Health marketing

Health marketing is a new, customer-centered, approach to public health promotion that applies traditional marketing principles and theories alongside science-based strategies to protect and promote the health of diverse populations.It involves creating, communicating, and delivering messages for the public on prevention, health promotion and health protection.[1] Health marketing is one of the ways advancements in medicine and in health-protecting services, such as insurance, are made widely known. A good example is the current drive in Kenya to promote circumcision among communities that do not customarily circumcise. Medical researchers have recently documented that circumcision is 65% effective in preventing HIV infection among men.

The marketing strategy would follow the traditional 4 "P's" of marketing namely:

  • The "product" in question in this case the surgical procedure.
  • The "place" which refers to the access to this procedure.
  • "Promotion" refers to creating awareness and hence demand.
  • "Price" refers to the cost of the procedure e.g. money, time, reputation etc.

"Health marketing" is a term rarely used in public health and related disciplines. "Social marketing" or "integrated marketing communication" are more commonly used in public health and other disciplines to refer to marketing-based planning frameworks for public health communication.

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References

  1. ↑ "What is Health Marketing? | Gateway to Health Communication | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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