04/01/2023
ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
INTRODUCTION
these goals are purposed through three primary function, re-search, guidance and support to governments in the adoption and implementation of various crime,drugs, terrorism and corruption related convention, treaties and protocols as well as a technical financial assistance to said government to face their respective situation and challenges in these fields.
PURPOSE
The goal of the national youth anti-drugs media campaign is to educate and enable America youth to reject illicit drugs. This goal occasional users to discontinue use.
DESCRIPTION
The campaign was designed to be comprehensive social marketing effort that aimed antidrug messages at youth aged 9 to 18 years, their parents, and other influential adults. Messages were disseminated through a wide range of media channels: television (local, cable, and network), radio, web sites, magazines, movie theaters, and several others. Additionally, the campaign established partnership with civic, professional, and community groups and outreach programs with the media, entertainment, and sports industries. Across its multiple media outlets, the campaign reported buying advertising from September 1999 through June 2004; it was expected that, on average, a youth would see 2.5 targeted ads per week. Sixty-four percent of the gross rating points (GRPs) purchased for the ads were on television and radio. (Within the advertising industry, GRPs are the customory units for measuring exposure to ads. If 1% of the target population sees an ad 1 time, that ad earns 1 GRP).
The youth- focused ads targeted at African American youths and Hispanic youths (in Spanish), fell into 3 broad categories:
(1) resistance skills and self-efficacy, to increase youths' skill and confidence in their ability to reject drug use;
(2) normative education and positive alternatives, addressing the benefits of not using drugs;
(3) negative consequences of drug use.
SUPPORT
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