Marketing asthma services with threat appeals: A useful interaction between practice and research
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Public Management
School
School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure
RAS ID
2027
Abstract
This paper reports the interaction between a health promotion practitioner and a social marketing researcher in threat appeals. The practitioner had been advised to develop a strong threat appeal strategy to raise awareness of the seriousness of asthma and to promote the range of services provided by the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia. Preliminary ideas included the use of a death threat appeal, reporting a child dying from asthma. Following discussions with the researcher, mothers of children under 14 who had asthma were consulted about this strategy. Mothers expressed avoidance responses to the death threat appeal. A moderate but more appropriate threat appeal was chosen, using the threat of distress / inconvenience of treatment and hospital visits.
Comments
Henley, N., & Hurd, J. (2003). Marketing asthma services with threat appeals: A useful interaction between practice and research. Academy of Marketing Annual Conference 2003.