outcome Evaluation
The outcome evaluation produced both good news and bad news. The bad news was that the
campaign media had not saturated the markets to the extent hoped for: Based on the post-campaign
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KAB survey, only 15 percent of the target audience reported being exposed to the Don't Kid Yourself
campaign. The good news was that those target audience members who were exposed to the
campaign responded quite positively.
The survey revealed that 92 percent of those exposed to the campaign materials reported that they
"liked the message.“ Nearly 70 percent saw a poster, more than double the exposure of any other
campaign medium. Significant attitude changes about the use of birth control were also correlated to
the number of campaign media to which the respondent was exposed.
Survey respondents who were exposed to the campaign also overwhelmingly took some desirable
action. More than three-quarters of those exposed indicated that they "talked with friends,
boy girlfriend, or parents about family planning“ as a result of the campaign. Over 55 percent reported
that they called for information or an appointment at a doctor's office or family planning clinic as a
result of the campaign, but fewer than 5 percent of the respondents called the toll-free phone number
advertised in the materials. Despite not calling the toll-free number, about a quarter of the
respondents said that they called for an appointment at a family planning clinic as a result of the
campaign most likely on the clinic's local phone number.
The campaign started its third phase of implementation in Spring 1998. Based on results of the first
year of regionwide implementation, the next iteration of the campaign focused on a smaller number of
cities in each state to maximize the media exposure that was possible with available resources. The
use of toll-free numbers was discontinued in most states, and materials were created for each
community using local clinic names and phone numbers. Greater outreach and accountability from
local clinics was required as a condition of the inclusion of their community in the campaign.