Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: Engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women

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dc.contributor.authorBrault, Marie A.
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorAquino, Sasha
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-15T09:07:42Z
dc.date.available2022-02-15T09:07:42Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts. AGYW demonstrate low demand for SRH services, further contributing to poor outcomes. Strategic marketing approaches, including those used by multinational corporations, have potential to support demand creation for SRH services among AGYW, but there is limited empirical evidence on the direct application of privatesector strategic marketing approaches in this context. Therefore, we examined how Project Last Mile worked with eSwatini’s Ministry of Heath to translate strategic marketing approaches from the Coca-Cola system to attract AGYW to SRH services. We present qualitative market research using the ZMET® methodology with 12 young Swazi women (ages 15–24), which informed development of a highly branded communication strategy consistent with other successful gain-framing approaches. Qualitative in-depth interviews with 19 stakeholders revealed receptivity to the market research findings, and highlighted local ownership over the strategic marketing process and brand. These results can inform similar efforts to translate strategic marketing to support demand generation in pursuit of public health goals to reduce HIV risk and improve SRH.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrault, M. A. et al. (2021). Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: Engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS , 18(1), 52–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2021.1894224en_US
dc.identifier.issn1813-4424
dc.identifier.uri10.1080/17290376.2021.1894224
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7254
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Open Accessen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent girlsen_US
dc.subjectYoung womenen_US
dc.subjectPublic-private partnershipsen_US
dc.subjectSexual and reproductive healthen_US
dc.subjectESwatinien_US
dc.titleProject Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: Engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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