Learning Objectives for this Presentation:
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
Assess a target audience's perceived benefits and barriers
Describe three methods for conducting formative research
List two sources of low-to-no cost information



Background:
When public health professionals use the tools of private-sector marketing, it's called social marketing. Social marketing combines audience research, community involvement, and behavioral science to guide program development and delivery.


Objectives:
Learn to see a problem from your target population's viewpoint in order to provide a logical way to decide what intervention approach would be most effective.


Methods:
Learn to see a problem from your target population's viewpoint in order to provide a logical way to decide what intervention approach would be most effective.


Results:
In this workshop you'll gain: 1) a thorough understanding of how and why target audiences behave as they do; 2) some ways to create an "exchange relationship" to influence those behaviors; and 3) tools to manage intervention programs by continuously monitoring and altering them to fit the needs of the target audiences.

Conclusions:
Social Marketing is a valuable methodology for increasing immunization rates.