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Drama Downunder

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Targeting gay men in the inner Melbourne region, the Drama Downunder campaign was designed to (1) increase access to diagnosis, treatment, and care of sexually transmitted infecti…
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Using Formative Research to Promote Behavior Change among Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in Vietnam

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Created as part of a larger HIV prevention project, the campaign described here was developed to reduce new HIV infections among the most-at-risk-populations in Vietnam – sex work…
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Healthy Penis: San Francisco’s Social Marketing Campaign to Increase Syphilis Testing among Gay and Bisexual Men

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Launched by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), Healthy Penis was a social marketing campaign designed to increase syphilis testing and awareness among gay and …
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Starve a Vampire, Donate Blood

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Starve a Vampire, Donate Blood was an American Red Cross campaign developed in partnership with the television network CW. The goal of the program was two-fold; to promote CW’s ne…
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Opower’s Home Energy Report, Minnesota

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In 2009, Opower, an energy information software company, partnered with a Minnesota utility company to provide residential customers of the utility company with customized home en…
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California’s Energy Conservation Competition

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Developed by the non-profit SEI, California’s Energy Conservation Competition aimed to change behaviors around lighting, plug-loads, and mechanical systems by working with teacher…

The Effects of an Ambiguous, Negative Sign Prompt and a Clearly-Stated Positive Sign Prompt on Intentions to Litter

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Horsley, A. D. (1988). The unintended effects of a posted sign on littering attitudes and stated intentions. Journal of Environmental Education, 19, 3, 10-14.
A literature review revealed that sign prompts can be effective in reducing the amount of litter. In order to further investigate the effects of prompts, a questionnaire was given…

Using a Normative Appeal to Control Litter at a Public Swimming Pool

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Reich, J. W., & Robertson, J. L. (1979). Reactance and norm appeal in anti-littering messages. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 9, 1, 91-101.
A literature review revealed that a statement that puts an extreme demand on a person is likely to elicit the undesirable behavior. On the other hand, a statement that creates a n…

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