Tools- of Changes

This is the place to go for information and tools related to idling prevention programs. You'll find research, tools and findings, prepared articles, and ready-to-use graphics. A site newsletter provides news, a variety of graphics,...

This short paper was written to engage health professionals in our efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, Its central message is that climate solutions are health solutions, and health solutions are economic solutions. Health...

Includes many annotated links to other web-based resources supporting social marketing and social change...

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...

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...

The Centre's Climate Change in the American Mind program tracks and provides ongoing reports on public understanding of climate change and support for climate policies. Also works with specific intermediaries to influence public dialogue on...

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....

This report provides results from three studies that collectively find that global warming and climate change are often not synonymous--they mean different things to different people--and activate different sets of beliefs, feelings, and...

A good, detailed, freely accessible overview of program evaluation and attribution methods....

The authors studied two anti-idling campaigns in Salt Lake County, Utah to understand if reduced engine idling leads to behavioral change and subsequent reduction in traffic-related air pollution exposure of the related school. They found a...

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...

Both France and the City of Amsterdam have banned fossil fuel-related ads.In 2022, France became the first country in the world to ban adverts for fossil fuel-related products. Ads for natural gas were allowed until the new rules came into...

This is the first report on this theme written for a European audience.  It follows a 2013 report on communicating with a centre-right audiences in Britain. The approach taken is strongly grounded in the wider research into political values...

This guide presents information on effective climate change communication in a digestible, actionable form to enable communicators to 'up their game' when engaging Americans on climate solutions of all types and scales.This guide...

Child Trends is a leading American research organization focused exclusively on improving the lives of children and youth, especially those who are most vulnerable. Their website includes research briefs on: Child welfare, Early childhood,...

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...

This research looked at the predictors, motivators and barriers at the individual level, of following and acting on advice provided through the Air Quality Health Index program.Public health authorities recognize the need to implement...

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...

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health publishes highly credible reports documenting the impacts of climate change on health.Eleven of the United States's leading medical societies formed the Medical Society Consortium on...

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...

Changing consumers' diets and using more efficient farming methods globally are both essential to stave off irreversible damage to the environment, a new study says.The research, from the University of Minnesota, found that future increases...

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...

This 2020 study investigated the relationships between three types of nature contact, psychological connectedness, health, subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours. It suggests that interventions increasing both contact with,...

This study indicates that high-profile public advocates like Greta Thunberg can shape collective efficacy beliefs and motivate collective action, but their effect is likely stronger among those with a shared political ideology.Despite Greta...

This resource record describes four resources for communicating Air Quality data. Two of these summarize what has been learned from past studies, including the key barrier of low self-eficacy, and provide best practice recommendations. The...

The city of Pontevedra, Spain has been restricting car use since 1999. This article outlines transferable lessons the city has learned along the way. The city of Pontevedra, Spain has been restricting car use since 1999. This article...

The Anger Activism Model (AAM) can be used for segmentation. People with high anger and strong efficacy (i.e. 'activists') are more likely to engage in information seeking and are more accurate and defense-motivated when examining...

This 2023 literature review summarizes why and how to best communicate the impacts of climate change to the general public, health professionals, and public officials.The review included 182 English-language studies and 13 non-English...

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...