Using sponsorship to promote health messages to children.

Health Educ Behav

Department of Public Health and the Graduate School of Management, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia.

Published: June 1997

A survey of children aged 8 to 14 years attending a three-day football clinic was undertaken to examine the relative impact of different sponsorship strategies used to promote health messages. It was found that promotional clothing worn by role models was an effective method for promoting a specific health message (i.e., "Smoking? No Way!"). Personal endorsement of the health message by an external role model and, to a lesser extent, personal endorsement by clinic leaders and promotional clothing worn by clinic leaders and external role models were also effective in promoting a general health message (i.e., "Don't smoke"). The implications for health sponsorship and the promotion of commercial products to children are discussed.

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