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Chad Stecher, PhD

Selected Publications

Curriculum Vitae

2025

Fowers, R., Coza, A., Chung, Y., Ghasemzadeh, H., Cloonan, S., Huberty, J., Berardi, V. & Stecher, C. "Identifying Common Patterns in the Time of Day of Mindfulness Meditation Associated
with Long-Term Maintenance.” Behavioral Sciences,(forthcoming).

2024

Stecher, C., Linnemayr, S., Cloonan, S., Reaven, P. and Huckfeldt, P. (2024). Cost Savings from an mHealth Tool for Improving Medication Adherence. The American Journal of Managed Care, (forthcoming).

2024

Berardi, V., Phillips, C., McEntee, M., Stecher, C., Todd, M. and Adams, M. (2024). The Impact of Monetary Incentives on Delay Discounting Within a Year-Long Physical Activity Intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 58(5): pp. 341-352.

2024

Linnemayr, S., Wagner, Z., Saya, U., Stecher, C., Lunkuse, L., Wabukala, P., Odiit, M. and Mukasa, B. (2024). Behavioral Economic Incentives to Support HIV Care: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 96(3): pp. 250-258.

2024

Stecher, C., Chen, C., Codella, J. and Hendler, J. (2024). Combing Anchoring With Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among College Students. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 47: pp. 751-769.

2024

Stecher, C., Cloonan, S. and Domino, M. (2024). The Economics of Treatment for Depression. Annual Review of Public Health, 45: pp. 527-551.

2023

Stecher, C., Pagni, B.A., Cloonan, S., Vink, S., Hill, E., Ogbeama, D., Delaney, S. and Braden, B.B. (2023). App-Based Meditation Habits Maintain Reductions in Depression Symptoms Among Autistic Adults. Autism, 28(6): pp. 1487-1502.

2023

Cloonan, S., Fowers, R., Huberty, J. and Stecher, C. (2023). Meditation App Habits and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Meditation App Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mindfulness, 14(9), pp. 2276-2286.

2023

Stecher, C., Pfisterer, B., Harden, S., Epstein, D., Hirschmann, J., Wunsch, K. and Buman, M. (2023). Assessing the Pragmatic Nature of Mobile Health Interventions Promoting Physical Activity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JMIR mHealth uHealth, 11, e43162.

2023

Berardi, V., Stecher, C., Fowers, R. and Rubin. G. (2023). Time of Day Preferences and Daily Temporal Consistency for Predicting the Sustained Use of a Commerical Meditation App: Longitudinal Observational Study. JMIR: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(1), e42482.

2023

Stecher, C., Palimaru, A., Odiit, M., Lunkuse, L., Walukaga, S. and Linnemayr, S. (2023). Barriers and Facilitators of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence Habit Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence From a Qualitative Study in Kampala, Uganda. Social Science & Medicine, 317, pp. 115567.

2023

Stecher, C. and Ketcham, J. (2023). Learning to Work Together: Productivity Gains from Shared Experience Among Cardiology Teams. American Journal of Health Economics, 9(2), pp. 231-261.

2023

McCullough, M. and Stecher, C. (2023). Associations Between Physician Practice Models and Health Information Exchange. American Journal of Managed Care, 29(1), pp. 27-34.

2022

Fowers, R., Berardi, V., Huberty, J. and Stecher, C. (2022). Using Mobile Meditation App Data to Predict Future App Engagement: An Observational Study. JAMIA: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 29(12) pp. 2057-2065.

2022

Stecher, C., Ghai, I., Lunkuse, L., Wabukala, P., Odiit, M., Nakanwagi, A. and Linnemayr, S. (2022). INcentives and ReMINDers to Improve Long-term Medication Adherence (INMIND): Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(10), e42216.

2021

Stecher, C., Sullivan, M. and Huberty, J. (2021). Using Personalized Anchors to Establish Routine Meditation Practice with a Mobile App: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 9(12), e32794.

2021

Stecher, C., Everhart, A., Smith, L., Jena, A., Ross, J., Desai, N., Shah, N. and Karaca-Mandic, P. (2021). Physician Network Connections Associated with Faster De-Adoption of Dronedarone for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 14(10), e008040.

2021

Stecher, C., *Fowers, R., Christ, J., Berardi, V., Chung, Y. and Huberty, J. (2021). Identifying App-Based Meditation Habits and the Associated Mental Health Benefits: Longitudinal Observational Study. JMIR: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(11), e27282.

2021

Stecher, C. and Linnemayr, S. (2021). Promoting Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Habits: A Novel Approach Based on a Synthesis of Economic and Psychological Theories of Habit Formation. AIDS, 35(5), pp. 711-716.

2021

Stecher, C. (2021). Physician Network Connections to Specialists and HIV Quality of Care. Health Services Research, 56(5), pp. 908-918.

2021

Stecher, C., Mukasa, B. and Linnemayr, S. (2021). Uncovering a Behavioral Strategy for Establishing New Habits: Evidence from Incentives for Medication Adherence in Uganda. Journal of Health Economics, 77, pp. 102443.

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