NCT04502056

Covid-19 Messaging to Underserved Communities - 2nd Experiment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20,460 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to build off results from our first experiment (NCT04371419) , and test whether messages that acknowledge racial injustice on behalf of institutions affect the retention of knowledge and movement of beliefs and behavior with respect to Covid-19. The investigators will also test the effect of concordance of providers and whether highlighting the unequal burden of the disease has additional effects on knowledge, beliefs and behavior regarding covid-19. The sample will include African American and white adult Americans and oversample those with less than a college degree.

Detailed description

Recent data have shown that covid19 is disproportionately infecting and killing African Americans and Latinx people in the United States. Moreover, since our last experiment, the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police has raised awareness of structural racism in the United States. The aim of the study is to build off results from our first experiment (NCT04371419) , and test whether messages that acknowledge racial injustice on behalf of institutions affect the retention of knowledge and movement of beliefs and behavior with respect to Covid-19. The investigators will also test the effect of concordance of providers and whether highlighting the unequal burden of the disease has additional effects on knowledge, beliefs and behavior regarding covid-19.The sample will include African American and white adult Americans and oversample those with less than a college degree.

Conditions

• Covid19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Acknowledgement Racial Injustice AMA	Investigators will examine whether acknowledgements of racial inequality are helpful towards improving knowledge retention and behaviors associated with the intervention among participants. In this arm, participants will receive a AMA statement on racial injustice.
BEHAVIORAL	African American Sender Acknowledgement	Investigators will also vary the messenger of the acknowledgement sender. In this arm participants receive a African American sender in acknowledgment of AMA
BEHAVIORAL	African American Sender in Informational Videos.	Investigators will vary the sender of the informational covid-19 videos. In this arm, participants receive a African American sender in informational videos.
BEHAVIORAL	Racial Inequality Highlighted	Investigators will include information on race-specific covid-19 cases and deaths in one variation in the messaging. In this arm, participants receive disproportionate race-specific Covid-19 facts
BEHAVIORAL	AMA Acknowledgement Drug Pricing	Investigators will examine whether acknowledgements of racial inequality are helpful towards improving knowledge retention and behaviors associated with the intervention among participants. In this arm, participants receive AMA information on drug pricing
BEHAVIORAL	White Sender in Acknowledgement	Investigators will also vary the messenger of the acknowledgement sender. In this arm, participants receive a white sender in the acknowledgement
BEHAVIORAL	White Sender in Informational Videos	Investigators will vary the messenger of the informational covid-19 videos. In this arm, participants receive white sender in the informational video
BEHAVIORAL	No Racial Inequality Highlighting	In this arm, the disproportionate burden of Covid-19 on communities of color will not be highlighted
BEHAVIORAL	Placebo videos	Videos not related to covid-19 will be shown

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-07
• Primary completion: 2020-09-06
• Completion: 2020-09-06
• First posted: 2020-08-06
• Last updated: 2021-07-27
• Results posted: 2021-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States