Social marketing and public policies for comprehensive care for the elderly in Riobamba, Ecuador
Keywords:
Comprehensive care for the elderly, implementation of public policies, social marketing.Abstract
Introduction: In Ecuador, public policies that have been established are aimed to address the social problems of the elderly. However, in the city of Riobamba the actions taken to implement these policies are isolated and insufficient, without involving all actors in the necessary social change.
Objective: Design a social marketing plan as a contribution to the implementation of public policies related to comprehensive care for the elderly in the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Riobamba.
Methods: The analysis and synthesis of the information obtained through the documentary review, the application of surveys and interviews and the realization of focus groups allowed to establish the theoretical and methodological bases, identify the existing problem and design the social marketing plan.
Results: From the convergence between the process of design and implementation of public policies and social marketing plans, it was possible to contribute to comprehensive care for the elderly. The designed and validated social marketing plan proposes a program with six projects aimed at influencing the acceptance of ideas and the modification of behaviors in the target audiences for the benefit of older adults, for their comprehensive care, with the use of marketing tools.
Conclusions: The use of social marketing makes it possible to make the leap from institutionality and current regulations to the design of programs with true coordination between all public and civil society actors, guaranteeing sustainability and participation in the implementation of public policies.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Aviso de derechos de autor/a
Aquellos autores/as que tengan publicaciones con esta revista, aceptan los términos siguientes:
- Los autores/as conservarán sus derechos de autor y garantizarán a la revista el derecho de primera publicación de su obra, el cuál estará simultáneamente sujeto a la Licencia de reconocimiento de Creative Commons que permite a terceros compartir la obra siempre que se indique su autor y su primera publicación esta revista.
- Los autores/as podrán adoptar otros acuerdos de licencia no exclusiva de distribución de la versión de la obra publicada (p. ej.: depositarla en un archivo telemático institucional o publicarla en un volumen monográfico) siempre que se indique la publicación inicial en esta revista.
- Se permite y recomienda a los autores/as difundir su obra a través de Internet (p. ej.: en archivos telemáticos institucionales o en su página web) antes y durante el proceso de envío, lo cual puede producir intercambios interesantes y aumentar las citas de la obra publicada. (Véase El efecto del acceso abierto).
