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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Mar Q. 2008 Mar;14(3):3–29. doi: 10.1080/15245000802279334

Table 1. The Heart Truth – Topline Results at a Glance.

Process Measures

PARTNERSHIPS MEDIA RELATIONS ONLINE

Corporate:
  • 40 corporate relationships formed; conservatively valued at about $65 million

  • Campaign brand promoted on 2.65 billion cereal, beverage, other product packages

  • Newspaper insert ads reached combined circulation of 590 million

  • Magazine print ads valued at $4 million

Non-profit/community:
  • 23 national partners

  • More than 350 Heart Truth-sponsored local initiatives such as Road Shows and other locally-sponsored events

  • 54 trained Champions held 114 local events; reached 25,000 people

  • Est. combined total of people reached via local events – 273,000

  • Coverage of issue increased 70% in year following launch of Red Dress (2003)

  • Total campaign media impressions (as of March 2008) – 2.1 billion; focused in high-circulation lifestyle, entertainment, fashion, and women's media

  • Includes coverage multiple times in major national broadcast and print media and top-circulation magazines, and media targeted to women of color

  • 70 % of reporting communicated at least one of campaign messages

  • TV PSAs – 206 million impressions in one year

  • Dioramas – 616 placements valued at $15 million.

(All figures are for Feb 07 and 08 online promotions)
  • 786 blogger posts; 16% of all traffic to site came from one blogger

  • Paid ads on BlogHer.org – 1.2 million impressions; 22% click thru rate

  • Google/other pay-per-click ads – 1.6 million impressions

  • Public service banner ads - 130 million impressions

  • Postings on YouTube and Flickr, widgets, other strategies resulted in 225,000 more audience interactions


Outcome Measures

AWARENESS OF HEART DISEASE AS #1 KILLER OF WOMEN AWARENESS OF RED DRESS SY MBOL AWARENESS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTION

  • 34% of women aware of #1 killer in 2000; 46% in 2003; 57% in 2006

  • Awareness gap in African American and Hispanic women - awareness increased in these groups, but not as much as in Caucasian women

  • 25% of women aware of Red Dress in ’05; awareness more than doubled (57%) by ‘07

  • Greater awareness of heart disease is associated with increased action to lower personal or family risk

  • Personal action associated with increased awareness included increased physical activity; decreased intake of unhealthy food, weight loss

  • Family action associated with increased awareness included family member visit to doctor for heart check.