Applying Behavioral Theories to a Social Marketing Campaign

In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began developing a social marketing campaign, Prevention IS Care , to encourage physicians to routinely screen HIV-infected patients for HIV transmission behaviors and to deliver HIV prevention messages. The planning team selected behavioral th...

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Published in:Social marketing quarterly 2007-03, Vol.13 (1), p.2-14
Main Authors: Fraze, Jami L., Rivera-Trudeau, Maria, McElroy, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began developing a social marketing campaign, Prevention IS Care , to encourage physicians to routinely screen HIV-infected patients for HIV transmission behaviors and to deliver HIV prevention messages. The planning team selected behavioral theories on the basis of formative research conducted during 2004–2005 and integrated these theories into the social marketing framework. The team decided to use the diffusion of innovation model and social cognitive theory. They selected as their target audience primary care and infectious disease physicians in private practice who deliver care to 50 or more persons living with HIV (PLWH). The social marketing framework, the diffusion of innovation model, and the social cognitive theory facilitated the development of this audience-centered campaign and provided elements that may encourage physicians to adopt the innovation: routine screening of HIV-infected patients for HIV transmission behaviors and delivery of HIV prevention messages during office visits.
ISSN:1524-5004
1539-4093
DOI:10.1080/15245000601146544