Clinical trials: Social Norms
Norm, Social, Autonomy
Gender-Transformative Interventions and Normative Beliefs About Reproductive Decision-Making
The ECOVI trial is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) conducted in rural and urban communities across Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Rajasthan, India, and funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
- Conditions
- Norm, Social, Autonomy, Relation, Family
- Trial name
- Beyond (NCT07734961)
- Testing
- Let Us Grow Together: Economic Wellbeing for Families
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Gender Relations
Effect of Community Social Mobilization for the Prevention of HIV in Young South African Women
The overall purpose is to assess whether a community social mobilization (CSM) program focused on young men ages 18-35 years of age changes gender norms in the community.
- Trial name
- NCT02129530
- Testing
- Community Social Mobilization program
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 2,502 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tobacco Use
Address Tobacco Use Among Adolescents in Hong Kong
This study will examine the effectiveness of a social norms campaign in correcting smoking misperceptions, reducing smoking susceptibility and changing smoking-related behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT03264144
- Testing
- Social norms campaign
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 12,868 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Alcohol Drinking, Social Norms
Implementation of a Web-based Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Intervention for Collegiate Student-athletes
The broad aim of the proposed study is to use the innovative Multiphase Optimization Strategy to develop a highly effective Internet-delivered intervention, myPlaybook, for the prevention of substance use among college…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Social Norms, Expectations, Harm Reduction
- Trial name
- NCT04253158
- Testing
- Educational standard, Educational standard and Harm prevention, Educational standard and Expectancies
- Volunteers
- 3,859 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prevention Strategies, LLC
Physical Activity
A Randomized-controlled Trial of Social Norm Interventions to Increase Physical Activity
Objective: Physical activity confers numerous health benefits, yet few adults meet recommended physical activity guidelines. The impact of brief messages providing feedback on physical activity was tested in this study.
- Trial name
- NCT02710201
- Testing
- Descriptive Social Norm, Descriptive-plus-Injunctive Social Norm
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Merced
Violence, Domestic Violence
Community-based Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Southwest, Nigeria
Background: Intimate partner violence is arguably the most prevalent, persistent and pernicious type of violence against women, all around the world.
- Conditions
- Violence, Domestic Violence, Attitude
- Trial name
- NCT06119984
- Testing
- Community mobilization
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 2,650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Funmilola OlaOlorun
Hypertension, Medication Adherence
Social Norms and Antihypertensive Medication Adherence
The study objective is to build group social norms to improve individual adhere to antihypertensive medications. Financial incentives are provided to individuals contingent upon group behavioral changes.
- Trial name
- NCT03292393
- Testing
- Financial reward, Social norms, Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Smoking, Adolescent Behavior
ADHAirE : a Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve the Implementation of Tobacco-free School Policies
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if the set up of an advocacy coalition in secondary schools can improve the implementation of tobacco-free school policies (TFSP) to prevent adolescent smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT06655038
- Testing
- Advocacy coalition, Feedback
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Physical Activity
Using Social Norms to Encourage People to Exercise More
The investigators are interested in using social norms to motivate people to sign up for a 100-day exercise challenge and exploring how to make social norms messages more effective.
- Trial name
- NCT02907164
- Testing
- Email invitation, Social norm, Intrinsic, health motive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
HPV Vaccination, Uptake Vaccination
PREVENT HPV -Related Cancers Trial
This study will serve as one of the first to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to promote HPV vaccination among diverse rural parents and caregivers of children ages 9-17 years in the Mountain West.
- Conditions
- HPV Vaccination, Uptake Vaccination, Series Completion
- Trial name
- NCT07217145
- Testing
- PREVENT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,455 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Nicotine Vaping
Pilot Study of the YES-CAN! Program to Prevent Youth Nicotine Vaping
The goal of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of a randomized trial of the YES-CAN! (Youth Engaged Strategies to Change Adolescent Norms) program to prevent nicotine vaping among adolescents.
- Trial name
- YES-CAN! (NCT07009509)
- Testing
- YES-CAN! program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Contraceptive Behavior, Social Norms
Impact of Gender-Transformative Interventions on Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Autonomy in Somalia
Since 2019, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has led family planning programming in Somalia under the Women's Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) program, funded by the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
- Trial name
- FPIL-SOM (NCT07902700)
- Testing
- Intensive Gender-Transformative Programming, Light-Touch Gender-Transformative Programming, Standard Family Planning Services (WISH-2)
- Where
- Somalia
- Volunteers
- 5,436 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guttmacher Institute
Food Selection, Environmental Exposure
Dismantling the U.S. Social Norm of the "Kids' Food" Archetype (REACH Project)
This project is the first stage of a health promotion campaign to shift social norms about marketing and feeding children ultra-processed foods.
- Trial name
- NCT06266533
- Testing
- Conventional Ultra-processed Food Nutrition Education, Arts-based Ultra-processed Food Nutrition Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
HPV Vaccination, Uptake Vaccination
PREVENT Pilot HPV - Related Cancers Trial
This study will serve as one of the first to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to promote HPV vaccination among diverse rural parents and caregivers of children ages 9-17 years in the Mountain West.
- Conditions
- HPV Vaccination, Uptake Vaccination, Series Completion
- Trial name
- NCT06738355
- Testing
- PREVENT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 335 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
A Gamified, Social Media Inspired Personalized Normative Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Sexual Minority Women
Sexual minority women in the United States are more likely to drink alcohol, engage in heavy drinking, and experience alcohol-related problems than are heterosexual women.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol; Harmful Use
- Trial name
- NCT03884478
- Testing
- Personalized Normative Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loyola Marymount University
Social Norms
Masculine Norms and Skin Care Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Examining whether men with greater Avoidance to Femininity subscores using the Male Role Norms Inventory - Short Form will demonstrate differences in skin care knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, compared to men with lower…
- Trial name
- NCT03191747
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 991 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Mental Health Help-seeking
Mental Health Help-seeking Promotion in Older Adults
The present study aims to examine the effectiveness of descriptive social norm nudges and pictorial social norm nudges in improving mental health help-seeking intention compared to educational information.
- Trial name
- NCT06707935
- Testing
- Descriptive social norm nudges, Pictorial social norm nudges, Service as usual
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Eating Behaviour
The Effect of a Descriptive Norm Promoting Vegetable Selection in a Workplace Restaurant Setting: an Observational Study
Encouraging individuals to eat fruit and vegetables is difficult. However, recent evidence suggests that using social-based information might help.
- Trial name
- NCT02603263
- Testing
- Social Norms Poster
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 9,445 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Health Promotion, Wellness Program
Assessing the Impact of myHealth Rewards Program-related Communications on Enrollment: Replication
The purpose of the study is to evaluate, prospectively, the potential impact on myHealth Rewards wellness program enrollment (prior to the 2020 deadline) of sending different messages via email to Geisinger Health Plan (GHP)…
- Trial name
- NCT04289623
- Testing
- Email, Loss frame, Testimonial (medical expert)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13,546 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Healthy
Enduring Exercise Habits: Trending Norms
Learning that most people engage in an activity can be a powerful motivator to adoption. But are there instances in which people can similarly find motivation from learning that only a minority of others engage in a behavior?…
- Trial name
- NCT03627871
- Testing
- Majority Norm, Trending Minority Norm, Minority Norm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania