Social Research : Marketing and Communication

Social marketing and communication research constitute a special expertise of MaRS. The agency draws strength from the extensive past experiences of the research professionals in this field as well as the commercial marketing research projects carried out.

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Opportunities & Barriers for adoption of contraception

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Retail audit of condoms & contraceptives

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Assessment of alternative contraceptive marketing strategies

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Audience research

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Pre-testing of communication materials and campaigns

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Formative research for developing communicative strategy

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Communication Needs Assessment

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Creative communication research

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Development of CSM strategy

 

 

Some of the ongoing and recently completed assignments in this sector by MaRS include,

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Removal of stigma content in HIV/AIDS communication: Development of creative filters and pre-testing modules to assess for HIV/AIDS communicator

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Monitoring IUD and Medical Abortion multi-media campaigns in 5 states of India

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Formative research and pretesting of campaign materials for a communication campaign for involvement of men during antenatal and postnatal care

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Pretesting of IUD and MA campaigns in MP, Andhra Pradesh and Guwahati

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Upgradation of the Communication Management Information System (CMIS) for NACO

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A KAP study on condom usage: Development of Condom Social Communication and Marketing Strategy for a state in India