TY - JOUR T1 - Social marketing: why injury prevention needs to adopt this behaviour change approach JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 665 LP - 667 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090567 VL - 47 IS - 11 AU - Joshua D Newton AU - Michael T Ewing AU - Caroline F Finch Y1 - 2013/07/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/11/665.abstract N2 - Government agencies, public health organisations and the private sector are increasingly funding campaigns to encourage participation in sport. These campaigns frequently achieve moderate levels of success,1 yet many of the individuals who heed these calls to action may be ill prepared for the physical rigours of sport, especially when campaigns do not address how to participate in sport safely. This is not an idle concern; individuals with limited experience in their sport of choice are at increased risk of developing a sports injury, as are those who have recently returned to sport after a prolonged absence.2 Public health campaigns aimed at encouraging sport participation should therefore take into account the findings from the sports injury prevention literature so that those who adopt the campaign messages will be less susceptible to experiencing sports injuries. One approach that could be used to transfer the learnings from the sports injury prevention literature to the broader population is social marketing. Social marketing refers to ‘the adaptation of commercial marketing technologies to programs designed to influence the voluntary behaviour of target audiences to improve their personal welfare and that of the society of which they are … ER -