| Literature DB >> 2497560 |
K G Foreit1, M P de Castro, E F Franco.
Abstract
The effect of magazine advertising on vasectomy acceptance was tested in São Paulo, Brazil. Four advertisements ran for ten weeks in eight magazines. Clinic performance doubled during the campaign and stabilized at 54 percent higher than baseline. The advertisements selectively attracted the target audience without bringing in large numbers of ineligible candidates, completely avoided negative reactions, and recruited men previously unexposed to vasectomy. The cost of the advertising campaign was offset by additional revenue generated by the increase in vasectomies performed. The results suggest that while interpersonal communications can maintain performance in voluntary sterilization programs, mass media promotion may be necessary for program growth.Entities:
Keywords: Acceptors--men; Americas; Brazil; Communication; Cost Benefit Analysis; Delivery Of Health Care; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Health; Health Services Administration; Iec; Latin America; Magazines; Male Sterilization; Management; Marketing; Mass Media; Measurement; Organization And Administration; Printed Media; Program Activities; Program Evaluation; Programs; Promotion; Quantitative Evaluation; Research Methodology; South America; Sterilization, Sexual
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2497560
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stud Fam Plann ISSN： 0039-3665