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Innovations in Social Marketing and Public Health Communication

Improving the Quality of Life for Individuals and Communities

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  • Presents case studies applying best practices of social marketing to improving quality of life
  • Offers the most current theoretical advances in the fields of social marketing and public health communications
  • Presents current thinking of helping people to live healthy, productive lives in safe, nurturing communities
  • Demonstrates through case studies best practices across several areas of social marketing and public health communications

Part of the book series: Applying Quality of Life Research (BEPR)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Theoretical Developments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Using Publicity to Enhance the Effectiveness of a Child Obesity Prevention Program

      • Simone Pettigrew, Lisa Weir, Mark Williams, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele
      Pages 33-47
    3. Digital Innovation in Social Marketing: A Systematic Literature of Interventions Using Digital Channels for Engagement

      • Krzysztof Kubacki, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Lisa Schuster, Carla Wessels, Naomi Gruneklee
      Pages 49-66
    4. Social Influence and Blood Donation: Cultural Differences Between Scotland and Australia

      • Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Geoff Smith, Kathleen Chell, Jennifer Goulden
      Pages 133-158
  3. Applied Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
    2. Preparation Without Panic: A Comprehensive Social Marketing Approach to Planning for a Potential Pandemic

      • Sandra C. Jones, Don Iverson, Max Sutherland, Chris Puplick, Julian Gold, Louise Waters et al.
      Pages 227-247
    3. FASD Prevention Interventions Valued by Australian and Canadian Women

      • Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Robin Thurmeier, Sameer Deshpande, Magdalena Cismaru, Anne Lavack, Noreen Agrey et al.
      Pages 249-261
    4. Tomorrow’s World: Collaborations, Consultations and Conversations for Change

      • Sinead Duane, Christine Domegan, Patricia McHugh, Michelle Devaney, Aoife Callan
      Pages 279-290
    5. Improving Quality of Life by Preventing Obesity

      • Tatiana Levit, Lisa Watson, Anne M. Lavack
      Pages 301-319

About this book

​This volume presents the most current theoretical advances in the fields of social marketing and public health communications. The volume is divided in two parts. Part 1 contains chapters pertaining to research and theory reflecting improvements and contributions to theories that help improving quality of life. It includes literature reviews, conceptual research and empirical studies on social marketing communications, models to understand individual’s risky behaviors, and how to improve social interventions. The second part emphasizes applied research, consisting of best practices, applied experiments, and case studies on social marketing innovative practices with implications for quality of life.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada

    Walter Wymer

About the editor

Professor Wymer’s scholarly work includes nine books, and numerous journal articles and conference presentations. His primary areas of research include nonprofit marketing, social marketing, brand strength/loyalty, and scale development. Secondary areas include the history of marketing thought, macromarketing, and corporate social responsibility. He is an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Marketing. Previously, he has served as Editor of the Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing (2000-10), North American Editor for the International Journal of Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Marketing (2001-9), and President of the Atlantic Marketing Association (2005). Currently, Professor Wymer serves on five journal editorial boards.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovations in Social Marketing and Public Health Communication

  • Book Subtitle: Improving the Quality of Life for Individuals and Communities

  • Editors: Walter Wymer

  • Series Title: Applying Quality of Life Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19869-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19868-2Published: 14 October 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36623-4Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19869-9Published: 06 October 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2213-994X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-9958

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 389

  • Topics: Quality of Life Research, Marketing, Quality of Life Research

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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