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Behavioural Insights Units

BI units from around the world working with governments to apply behavioural insights to public policy. Click on a country or unit to learn more.

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Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

General Information

Organisation's name

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Organisation's website

https://obssr.od.nih.gov/about/strategic-plan

The Team

Does the team works with government(s) on applying BI to public policy?

The team is part of:
Part of federal government

Number of people that apply behavioural science in the team:
22

Activities

Activities in which the unit has been involved

Conducting experiments to measure behavioural impact, Evaluating behavioural impact in other ways (beyond experiments), Providing advice on policy implementation relying on existing evidence, Providing advice on policy design relying on existing evidence, Analyzing data about individual behavioura to look for patterns and/or predict behaviors, Delivering training and education

Policy area(s)

Health, Medication, Mental Health, Nutrition, Physical activity, Vaccines

Tools used to measure the effect of intervention

Randomized control trials or A/B tests, Surveys
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United States

Date Published:

4 October 2024

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