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Hager Sharp

Kind
Public health specialist
Parent
independent
Country
US
Website
https://hagersharp.com
Clients
CDC · NIH (NIDDK, NEI, NHLBI) · USDA FNS · FDA · HHS Office on Women's Health · AARP Foundation

Campaigns (10)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
MyPlate SNAP market pilot lead
Case page (Wayback): nine-market paid media pilot after the 2021 SNAP benefit increase; over 130 million impressions.
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion2021NutritionCreative
Hear Her
USAspending: CDC task order 'Hear Her campaign', 2021-2025, about $5.2M. Role inferred from contract scope; not stated.
CDC Division of Reproductive Health2021Maternal healthCreative
Bring Your Brave
USAspending: 'Bring Your Brave campaign', 2018-2021, about $3.7M. Edelman held the follow-on Bring Your Brave support order from 2021 (75D30121F10755). Young women's breast cancer awareness.
CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control2018Cancer screeningCreative
Nutrition Facts Label campaign lead
USAspending: 'FDA public health education support services - Nutrition Facts Label (NFL) campaign', 2017-2021, about $4.4M.
FDA2017NutritionCreative
Together Against Zika (Zika Domestic Readiness Initiative) lead
Case page (opened via Wayback; live site shows a bot challenge): campaign reached more than 26 million people (self-reported).
CDC2016Infectious diseaseCreative
Million Hearts communication support
Sep 2013-Sep 2014, USD 497,812.
CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention2013CardiovascularStrategy
HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention lead
Case page (Wayback): provider-first strategy; reports a statistically significant change in high-quality pediatrician recommendations and 617 million impressions (self-reported). The adolescent HPV vaccination rise it cites is national data, not attributable.
CDCVaccinationCreative
Drink Less, Be Your Best lead
Case page (Wayback): 12 ad concepts for three drinker segments; finalist, 2023 PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards. Launch year not on the page.
CDCAlcoholCreative
WIC Breastfeeding Support (refresh of Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work) lead
Case page (Wayback): FNS engaged Hager Sharp nearly two decades after the 1997 Loving Support launch.
USDA Food and Nutrition ServiceBreastfeedingCreative
National Diabetes Education Program lead
Case page (Wayback): awareness of diabetes as serious rose 'from 8% to 90%' (self-reported, not attributable). NIDDK NDEP support contract 2011-2016: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_HHSN276201200001U_7529_GS23F0024M_4730.
NIH NIDDK / CDC (NDEP)DiabetesStrategy

Research notes

Washington, DC. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: six Hager Sharp case pages (via Wayback; the live site serves a bot challenge), USAspending award records (API). Corrected 2026-10-22: dropped the unsupported 2022 year on Drink Less, Be Your Best; topics updated to diabetes and breastfeeding. Metrics on case pages are self-reported.

Sources

  1. https://hagersharp.com/case-study/cdc-hpv-vaccine-is-cancer-prevention/
  2. https://cdc.confex.com/cdc/nphic16/webprogram/Person28172.html

Record agencies/hager-sharp.json, updated 2026-10-22