- 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....
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- Tobacco in Australia
Chapter 14 covers social marketing and public education campaigns, and includes tips and an analysis of the Australian experience and effectiveness. Updated regularly....
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- Communication Initiative Network, The
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
Includes...
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- Community Toolbox
Includes many annotated links to other web-based resources supporting social marketing and social change...
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- 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...
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- CDC Public Health Image Library
Provides photographs, illustrations and multimedia files, with image collections for environmental health, natural disasters, anatomy, biological sciences, heart health, nutrition, chemicals and drugs, diseases (including AIDS) and...
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- Seven of the Best Apps for Quitting Smoking
This open-access article in Medical News Today reviews seven apps for quitting smoking.This article also provides tips on how to stop smoking and discusses the risks of continuing to smoke cigarettes....
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- Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs (EBCCP)
EBCCP is a searchable database of evidence-based cancer control interventions and program materials. Topics include specific cancers, diet / nutrition, obesity, physical activity, sun safety and tobacco....
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- Tobacco Use in Canada: Patterns and Trends
Tobacco use continues to be a leading preventable cause of death, with a substantial social and economic impact on the Canadian population. This document pulls together existing data to create a 'big picture' overview of tobacco use...
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- CDC Heart Disease Communications Kit
This online kit includes social media messages, shareable graphics and videos....
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- Program Evaluation Methods; Measurement and Attribution of Program Results
A good, detailed, freely accessible overview of program evaluation and attribution methods....
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- Hints (Health Information National Trends Survey)
HINTS collects nationally representative data routinely about the American public's use of cancer-related information (including specific cancers, nutrition, physical activity, tobacco.The survey:
Provides updates on changing...
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- Effectiveness of Technology-Based Interventions for Smoking Cessation: An umbrella review and quality assessment of systematic reviews
This 2021 umbrella review included five systematic reviews with a total of 212 randomised controlled trials and 237,760 participants. Fourteen intervention approaches were identified and classified into three categories: stand-alone web...
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- 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...
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- U.S. National Social Norms Center
Links best evidence with practice to promote effective social norms marketing campaigns to improve health on college campuses and beyond.The mission of the National Social Norms Center (NSNC) is to:
advance the social norms approach...
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- Impact of Comics vs Photographs on Knowledge, Attitude and Behavioural Intentions
This 2017 study compares two modes of visually presenting information - one using photographs and the other using cartoons - on audience's knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions.This study compares two modes of visually presenting...
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- Tobacco packaging design for reducing tobacco use
Cochrane Review finds standardised packaging may reduce smoking prevalence.The available evidence suggests that standardised packaging may reduce smoking prevalence. Only one country had implemented standardised packaging at the time of...
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- 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...
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- Which eHealth Interventions are Most Effective for Smoking Cessation? A systematic review
This review included 108 studies and 110,372 participants. Compared to nonactive control groups (eg, usual care), smoking cessation interventions using web-based and mobile health (mHealth) platform resulted in significantly greater smoking...
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- A Meta-Analysis of the Evaluations of Social Marketing Interventions Addressing Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Physical Activity, and Eating
This 2017 study found that interventions using social marketing principles were effective at bringing about statistically significant behavior changes. Interventions designed to effectively change eating, physical activity, and smoking...
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- Effect of Smoking Cessation Counseling by Telephone and Provision of Medication on Smoking Abstinence in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Cancer
In this randomized clinical trial of 303 patients, conducted at 2 National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, sustained telephone counseling over 6 months and provision of free medication compared with 4-week...
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- 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...
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- Group-Based Interventions Double Smoking Cessation Rates at Six-Months
Group-based smoking cessation interventions double the rate of smoking cessation at six-month follow up. Implementing group-based smoking cessation programs, that incorporate multiple behavior change techniques, is recommended for effective...
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- Effectiveness of Decision Aids for Smoking Cessation in Adults: A quantitative systematic review
This 2018 review found 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...
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- Clinician Reminders Increase Uptake of Tobacco Use Treatment
This Cluster Randomized clinical trial found that prompting oncology clinicians to discuss tobacco use therapy with appropriate patients yielded a 35.6% uptake rate compared with a 13.5% uptake rate with usual care. In contrast, patient...
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- Smoking Cessation Interventions Delivered During Lung Health Screening
Moderate quality evidence supports smoking cessation interventions delivered within a lung screening setting compared to usual care, with high-quality evidence that more intensive interventions are likely to be most effective.The authors of...
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- Heated Tobacco Products Negatively Influence Quitting
This study found that the perceived benefits of heated tobacco consumption negatively influence the likelihood of quitting smoking.Heated tobacco products (HTPs), also referred to as "heat-not-burn" tobacco products are tobacco...
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- Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among pregnant women: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Non-pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation are the most effective for pregnant women. The moderator analysis suggests that pregnant women of low socioeconomic status might benefit less from smoking cessation interventions than...
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- Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation among young people: Systematic review and meta-analysis
SMS text messaging-based smoking cessation interventions compared to inactive controls were associated with abstinence among young people and could be considered a viable option for smoking cessation in this population. Based on a review of...
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- Effectiveness of Peer-Support Interventions for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Peer-support interventions increased smoking abstinence. However, there remains a lack of consensus about how to define a peer. Efficacy varies with key intervention features such as peer smoking status and follow-up timepoint. Although the...
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- EPPI-Centre
Contains reviews of research evidence on interventions related to active transportation (walking and cycling), rod safety, physical activity, heart health (cardiovascular disease), HIV / AIDS, nutrition, obesity, tobacco (smoking), conflict...
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- 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...
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- FrameWorks
Provides research reports and toolkits addressing a wide range of topics, and information and training on framing...
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