Increasing people's willingness to eat healthier and be more physically active using social norms

Last registered on April 28, 2022

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Increasing people's willingness to eat healthier and be more physically active using social norms
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009313
Initial registration date
April 26, 2022

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
April 28, 2022, 6:12 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
B4Development Foundation

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-04-26
End date
2022-07-31
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
As part of a health promotion campaign survey, an experiment will be done to test whether social norm messages can increase respondents' willingness to increase their current level of physical activity and improve their diet. Possible barriers to both types of behaviours will also be explored.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Makki, Fadi. 2022. "Increasing people's willingness to eat healthier and be more physically active using social norms." AEA RCT Registry. April 28. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9313-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
An experiment embedded within a survey will be conducted whereby social norms related to the physical activity and healthy diet will be tested.
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2022-04-26
Intervention End Date
2022-05-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to increase the current level of physical activity
Willingness to increase current fruits and vegetable consumption
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
There will be three arms - control, treatment arm 1 (nutrition), treatment arm 2 (physical activity). All survey respondents will be randomly assigned to one of the groups.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer (STATA)
Randomization Unit
Individual randomization
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
no clusters
Sample size: planned number of observations
1,15 million of patients registered with primary health care centers will receive the text message to participate in the study, the response rate is usually 5-6%, expected number of respondents is app 50 000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
330 000 patients in each of the treatment arms
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

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IRB Approval Date
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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