Beth partnered with researchers at Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at University of Pennsylvania to provide qualitative research for a mixed methods study identifying mechanisms through which cash transfers delivered in a health care context might influence the health of people living with chronic diseases in the United States.  Beth conducted in-depth interviews, coded and analyzed data, and produced data memos to inform team analysis.

She collaborated with the research team to co-write an article published with Social Science & Medicine in 2026: Unconditional cash transfers to improve health behaviors among primary care patients: a qualitative sub-study of a randomized clinical trial.

Article abstract: Unconditional cash transfers are a popular poverty reduction approach and may influence behavioral risk factors for chronic disease outcomes through economic and psychological pathways. Few studies have used qualitative interviews to identify the mechanisms through which cash transfers delivered in a health care context might influence the health of people living with chronic diseases in the United States. We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to identify pathways through which unconditional cash transfers may influence health and assess the acceptability and feasibility of such an intervention among low-income patients receiving treatment for hypertension or diabetes.