Social Norms Approaches Using Descriptive Drinking Norms Education: A Review of the Research on Personalized Normative Feedback

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Lewis, M., & Neighbors, C. (2006). Social norms approaches using descriptive drinking norms education: A review of the research on personalized normative feedback. Journal of American College Health, 54(4), 213-218. doi:10.3200/JACH.54.4.213-218.
College students have been shown to consistently overestimate the drinking of their peers. As a result, social norms approaches are effective in correcting these misperceived norm…

A Multisite Randomized Trial of Social Norms Marketing Campaigns to Reduce College Student Drinking: A Replication Failure

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DeJong, W., Schneider, S., Towvim, L., Murphy, M., Doerr, E., Simonsen, N., et al. (2009). A multisite randomized trial of social norms marketing campaigns to reduce college student drinking: A replication failure. Substance Abuse, 30(2), 127-140. doi:10.1080/08897070902802059.
A 14-site randomized trial tested the effectiveness of social norms marketing (SNM) campaigns, which present accurate student survey data in order to correct misperceptions of sub…

A Multisite Randomized Trial of Social Norms Marketing Campaigns to Reduce College Student Drinking

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DeJong, W., Schneider, S., Towvim, L., Murphy, M., Doerr, E., Simonsen, N., et al. (2006). A Multisite Randomized Trial of Social Norms Marketing Campaigns to Reduce College Student Drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67(6), 868-879
Objective: An 18-site randomized trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of social norms marketing (SNM) campaigns in reducing college student drinking. The SNM campaig…

Social Norms and Expectancy Violation Theories: Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Communication Campaigns

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Campo, S., Cameron, K., Brossard, D., & Frazer, M. (2004). Social Norms and Expectancy Violation Theories: Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Communication Campaigns. Communication Monographs, 71(4), 448-470. doi:10.1080/0363452042000307498.
College students' processing of alcohol, smoking, and exercise social norms messages, and related effects on judgments, attitudes toward one's own behaviors, and attitudes toward …

Differential Effects of Exposure to Social Norms Campaigns: A Cause for Concern

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Campo, S., & Cameron, K. (2006). Differential effects of exposure to social norms campaigns: A cause for concern. Health Communication, 19(3), 209-219. doi:10.1207/s15327027hc1903_3.
College students' processing of alcohol social norms messages, related effects on normative judgments, attitudes toward their own behaviors, and perception of undergraduate attitu…

Cost of CBSM vs "Standard" Marketing

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Todd Maki Palo Alto Jun 24, 2010 17:29 pm
We're looking into understanding the potential cost differences that may be encountered when conducting a CBSM-based campaign (including in-person communication with display/demon…

Evaluation Results for Webinars

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Unknown Apr 29, 2010 3:37 am
I am about to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of using a particular type of Webinar technology at providing information to farmers. My particular focus is on the appeal…

Evaluating Behaviour Change

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Damien Sweeney Melbourne Dec 3, 2009 21:29 pm
Show me the Change: complexity and the art of evaluation 4-6 May 2010, Melbourne Australia http://www.showmethechange.net.au/ We all know that behaviour change is complex. H…

Metrics for Successful CBSM Initiatives?

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Lisa Barlow Boulder Nov 27, 2009 13:11 pm
Hi, This is a general question - it doesn't fit neatly into the categories . How do you measure a successful program? Specifically, is there enough data yet on what is considered…

Municipal City's Footprint

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Dr Rosemarie Russo Fort Collins Nov 16, 2009 11:03 am
Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado. I am trying to determine how we compare to other cities around the country. Fort Collins has the following top ten goals and has achieved a …

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