J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2015 May;54(2):202-208. 10.4306/jknpa.2015.54.2.202.

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Advertising Media Campaign : Analysis of Changes in Knowledge-Attitude-Behavior by Using Propensity Score Matching

• Song IH
• Kwon SW
• Kim JS
• You JW
• Kim JE
• Park JI

• KMID: 2343899
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4306/jknpa.2015.54.2.202

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a suicide prevention advertising media campaign by the Korea Suicide Prevention Center in 2014 and to analyze the changes in the levels of suicide prevention related-knowledge, attitude, and behavior of the advertisement viewers.
METHODS
Data of 703 participants who responded to both the pre and post telephone surveys out of 1100 adults aged 19 or over randomly selected nationwide were analyzed using a stratified proportional quota sampling method considering sex, age, and region by a survey agency. A propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was used to adjust for potential biases in estimated effects.
RESULTS
Of 703 participants who completed pre and post survey interviews, 25.9% watched the media campaign. Comparing the knowledge, attitude, and behavior scores between the advertisement viewers (n=182) and non-viewers (n=521), of those who watched the media campaign, participants' knowledge score showed a statistically significantly increase in all methods of the PSM analysis while there were no statistically significant changes in attitude and behavior.
CONCLUSION
The results supported the effectiveness of a suicide prevention media campaign in terms of knowledge, but not of attitude and behavior related to suicide prevention. Further long-term large evaluation studies are suggested.

Keyword

Suicide prevention; Mass media campaign; TV advertisement; Effectiveness evaluation; Propensity score matching

MeSH Terms

Adult
Bias (Epidemiology)
Humans
Korea
Propensity Score*
Suicide*
Telephone

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