Public Support for Prison Nutrition Standards

NCT ID: NCT06840600

Last Updated: 2025-08-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1201 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-05-07

Study Completion Date

2025-06-04

Brief Summary

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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?

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Public safety rationale

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Public safety rationale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Rationale provided for policy is to increase community safety.

Right-to-health rationale

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Right-to-health rationale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Rationale provided for policy is to support humans' right to healthy food.

Cost-saving rationale

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cost-saving rationale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Rationale provided for policy is to save the government money.

No rationale (Control)

Group Type OTHER

No rationale (Control)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In this arm, no rationale is provided for the policy.

Interventions

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Public safety rationale

Rationale provided for policy is to increase community safety.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Right-to-health rationale

Rationale provided for policy is to support humans' right to healthy food.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cost-saving rationale

Rationale provided for policy is to save the government money.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

No rationale (Control)

In this arm, no rationale is provided for the policy.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carolyn Chelius, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Locations

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

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25-0030

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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