Sudo A, Kuroda Y. Media exposure, interactive health literacy, and adolescents' susceptibility to future smoking.
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2017;
29:/j/ijamh.2017.29.issue-2/ijamh-2015-0052/ijamh-2015-0052.xml. [PMID:
26536575 DOI:
10.1515/ijamh-2015-0052]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Few studies have investigated interactive health literacy (IHL)'s relationship with adolescents' smoking-related behavior. This study investigated IHL's association with adolescents' susceptibility to future smoking.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We conducted a school-based cross-sectional study of Japanese students enrolled in public junior high school, grades 7-9 (n=1937), who completed a self-report questionnaire. Variables were grade, gender, media exposure [television (TV), internet, and magazines], IHL (interest in learning about health, understanding what they hear about health, trying to follow what is taught about health), and susceptibility to future smoking.
RESULTS
Significant findings were: [1] media exposure was positively associated with adolescents' susceptibility to future smoking (TV: p<0.01, internet: p<0.01, magazines: p<0.01); [2] IHL was negatively associated with adolescents' susceptibility to future smoking (interest in learning about health: p<0.001; understanding what they hear about health: p<0.05; trying to follow what is taught about health: p<0.001). IHL's influence on susceptibility to future smoking was found to be marginally stronger than that of media exposure.
CONCLUSION
School health-education programs that promote adolescents' IHL may effectively reduce adolescents' susceptibility to future smoking.
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