Effectiveness of alcohol prevention interventions based on the principles of social marketing: a systematic review.

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2013, 8:18 doi:10.1186/1747-597X-8-18

Acesse: http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/8/1/18

Alcohol education aims to increase knowledge on the harm related to alcohol, and to change attitudes and drinking behaviour. However, little (lasting) evidence has been found for alcohol education, in changing alcohol-related attitudes and behaviour. Social marketing uses marketing techniques to achieve a social or healthy goal, and can be used in alcohol education. Social marketing consists of eight principles: customer orientation, insight, segmentation, behavioural goals, exchange, competition, methods mix, and is theory based. This review investigates the application of social marketing in alcohol prevention interventions, and whether application of social marketing influences alcohol-related attitudes or behaviour.