Message Framing and Policy Support for Front-of-package Labeling

Diet, Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Message Framing on Policy Support for Front-of-package Nutrition Labeling Among Latino and Limited English Proficiency Populations.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06296342
• Other study ID #: 24-0300c
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 15, 2024
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Contact: Marissa G Hall, PhD
• Phone: (919) 445-1310
• Email: mghall[@]unc.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to assess whether different message framing about front-of-package labeling policies elicits more policy support than the control (no framing) among Latino and limited English proficiency populations. The study also seeks to identify which message framing elicits the most policy support.

Description:

Participants will complete a between-subjects online randomized experiment. Participants will be randomized to 1 of 4 arms: 1) No framing (control), 2) Information framing, 3) Healthier choices framing, and 4) Industry framing. In each arm, participants will view 1 message developed for their randomly assigned arm and indicate their policy support.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 4000
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Identifying as Latino or Hispanic
• Ages 18-55 years old
• Residing in the United States

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not identifying as Latino or Hispanic
• Less than 18 or greater than 55 years old
• Not residing in the United States

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diet, Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Exposure to information framing message
The information framing message presents the objective of the front-of-package labeling policy as providing nutritional information.
• Exposure to healthier choices framing message
The healthier choices framing message presents the objective of the front-of-package labeling policy as encouraging consumers to make healthier choices.
• Exposure to industry framing message
The industry framing message presents the objective of the front-of-package labeling policy as encouraging the food industry to make healthier products.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health	Chapel Hill	North Carolina

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Duke University, Stanford University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Support for the front-of-package labeling policy, proportion	Policy support will be assessed with 1 item: "How much would you support or oppose this policy?" This item will be measured on a 4-point scale ranging from (1) "Strongly oppose this policy" to (4) "Strongly support this policy", where higher scores indicate higher support for the front-of-package labeling policy. The final outcome will be dichotomized so that 0=Oppose this policy and 1=Support this policy.	During exposure to intervention (i.e., message about policy), assessed during one-time online 10-minute survey.