Developed to address the rapidly increasing rate of HIV infections in Malawi, the BRIDGE Project had five main objectives: (1) increase the median age for becoming sexually active…
Originally created in 1987 by a high school nurse and biology teacher in the Montérégie region of Quebec, the AIDS Peer Education Program was designed to reduce the incidence of s…
The following case study explores how a popular primetime television drama, Numb3rs, was used to inform audiences of issues surrounding organ donation and, as a result, encourage …
In the late 1970s a grassroots movement emerged that aimed to increase organ donation rates among minorities in the United States. As part of this movement, 40 individuals were br…
Ahead of the 2007 flu season, the Florida Department of Health decided to take on a new approach to pandemic preparedness – instead of implementing an information intensive campai…
To prevent the spread of avian influenza, staff at the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs (CCP) began working with partners in over 30 countries…
In 2011, a social marketing intervention was developed and tested at the University of Wollongong to determine its effectiveness in reducing the spread of colds and flu among univ…
Eagle Adventure was developed to prevent type 2 diabetes among youth living in Indian Country through the delivery of culturally relevant programming. Designed for implementation …
Commissioned by the public health network for Cheshire and Merseyside (ChaMPs), Snack Right was a program designed to help children in low-income neighborhoods replace at least on…
In the early 2000s, childhood obesity became a critical health issue in the United States identified by the Centers for Disease Control. In response to this development, the popul…