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Do Bugs Need Drugs?

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Created in Canada, Do Bugs Need Drugs is a community education program that provides information on the importance of handwashing and the responsible use of antibiotics. Created f…
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The Flu Ends with U Campaign

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The “Flu Ends with U” was an annual campaign created by the DeKalb County Health Department to emphasize the importance of flu vaccinations. Knowing that flu season can begin as e…
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Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020

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In response to the UK having one of the highest rates of family refusal for organ donation in the Western world, the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) conducted a stakeholder engag…
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Solarize Boosts Installations and Transforms Solar Markets Across America

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Solarize first came to life in 2009 when a Portland resident interested in installing solar power recruited neighbors to join them in “going solar” to get a volume discount. Once …
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Carbon Cure

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Established in 2012, the goal of Carbon Cure was to reduce embodied carbon in the built environment by 500 million tonnes annually by 2030 to help slow climate change. To do this,…
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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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Stockholm Congestion Pricing

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The Stockholm congestion charge was a tax levied on vehicles entering and exiting the inner city in an attempt decrease the number of trips made in private vehicles, ultimately re…

The Commons Dilemma as Metaphor: Memory, Influence, and Implications for Environmental Conservation

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Mio, J. S., Thompson, S. C., & Givens, G. H. (1993). The commons dilemma as metaphor: Memory, influence, and implications for environmental conservation. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 8, 1, 23-42.
Research on the commons dilemma has enjoyed much vigorous interest in the social psychological literature since Hardin's (1968) discussion of the dilemma as it relates to environm…

Framing flu prevention—An experimental field test of signs promoting hand hygiene during the 2009–2010 H1N1 pandemic.

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Updegraff, J. A., Emanuel, A. S., Gallagher, K. M., & Steinman, C. T. (2011). Framing flu prevention—An experimental field test of signs promoting hand hygiene during the 2009–2010 H1N1 pandemic. Health Psychology, 30(3), 295-299.
Objective: During the 2009–2010 H1N1 flu pandemic, many institutions installed alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in public settings in an effort to prevent the spread of the…

Fear Appeals and the Formation of Active Publics

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Roser, C. & Thompson, M. (1995). Fear appeals and the formation of active publics. Journal of Communication, 45, 1, 103-121.
Examined the process through which a fear appeal may transform low-involvement audiences into active publics. Cognitive and emotional responses of 102 uninvolved undergraduate vie…

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