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Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change

Bucher, A. (2020). Engaged: Designing for behavior change. Rosenfeld Media.

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• 2025 Shah, N., Castellanos, A., Chen, Y., Piette, J., Bucher, A., & Murphy, S. (2025). A scoping review on artificial intelligence–supported interventions for nonpharmacologic management of chronic rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care & Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25612
• 2025 Frith, E., Deedat, S., Blazek, E. S., & Bucher, A. (2025). Comfort or hesitancy: A cross-sectional study of modifiable factors associated with co-vaccination behavior among United States and Canadian adults. Preventive Medicine Reports, 57, Article 103199. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525002384
• 2025 Blazek, E. S., Deedat, S., Kinney, O., Londerée, A. M., Frede, S., & Bucher, A. (2025). What do people really think about the RSV vaccine? Study of unsolicited text replies from adults over 60. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), Article 654. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04961-2
• 2024 Bucher, A., Chaudhry, B. M., Davis, J. W., et al. (2024). How to design equitable digital health tools: A narrative review of design tactics, case studies, and opportunities. PLOS Digital Health, 3(8), e0000591. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000591
• 2024 Bucher, A., Blazek, E. S., & Symons, C. T. (2024). How are machine learning and artificial intelligence used in digital behavior change interventions? A scoping review. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcpdig.2024.05.007
• 2024 Blazek, E. S., & Bucher, A. (2024). Barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in a troop of Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Marines: Observational study. JMIR Formative Research, 8, e50181. https://doi.org/10.2196/50181
• 2023 West, A. B., Guo, Y. V., & Bucher, A. (2023). Leveraging behavioral science and artificial intelligence to support mental health in the workplace: A pilot study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1219229
• 2023 Blazek, E. S., West, A. B., & Bucher, A. (2023). Responses to a COVID-19 vaccination intervention: Qualitative analysis of 17K unsolicited SMS replies. Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001297
• 2023 Bucher, A. (2023). The patient experience of the future is personalized: Using technology to scale an N of 1 approach. Journal of Patient Experience, 10, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231167975
• 2022 Bucher, A., Blazek, E. S., & West, A. B. (2022). Feasibility of a reinforcement learning–enabled digital health intervention to promote mammograms. JMIR Formative Research, 6(11), e42343. https://doi.org/10.2196/42343
• 2022 Powers, B., & Bucher, A. (2022). An economic impact model for estimating the value to health systems of a digital intervention for diabetes primary care. JMIR Formative Research, 6(9), e37745. https://doi.org/10.2196/37745
• 2022 Delaney, S., & Bucher, A. (2022). If we build it right, they will come: Driving health outcomes with “precision nudging.” In A. Samson (Ed.), The behavioral economics guide 2022 (pp. 17–26). https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/be-guide
• 2022 Ford, K. L., West, A., Bucher, A., & Osborn, C. Y. (2022). Personalized digital health communications to increase COVID-19 vaccination in underserved populations. Frontiers in Digital Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.831093
• 2020 Schwartz, S. M., Wildenhaus, K., Bucher, A., & Byrd, B. (2020). Digital twins and the emerging science of self: Implications for digital health experience design and “small” data. Frontiers in Computer Science, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2020.00031
• 2013 Shih, M., Young, M. J., & Bucher, A. (2013). Working to reduce the effects of discrimination: Identity management strategies in organizations. American Psychologist, 68(3), 145–157. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032250
• 2009 Shih, M., Wang, E., Bucher, A. T., & Stotzer, R. (2009). Perspective taking: Reducing prejudice towards general outgroups and specific individuals. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 12(5), 565–577. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430209337463
• 2006 Trahan, A. (2006). A social life perspective on work relationships [Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan]. https://www.amybucherphd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Trahan-2006.pdf
• 2006 Shih, M., Pittinsky, T. L., & Trahan, A. (2006). Domain-specific effects of stereotypes on performance. Self and Identity, 5, 1–14.
• 2006 Pittinsky, T. L., Shih, M., & Trahan, A. (2006). Identity cues: Evidence from and for intra-individual perspectives on positive and negative stereotyping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(9), 2215–2239. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00101.x

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