| Literature DB >> 30258762 |
James Kite1, Joanne Gale1, Anne Grunseit1,2, Vincy Li3, William Bellew1, Adrian Bauman1.
Abstract
The Make Healthy Normal mass media campaign was a three-year campaign launched in 2015 in New South Wales (NSW), Australia to address community norms around overweight and obesity. It was underpinned by a hierarchy of effects model; a commonly used framework in campaigns but one that has rarely been tested. The campaign evaluation included a cohort study of NSW adults, surveyed three times over 12 months (n = 939 at Wave 3). This study tested the campaign's hierarchy of effects model, which theorized that participants would move from recognition to behaviour change via understanding, knowledge, attitude, social norms, self-efficacy, and intention, using these data. We used the moderation and mediation of effects method proposed by Baron and Kenny, adjusting for age and sex, to test for progression through the hierarchy of effects for two outcomes: physical activity and fast food consumption. We found a clear progression through the theorized model, from recognition through to behaviour change, via the intermediate variables for both outcomes. We also found several effects not predicted by the theorized model, with consistently strong associations between understanding and attitude, understanding and self-efficacy, attitude and self-efficacy, and self-efficacy and behaviour change in both outcome models. Our study provides support for the hierarchy of effects as a conceptual model in campaign planning and evaluation of social marketing campaigns. To our knowledge, this is the first study to compare the hierarchy between two behavioural outcomes and the consistency observed between the models adds to the potential usefulness of the hierarchy of effects.Entities:
Keywords: Hierarchy of effects; Mass media campaign; Mediation; Overweight and obesity
Year: 2018 PMID: 30258762 PMCID: PMC6152809 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.09.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prev Med Rep ISSN: 2211-3355
Fig. 1Make Healthy Normal theorized hierarchy of effects model (with evaluation measures, right hand side).
Measures used to operationalise steps in HOEM models.
| HOEM Step | Physical activity model | Fast food model | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Response options | Question | Response options | |
| Knowledge | To maintain good health, how many minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity do you think you should do every day? Moderate physical activity can be anything you do that causes a slight increase in your breathing and heart rate for a sustained period such as a brisk walk. | Those who responded 30 min were coded as ‘correct’, in line with Australian Physical Activity Guidelines. All other responses were coded as ‘incorrect’. | Approximately how many kilojoules do you think is the Australian average daily adult intake? | Those who responded between 8000 and 9000 kJ were coded as ‘correct’. All other responses were coded as ‘incorrect’. |
| Attitude | To what extent do you agree or disagree that making small changes to how physically active you are will decrease your risk of chronic disease | Responses were dichotomised as ‘agree (strongly or somewhat)’ vs. ‘not agree’. | To what extent do you agree or disagree that making small changes to what you eat will decrease your risk of chronic disease | Responses were dichotomised as ‘agree (strongly or somewhat)’ vs. ‘not agree’. |
| Social Norms | To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: Most of my family members walk for at least 30 min on almost every day (Family norms) Most people I know walk for at least 30 min on almost every day (Community norms) | Responses were dichotomised as ‘agree (strongly or somewhat)’ vs. ‘not agree’ for both statements. | To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: | Responses were dichotomised as ‘agree (strongly or somewhat)’ vs. ‘not agree’. |
| Self-efficacy | To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: | Responses were dichotomised as ‘agree (strongly or somewhat)’ vs. ‘not agree’. | To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: | Responses were dichotomised as ‘agree (strongly or somewhat)’ vs. ‘not agree’. |
| Intention | Do you intend to increase the amount of physical activity you do in the next six months? | Responses were dichotomised as ‘yes, in the next month’ vs. ‘not in the next month’. | To what extent do you think you are likely to decrease or increase your consumption of fast food or snack foods in the next six months? | Responses were dichotomised as ‘likely to decrease’ vs. ‘not likely to decrease’ |
| Behavioural trialling | In the past six months, have you tried to change the amount of moderate or vigorous physical activity that you do? | Responses were dichotomised as ‘tried to increase’ vs. ‘tried to decrease or no change’. | In the last six months, have you tried to decrease the amount of fast food or snack foods that you eat? | Yes vs. no |
Note: In all Likert scale responses, ‘neither agree nor disagree’ responses were coded as ‘not agree’. ‘Don't know’ and ‘I'd prefer not to say’ responses were coded as missing.
Prevalence of modelled variables at Wave 2 or Wave 3 (behaviour only).
| HOEM Step | Variable | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Exposure | Prompted recognition of MHN | |
| Yes | 432 (35) | |
| No | 772 (63) | |
| Missing | 21 (2) | |
| Understanding and knowledge | MHN is ‘easy to understand’ | |
| Agree | 863 (70) | |
| Not agree | 329 (27) | |
| Missing | 33 (3) | |
| Knowledge of physical activity guidelines | ||
| Correct | 578 (47) | |
| Incorrect | 645 (53) | |
| Missing | 2 (0) | |
| Knowledge of average daily kilojoule intake for adults | ||
| Correct | 172 (15) | |
| Incorrect | 933 (83) | |
| Missing | 14 (1) | |
| Attitude and social norms | Making small changes to how physically active you are will decrease your risk of chronic disease | |
| Agree | 996 (81) | |
| Not agree | 219 (18) | |
| Missing | 10 (1) | |
| Making small changes to what you eat will decrease your risk of chronic disease | ||
| Agree | 977 (80) | |
| Not agree | 238 (19) | |
| Missing | 10 (1) | |
| Most of my family members walk for at least 30 min on almost every day | ||
| Agree | 439 (36) | |
| Not agree | 764 (62) | |
| Missing | 22 (2) | |
| Most people I know walk for at least 30 min on almost every day | ||
| Agree | 280 (23) | |
| Not agree | 924 (75) | |
| Missing | 21 (2) | |
| More people are avoiding fast food and takeaway snacks to be healthier | ||
| Agree | 460 (38) | |
| Not agree | 751 (61) | |
| Missing | 14 (1) | |
| Self-efficacy and intention | I am confident I could increase my physical activity to improve my health | |
| Agree | 782 (64) | |
| Not agree | 432 (35) | |
| Missing | 11 (1) | |
| I am confident I could decrease the amount of fast food or snack food I eat to improve my health | ||
| Agree | 700 (57) | |
| Not agree | 503 (41) | |
| Missing | 22 (2) | |
| Intend to increase the amount of physical activity I do in the next month | ||
| Yes | 343 (31) | |
| Not in the next month | 763 (69) | |
| Missing | 7 (1) | |
| Likely to decrease consumption of fast food or snack foods in the next six months | ||
| Yes | 437 (39) | |
| No | 654 (59) | |
| Missing | 24 (2) | |
| Behavioural trialling | Tried to increase the amount of moderate or vigorous physical activity | |
| Yes | 578 (52) | |
| No | 530 (48) | |
| Missing | 5 (0) | |
| Tried to decrease the amount of fast food or snack foods consumed | ||
| Yes | 471 (42) | |
| No | 623 (56) | |
| Missing | 19 (2) |
Fig. 2Hierarchy of effects model predicting an attempted increase in physical activity, showing adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals.
Note: Figure shows statistically significant associations (p < 0.05) only. Model adjusted for age and sex.
Fig. 3Hierarchy of effects model predicting an attempted reduction in fast food consumption, showing adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals.
Note: Figure shows statistically significant associations (p < 0.05) only. Model adjusted for age and sex.