Public Support for Prison Nutrition Standards

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: Public safety rationale; Behavioral: No rationale (Control); Behavioral: Right-to-health rationale; Behavioral: Cost-saving rationale

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06840600

25-0030

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this experiment is to examine the impact of policy rationale on public support for prison nutrition standards. The main question this experiment aims to answer is:

Does the rationale provided for a policy to improve prison nutrition standards impact public support for such a policy?

Additionally, this experiment aims to answer:

To what extent are participant demographic characteristics correlated with public support for prison nutrition standards?

Full description

This study aims to examine the impact of policy rationale on public support for prison nutrition standards. In an online survey, participants will be asked to imagine a new U.S. policy which would require prisons to serve meals that meet the government definition of healthy. Participants will then be randomly assigned to view 1 of 3 different rationales for the new policy, or be assigned to a control arm where no rationale is given. All participants will answer a question about support for the policy.

Enrollment: 1,201 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• At least 18 years of age
• Report residing in the US
• Can read and speak English
• Have internet access to complete the online survey

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age
• Residing outside the US

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,201 participants in 4 patient groups

Public safety rationale

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Public safety rationale

Right-to-health rationale

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Right-to-health rationale

Cost-saving rationale

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cost-saving rationale

No rationale (Control)

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: No rationale (Control)