Effects of Prior Exposure to Conflicting Health Information on Responses to Subsequent Unrelated Health Messages

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

6,046

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 20, 2020

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2020

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2020

Conditions
Communication Research
Interventions
OTHER

Exposure to conflicting health information

At 2 time points across a \~28-day period, participants will be exposed to news stories and social media posts about 6 health topics: mammography screening, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, Vitamin D supplementation, carbohydrate consumption, alcohol consumption, and breastfeeding. Participants in the conflict (experimental) group will have conflicting information added to these news and social media posts.

OTHER

No exposure to conflicting health information

At 2 time points across a \~28-day period, participants will be exposed to news stories and social media posts about 6 health topics: mammography screening, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, Vitamin D supplementation, carbohydrate consumption, alcohol consumption, and breastfeeding. Participants in the no conflict (comparator) group will have no conflicting information included in these news and social media posts.

Trial Locations (1)

60603

NORC at the University of Chicago (online only), Chicago

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

lead

University of Minnesota

OTHER

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