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A Meta-Analysis of the Evaluations of Social Marketing Interventions Addressing Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Physical Activity, and Eating  

Interventions using social marketing principles were effective at bringing about statistically significant behavior changes. Interventions designed to effectively change eating, physical activity, and smoking behaviors were effective; those addressing drinking alcohol were not. Interventions that tackled multiple behavior objectives usually failed to succeed. This review showed that marketing mix, exchange strategies, and use of theory were significant factors of program effectiveness.

Engaging Teachers to Communicate Scientific Consensus on Climate Change and Other Topics  

When consensus about a risk or mitigating behavior is newly developed and/or not clearly understood, communicating that consensus through teachers / instructors can be critical. While this blog entry focuses on climate change, it may also apply to new understandings in many topic areas.

Mobile Phone-Based Interventions for Smoking Cessation  

This Cochrane systematic review (2016) found that evidence supports a beneficial impact of mobile phone-based smoking cessation interventions on six-month cessation outcomes. 

Global Burden of Disease  

A comprehensive picture of what disables and kills people across countries, time, age, and sex. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides a tool to quantify health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved and disparities can be eliminated.Collected and analyzed by a consortium of more than 2,300 researchers, the data capture premature death and disability from more than 300 diseases and injuries in 195 countries

Tobacco packaging design for reducing tobacco use  

Cochrane Review finds standardised packaging may reduce smoking prevalence.

Online Interventions for Social Marketing Health Behavior Change Campaigns: a meta-analysis of psychological architectures and adherence factors  

These findings demonstrate that online interventions have the capacity to influence voluntary behaviors, such as those routinely targeted by social marketing campaigns. Given the high reach and low cost of online technologies, the stage may be set for increased public health campaigns that blend interpersonal online systems with mass-media outreach.

Effectiveness of Decision Aids for Smoking Cessation in Adults: A quantitative systematic review  

The evidence suggests that decision aids may be effective in increasing smoking cessation knowledge and decisional quality while increasing quit attempts. There is, however, inconclusive evidence to support the definitive effectiveness of decision aids for long term and sustained smoking cessation.

On Social Marketing and Social Change  

Covers such topics as audience research, behavioral design, distribution channels, media trends, mobile thoughts, obesity prevention, physical activity, research methods, sexual health, social media, and tobacco.

Tobacco in Australia  

Chapter 14 covers social marketing and public education campaigns, and includes tips and an analysis of the Australian experience and effectiveness

Communications Initiative  

An online space for sharing the experiences of, and building bridges between, the people and organizations engaged in or supporting communication as a fundamental strategy for economic and social development and change

Spare Change  

This blog covers living (physical activity, fitness), AIDS, nutrition, obesity and tobacco.

Cases in Public Health Communication and marketing  

This free, open access journal publishes case studies in public health communication and marketing. They publish peer-reviewed, commissioned and sponsored cases that have the potential to teach and improve the practice of public health. Each case describes a public health program - or some aspect of a public health program - that is based at least in part on communication or marketing methods.

Program Impact Attribution  

This document provides a brief summary of options for assessing what portion of any measured behavior changes resulted from your program and what portion resulted from other influences. These options can also be used to attribute the affects of your program on a wide range of related variables such as resources used, pollutants released, accident rates and health status.

Health-Evidence.ca  

A free, searchable online registry of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of public health and health promotion interventions. The content has been quality rated. Bilingual (English and French).

Topics include: AIDS, environmental health, fitness, injury prevention, nutrition, safety, cycling, walking, water quality

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