[Grammar] Despite health campaigns encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables

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ambitious-girl

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Hello,
Can we revise the following sentence into another edition?

"Despite health campaigns encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables, there seems little chance of a change in attitude. On the contrary, the situation may even be getting worse."


"Despite health campaigns's encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables, there seems little chance of a change in attitude. On the contrary, the situation may even be getting worse."
 
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The second version doesn't work. Note that you've written change twice where you meant chance.
 

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The second version doesn't work. Note that you've written change twice where you meant chance.
I think it might be an adjective clause. Might be?

"Despite health campaigns which encourage people to eat fruit and vegetables, there seems little chance of a change in attitude. On the contrary, the situation may even be getting worse."

How can I differentiate between "adjective clause" and "possessive gerund"?

For example: "Despite encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables, there seems little chance of a change in attitude. On the contrary, the situation may even be getting worse."

"Despite government's or their encouraging people to eat fruit and vegetables, there seems little chance of a change in attitude. On the contrary, the situation may even be getting worse."
 
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Each paragraph still contains this error: little change of a change.
 
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