Rescue | The Behavior Change Agency  

San Diego,  CA 
United States
https://info.rescueagency.com/apha-2021-digital-resources

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Making Healthy Behaviors Easier & More Appealing

At Rescue | The Behavior Change Agency, we create evidence-based campaigns that result in healthy behavior change. As a Certified B Corp, we focus exclusively on generating positive social change by developing campaigns that tackle issues ranging from tobacco prevention to substance misuse prevention, sexual health, obesity prevention, and nutrition education. We are home to 200+ full-time change agents across the country, including many PhDs and MPHs, with headquarters in San Diego and additional offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Washington D.C., Seattle, Albuquerque, Richmond and more. Learn more about our research and strategies by visiting our Resource Center and joining an upcoming webinar. We're also hiring research scientists and more positions; view our career opportunities.

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• [ENCORE] How to Use Marketing to Change Health Behaviors (Oct 22, 2021)
  ICYMI: Learn the foundational principles of health behavior change marketing to break down the theory and best practices of developing an effective health behavior change campaign. Whether you are relatively new to health communications, or a veteran health marketer, this webinar will provide you with new techniques for causing measurable changes in health behaviors among targeted populations. Read more and save your seat.

• [Webinar] How to Use Marketing to Change Health Behaviors (Oct 22, 2021)

  In this one-hour webinar, we dive into the foundational principles of health behavior change marketing to break down the theory and best practices of developing an effective health behavior change campaign. Whether you are relatively new to health communications, or a veteran health marketer, this webinar will provide you with new techniques for causing measurable changes in health behaviors among targeted populations. Read more and sign up.

• Careers at Rescue Agency: Informational Office Hours (Oct 18, 2021)

  We're currently hiring for many different positions at Rescue Agency. Please visit our website to learn more about the roles we're hiring for. If you'd like to speak to one of our recruiting experts, please join our virtual office hours via this Zoom link during any of the following times:

  • Monday, October 25 from 10-11 AM PT / 1-2 PM ET
  • Monday, October 25 from 2-3 PM PT / 5-6 PM ET
  • Tuesday, October 26 from 9-10 AM PT / 12-1 PM ET
  • Tuesday, October 26 from 12:30-1:30 PM PT / 3:30-4:30 ET

  We hope to see you there!

• [Encore Webinar] Marketing Health to Teens in a Post-COVID World (Oct 12, 2021)
  ICYMI: We're hosting an encore presentation of our webinar, in which Jeff Jordan, Rescue President & Executive Creative Director, will show how to develop communications that take into account teens' new, post-COVID realities. Read more and save your seat.

• [Webinar] Marketing Health to Teens in a Post-COVID World (Oct 12, 2021)
  In this complimentary webinar, Rescue President & Executive Creative Director Jeff Jordan will share insights and lessons across multiple health behaviors, including substances, nutrition, and vaping, to discuss what’s changed and what hasn’t for teenage health marketing campaigns. Read more and save your seat.

 Press Releases

• Youth Engagement Program Featured in CDC Best Practices Guide (Oct 12, 2021)
  We are incredibly excited that the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) youth engagement program, Y Street, was recognized in the CDC Best Practices User Guide “Youth Engagement in Tobacco Prevention and Control.” Read more.

• A New Campaign to Prevent Meth Use in LA County (Oct 12, 2021)
  The CDC reports 13% of Americans have started or increased substance use to cope with the added stress and pressures caused by the pandemic. In partnership with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, we developed a new wave of MethFreeLACounty ads and an educational website to prevent and reduce meth use in LA County. Read more.

• Adult Cessation Campaigns Increase Quitline Enrollments (Oct 12, 2021)
  Rescue Agency has worked in four states to develop new adult cessation strategies and messages that increase quitline enrollment among priority populations who need the most support. We’re excited to share two recent examples. Read more.

• Expanding Online Research Methods Throughout COVID-19 (Oct 12, 2021)
  Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it was unsafe to conduct in-person research. While participant safety is every scientist’s top priority, we also needed audience feedback and insights to develop effective programs. In response, the Rescue research team successfully transitioned all in-person research to online environments. Read more.

• Swap Up: A New Campaign to Prevent Youth Obesity (Oct 12, 2021)
  Oklahoma has the eighth-highest youth obesity rate in the country, with an estimated 150,000 children who are classified as overweight or obese. To help reverse this trend, we worked with the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) to launch Swap Up, a media campaign focusing on youth obesity prevention across the state. Read more.

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