Acknowledging individual responsibility while emphasizing social determinants in narratives to promote obesity-reducing public policy: A randomized experiment

• Main Authors: NIEDERDEPPE, Jeff, Sungjong ROH, SHAPIRO, Michael A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: controlled study; empathy; female; interpersonal communication; male; obesity; policy; social behavior; social determinants of health; social support; United States; health care policy; Business and Corporate Communications; Health Policy; Social Influence and Political Communication
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4848; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5847/viewcontent/journal.pone.0117565.PDF
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study tests whether policy narratives designed to increase support for obesity-reducing public policies should explicitly acknowledge individual responsibility while emphasizing social, physical, and economic (social) determinants of obesity. We use a web-based, randomized experiment with a nat...