Behavioral Insights All Over the World? Public Attitudes Toward Nudging in a Multi-Country Study

Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A.; Rauber, Julius

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2921217

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“…States and social systems may differ when it comes to the acceptance of behaviour-informed interventions and to the extent of their intrusiveness in everyday life. Initial work has been done to analyse the level of approval of nudges between groups of nations and the circumstances in which they are supported [117–120]. However, more work is needed to test which nudging approaches are most effective in combination with which state structures and related (social) norms for physical activity promotion, as the use of these approaches is always contextual and culture specific.…”

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Nudging to move: a scoping review of the use of choice architecture interventions to promote physical activity in the general population

Forberger

Reisch

Kampfmann

et al. 2019

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background Nudges are used to alter lifestyles and thus curb the rise of non-communicable diseases. Physical activity is a core prevention strategy to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases. This paper aims to (1) give an overview of the scope of interventions using choice architecture techniques to promote physical activity at the population levels and (2) identify research gaps by analysing the different approaches in terms of class and type of intervention used. Methods A systematic electronic database search was combined with snowball citation sampling of a starter set of publications to search for studies published through October 2018 reporting interventions to promote physical activity at the population level using choice architecture techniques. The methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute for Scoping Reviews was applied. Results In all, 35 publications were included. Most of the interventions used point-of-choice prompts tested at railway stations, shopping malls and airports ( N = 27). Eight studies were online studies. While all studies were aimed at the general population, details, if reported at all, were vague and basic. All studies focused on individual-level lifestyle behaviour. None of the studies attempted to alter population-based lifestyle behaviour. Online and “real-world” approaches were rarely combined. Neither, interventions targeting meso- and macro-level structures nor combinations of individual-level and specific meso- or macro-level interventions were found. Conclusion Nudging is in principle an effective approach to promote physical activity within the general population. However, there are large gaps in research. Available opportunities have not yet been exhausted. Further research is needed that is explicitly based on behavioural insights and covering the full range of nudging approaches, particularly focussing on theoretical developments, practical feasibility tests and scale-up activities. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12966-019-0844-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Nudging to move: a scoping review of the use of choice architecture interventions to promote physical activity in the general population

Forberger

Reisch

Kampfmann

et al. 2019

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…Placing healthy food products such as fruits and vegetables near the counter in cafeterias is a prominent example. Research indicates that consumers accept nudges such as changing the shelf location of healthier food choices [42,43].…”

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Nutrition Policy and Individual Struggle to Eat Healthily: The Question of Public Support

2020

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The evidence for the effectiveness of nutrition policy interventions is growing. For the implementation of such interventions, social acceptability is crucial. Therefore, this study provides insight into public support for nutrition policy measures such as labelling and taxation. Further it analyses the level of acceptance in a quantitative segmentation approach. A new element to our approach is the comparison of different policy instruments, focusing on the interaction between policy acceptance and the perceived individual struggle to eat healthily. The survey was conducted in November 2017 and a total of 1035 German consumers are included in the data. The results indicate that the majority of German citizens accept nutrition policy interventions. Based on a cluster analysis, five different target groups according to the general acceptance of policy interventions and their own struggle to eat healthily are derived. The five-cluster solution reveals that both consumers who tend to eat a healthy diet as well as those who have problems with their diet support nutritional interventions. This shows that the perceived own struggle to eat healthily does not predict whether consumers accept nutrition policy interventions.

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“…Public support for policies can influence not only their adoption but also their implementation, enforcement, and the eventual effectiveness of the policy or intervention (Diepeveen et al, 2013). Research on public support for nudging interventions is growing, and suggests majority support in many nations (Sunstein, Reisch, & Rauber, 2017), but important gaps remain.…”

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confidence: 99%

Public support for pictorial warnings on cigarette packs: an experimental study of US smokers

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Behavioral Insights All Over the World? Public Attitudes Toward Nudging in a Multi-Country Study

Cited by 26 publications

References 21 publications

Nudging to move: a scoping review of the use of choice architecture interventions to promote physical activity in the general population

Nudging to move: a scoping review of the use of choice architecture interventions to promote physical activity in the general population

Nutrition Policy and Individual Struggle to Eat Healthily: The Question of Public Support

Public support for pictorial warnings on cigarette packs: an experimental study of US smokers

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