title: Consumption value theory and the marketing of public health: an effective formative research tool.
abstract: Contemporary public health requires the support and participation of its constituency. This study assesses the capacity of consumption value theory to identify the basis of this support. A telephone survey design used simple random sampling of adult residents of Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Factor analysis and stepwise discriminant analysis was used to identify and classify personal and societal level support variables. Most residents base societal level support on epistemic values. Direct services clientele base their support on positive emotional values derived from personal contact and attractive programs. Residents are curious about public health and want to know more about the health department. Where marketing the effectiveness of public health programs would yield relatively little support, marketing health promotion activities may attract public opposition. This formative research tool suggests a marketing strategy for public health practitioners.
authors.affiliation: The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, 1545 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Kent
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Byus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003625:Data Collection; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D009825:Oklahoma; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012945:Social Values