Behavioral Economics to Implement a Traffic Light Nutrition Ranking System: Study 2

Recruiting N/A Interventional Study
Food Insecurity Implementation Science Diet, Healthy Behavioral Economics
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo. Healthy Volunteers Welcome You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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At a Glance
Age
18 – 90
Sex
Any
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Prevention
Participants needed
3,750 (estimated)
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital · Other
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About This Trial
This is a cluster randomized controlled trial of 30 food pantries affiliated with the Greater Boston Food Bank to test the use of behavioral economics (BE) tools to encourage food pantries to implement the Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP) program, with the goal of fostering accurate use of SWAP traffic light labels on pantry shelves and increasing the healthfulness of foods chosen by pantry …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Food pantries enrolled in the study will be partner agencies of the Greater Boston Food Bank that are maximum client choice, are located within approximately 1 hour driving time of Boston (for logistical feasibility), and are not actively using traffic-light nutrition ranking.…
Contacts

Anne N Thorndike, MD, MPH

617-724-4608

athorndike@mgh.harvard.edu

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Douglas Levy, PhD

617-643-3595

dlevy3@mgh.harvard.edu

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