Behavioral Economic Interventions at Food Pantries

Auburn University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Food Selection

Treatments: Behavioral: Pricing; Behavioral: Packaging; Behavioral: Relative Proportions; Behavioral: Default Option; Behavioral: Order

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02403882

AuburnU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators run a series of behavioral economic interventions at client-choice food pantries to encourage clients to choose targeted foods.

Full description

The study includes simple interventions at food pantries in New York State. In the initial phase, the investigators are testing the effect of order, packaging, pricing products, and relative proportion of products at a food pantry.

Enrollment: 443 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Client in food pantry

Exclusion criteria

• Minors

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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443 participants in 5 patient groups

Order

Experimental group

Description:

The investigators arrange the placement of the targeted good to see if the order affects selection.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Order

Packaging

Experimental group

Description:

The investigators adjust the packaging of the targeted good to determine the effects on selection.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Packaging

Pricing

Experimental group

Description:

In food pantries, few products are priced. The investigators use pricing of products to determine its effect on selection.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pricing

Relative Proportions

Experimental group

Description:

The investigators adjust the proportion of the products to determine the effect on the selection of the targeted product.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Relative Proportions

Default Option

Experimental group

Description:

The investigators provide a targeted product to subjects at one point. Later, investigators offer subjects the possibility to exchange the targeted product for a close substitute.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Default Option