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Social marketing: Should it be used to promote evidence-based health information?

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  • Formoso, Giulio
  • Marata, Anna Maria
  • Magrini, Nicola

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The implementation of public health knowledge is a complex process; researchers focus on organizational barriers but generally give little attention to the format and validity of relevant information. Primary and secondary papers and practice guidelines should represent valid and relevant sources of knowledge for clinicians and others involved in public health. However, this information is usually targeted at researchers rather than practitioners; it is often not completely intelligible, does not explain what it really adds to existing knowledge or which clinical/organizational context to place it in, and often lacks 'appeal' for those who are less informed. Moreover, this information is sometimes founded on biased research, shaped by sponsors to give scientific plausibility to market-driven messages. A "social marketing" approach can help public health researchers make evidence-based information clear and appealing. The validity and relevance of this information can be explained to target readers in light of their own knowledge levels and in terms of how this information could help their practice. In this paper we analyse the barriers to knowledge transfer that are often inherent in the format of the information, and propose a more user-friendly, enriched and non-research-article format.

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  • Formoso, Giulio & Marata, Anna Maria & Magrini, Nicola, 2007. "Social marketing: Should it be used to promote evidence-based health information?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 64(4), pages 949-953, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:64:y:2007:i:4:p:949-953
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    1. Formoso, Giulio & Font-Pous, Maria & Ludwig, Wolf-Dieter & Phizackerley, David & Bijl, Dick & Erviti, Juan & Pospíšilová, Blanka & Montastruc, Jean Louis, 2017. "Drug information by public health and regulatory institutions: Results of an 8-country survey in Europe," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(3), pages 257-264.
    2. Giesbrecht, Melissa & Crooks, Valorie A. & Schuurman, Nadine & Williams, Allison, 2009. "Spatially informed knowledge translation: Informing potential users of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(3), pages 411-419, August.

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