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Harley-Davidson helps men face cancer screening stigma with ‘manliest’ campaign

With 62 per cent of men unaware of the common risk factors of prostate cancer, Harley-Davidson has found a way to get men to prioritise their health while getting their bike serviced through a simple warranty clause.

Harley-Davidson FP7 McCann Health prostate cancer campaign

Harley-Davidson has reframed the ‘uncomfortable’ conversation around prostate cancer screenings and has addressed the ‘finger test’ stigma by cleverly combining the motorcycle’s mandatory 500-mile check-up with a ‘mid-life health checkpoint’ for men.

 In collaboration with FP7 McCann and McCann Health, Harley-Davidson, Enigmas Motorcycle Club and Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, have launched ‘Mid-Life Check’, a programme that uses nothing more than a simple warranty clause to drive real change and break the stigma surrounding prostate cancer screenings.

A mandatory service checkpoint for the Harley-Davidson now also becomes a checkpoint for men’s health. A simple addition to a


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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.