31st May 2024
How media coverage of vaping restrictions might influence public perceptions: insights from a new study
To the disappointment of many anti-smoking campaigners, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill was shelved last week as the UK parliament was suspended ahead of the election in July. The headline measure would have banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 1 January 2009, but the bill would have…
- Blog
- 29th May 2024
Gen Z teens are taking far fewer risks
We look at how teenagers in Great Britain today are taking fewer drugs, gambling less, and having fewer pregnancies than previous generations.
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Dr Alejandro Salgado
With over a decade of consulting experience, I have led 400 transformative projects worldwide, focusing on the application of behavioral science to create high-impact social interventions and strategies. My work integrates data analytics and experimental psychology to shape project management, product development, and strategic planning. Currently directing efforts in Latin…
- Press release
- 1st May 2024
BIT and HelpMum Africa selected for the new 8.5M VaxSocial grant to develop behavioural social media interventions to build vaccine confidence
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and HelpMum Africa have been awarded a major significant grant to explore the role of behavioural change interventions in vaccine uptake in Nigeria, India and Indonesia.
- Blog
- 30th Apr 2024
Mengatasi ketidakacuhan di era pasca-pandemi: Bagaimana caranya untuk meningkatkan serapan vaksinasi?
Apakah Anda tahu berapa banyak varian hasil mutasi virus SARS-CoV-2 yang telah muncul sejak awal pandemi? Anda mungkin sudah berhenti mengikuti beritanya karena pandemi sudah tidak lagi menjadi perhatian utama kita. Padahal, varian virus SARS-CoV-2 menjadi hal yang dibicarakan banyak orang ketika WHO mengeluarkan izin penggunaan darurat vaksin COVID-19 pertama…