Title
Social marketing improved the use of multivitamin and mineral supplements among resource-poor women in Bolivia
Date Issued
01 January 2004
Access level
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Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Abstract
Objective: To test the hypothesis that social marketing improves women's awareness and consumption of multivitamin and mineral supplements. Design: Formative research and baseline and final surveys using a multistaged stratified cluster sample. Setting: Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Participants: Women 15 to 49 years old (n = 1709 at base-line and n = 1735 at final survey). Intervention: Social marketing campaign using radio and television spots. Main Outcome Measures: Awareness and use of multivitamins, including VitalDía, the brand promoted as part of this social marketing campaign. Analysis: Cross-tabulations to assess changes over time in awareness and use of multivitamins. Logistic regression analyses to identify determinants of multivitamin use. Results: The campaign increased women's awareness and use of multiple supplements, including VitalDía. Awareness of multiple supplements nearly doubled among women with 6 to 8 years of schooling, tripled among women with 4 to 5 years of education, and more than quadrupled among women with less than 4 years of schooling. After 9 months of social marketing, 11% of women had taken VitalDía one or more times, 7% had taken it at least once in the last 3 months, and 4% had used it one or more times in the last month. Improvements in the use of VitalDía were evident for women of all socioeconomic and educational levels, with the greatest increases occurring in the least advantaged groups. Additionally, women who had a positive perception of the benefits of multivitamins were 1.7 times (95% confidence interval 1.2-2.3; P < .01) more likely than women who did not have a positive perception to ever use VitalDía, once the effects of social class were adjusted. Conclusions and Implications: Social marketing of multiple supplements reached resource-poor women and can be used to bridge gaps in access, improve awareness of supplementation as an option, and increase the likelihood that women will try supplements.
Start page
290
End page
297
Volume
36
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nutrición, Dietética
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-12444330560
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
ISSN of the container
14994046
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by LINKAGES (Breastfeeding, LAM and Related Complementary Feeding, and Maternal Nutrition Program).Additional funding was provided by the Sight and Life Foundation and Roche International. LINKAGES is supported by the G/PHN/HN, US Agency for International Development. under Cooperative Agreement HRN-A-00-97-00007-00, and managed by the Academy for Educational Development. A portion of this research was carried out while Drs. Dearden and Huffman were affiliated with the Academy for Educational Development, Washington. Address for correspondence: Kirk A. Dearden, DrPH, MPH. Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University. 229 C Richards Building. Provo, UT 84602; Tel: (801) 422-189 1; Fax: (801) 422-0273; E-mail: kirk-dearden@byu.edu. 02004 SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION
This research was funded by LINKAGES (Breastfeeding, LAM and Related Complementary Feeding, and Maternal Nutrition Program) .Additional funding was provided by the Sight and Life Foundation and Roche International. LINKAGES is supported by the G/PHN/HN, US Agency for International Development (USAID), under Cooperative Agreement HRN-A-00-97-00007-00, and managed by the Academy for Educational Development. We acknowledge the input provided by Martha MCrida, Ana Karina Chavez, Chris Brady,J ill Shumman, Imran Zafar, Carlos Cuellar,Tania Monje Cuadrado, Jean Baker, Orlando Hernandez, HCctor Veristegui, Tera Lbpez, Kurt Knight, and staff from PROS-ALUD, PSI, and the US Agency for International Development. We also acknowledge the interviewers who collected the data. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the LINKAGES Project. The authors have no financial conflicts of interest to declare.
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