Increasing School Meal Participation

NCT ID: NCT06419218

Last Updated: 2025-01-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

832 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-19

Study Completion Date

2024-12-20

Brief Summary

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This study aims to determine whether an online marketing campaign increases children's school meal participation. Parents whose children do not currently eat school meals frequently will be exposed to messages designed to encourage their children's increased participation in school meals.

Detailed Description

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In this 6-week-long online randomized controlled trial, participants will be randomized to one of two arms: 1) Control (neutral) messages or 2) Messages designed to increase school meal participation. In each arm, participants will join private Facebook groups corresponding to their study arm. The study team will post campaign messages to these groups. Participants will answer online survey questions before and after the study on their attitudes about school meals and their child's participation in school meals.

Conditions

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Nutrition, Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators
The investigator and data analyst will not be aware of participants' assignments.

Study Groups

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School meal messages

Participants will view messages focused on the benefits of children eating school meals, using text and images developed based on parent interviews. Participants will view a total of 10 messages.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

School meal messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Messages focused on the benefits of children consuming school lunch and breakfast, using text and images developed based on parent interviews. Participants will view a total of 10 messages.

Control (neutral) messages

Participants will view messages focused on the benefits of children reading. Messages will be matched in length to the experimental messages. Participants will view a total of 10 messages.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control (neutral) messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control messages approximately matched to the intervention messages on length and design, but discussing a neutral topic unrelated to school meals (reading). Participants will view a total of 10 messages.

Interventions

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School meal messages

Messages focused on the benefits of children consuming school lunch and breakfast, using text and images developed based on parent interviews. Participants will view a total of 10 messages.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control (neutral) messages

Control messages approximately matched to the intervention messages on length and design, but discussing a neutral topic unrelated to school meals (reading). Participants will view a total of 10 messages.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years or older
* Parent of a child attending a public school in grades 1-5
* Resides in one of the following states: California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Vermont
* Has internet access
* Has a Facebook account
* Child consumes 3 or fewer school lunches per week or 3 or fewer school breakfasts per week

Exclusion Criteria

* Younger than 18 years old
* Does not have a child attending a public school in grades 1-5
* Resides out of one of the following states: California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Vermont
* Does not have internet access
* Does not have a Facebook account
* Child consumes more than 3 school lunches per week and more than 3 school breakfasts per week
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Anna Grummon

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anna Grummon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor

Locations

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Stanford School of Medicine

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

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75335

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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