Does a TV public service advertisement campaign for suicide prevention really work?: A case from South Korea

Crisis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 195-201

  Song, In Han ^a   You, Jung Won ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Kim, Jung Soo ^a   Kwon, Se Won ^a   Park, Jong Ik ^b,c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Chuncheon National Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Effectiveness evaluation; Media campaign for suicide prevention; South Korea; Suicide prevention hotline; TV public service advertisement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HOTLINE; HUMAN; PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDE; TELEVISION;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SUICIDE; TELEVISION;

EID: 85021146596     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000434     Document Type: Article

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