Italian Social Marketing Association - Newsletter 226

The Social Prescribing Day Summit (19th March 2025) was co-hosted by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, one of the world's leading experts on health inequalities.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a potential solution for many of the issues encountered with COVID-19 pandemic.

Is it possible to make a country healthier one slice of rye bread at a time? If the rocketing wholegrain consumption of the Danes is anything to go by, absolutely

A significant challenge within the ecosystem of evidence-informed policy-making is the absence of a shared vocabulary and consistent application of related terminology.

Conference themes Helsinki 2025. Check out the themes for the Helsinki conference. Read more here Registration is now open. 

🚀 Great news! The WSMC 2025 Call for Abstracts has been extended until 23 May! 🎉 Don’t miss your chance to share your work with a global audience of behavior change professionals.

📅 Conference Dates: 5-7 Nov 2025
📍 Alicante, Spain

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Andrea Colombo, Project manager di “Bologna Città 30” e della Fondazione per l’innovazione urbana del Comune di Bologna intervistato da Ettore Paoletti e Marta Capogna

The world has changed. We are living in a time of permacrisis—a term that captures the ongoing, interconnected challenges facing humanity: ecological breakdown, social fragmentation, economic injustice, political polarization, and technological disruption. These crises are not temporary disruptions.

Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler explore why the world's most urgent problems remain unsolved, emphasizing their interconnected and self-perpetuating nature.

In un report l'Organizzazione mondiale della sanità accusa apertamente le multinazionali di marketing ingannevole e pressioni politiche

Negli anni 30 le scellerate politiche nazi-fasciste hanno indotto un esodo senza precedenti di almeno 15.000 intellettuali – scienziati e artisti, ebrei e no – verso gli Stati Uniti  ....Oggi le politiche dell’attuale amministrazione americana offrono l’occasione all’Europa di mettere in moto un flusso inverso. 

La celebrazione dei cento anni dalla nascita di Giulio Alfredo Maccacaro offre l’opportunità per tornare a riflettere sui rapporti tra la scienza e la politica. Ma non solo: anche per provare a ricostruire le origini e lo sviluppo di un pensiero critico ..

Le scuole sono un setting importante che può contribuire a migliorare la salute e il benessere
dei bambini e dei ragazzi. La ricerca ha dimostrato che la salute e l’istruzione sono strettamente
collegati.

Funding: This work was supported by Barilla

The relationship between food consumption and emotions is complex and influenced by a variety of factors. This study aims to evaluate the emotions associated with pasta consumption ...

Individual and social circumstances, together with online marketing techniques, drive consumers' food purchasing decisions on Online food delivery services 

Lors de cette rencontre, elle partagera son projet innovant « Uniting Young Voices », une initiative participative où les jeunes eux-mêmes prennent le leadership pour prévenir efficacement les violences sexuelles et les abus dans leur communauté.

The use of social media for disseminating health information to adolescents and young adults has garnered significant attention, showing promising results. Younger audiences increasingly prefer social media and mobile aggregators for their informative needs ...

A conversation with Professor Sameer Deshpande, Griffith University (Australia). Timestamps have been added, and links to materials referenced during our conversation are in the process of being added... 

Che cos’è il Marketing sociale? 

Case history: il progetto Attenti allo spreco!

Cosa significa ragionare in un’ottica One Health