Deena J Chisolm1, Jennifer A Manganello2, Kelly J Kelleher3, Michael P Marshal4. 1. Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, USA; The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, USA. Electronic address: Deena.Chisolm@NationwideChildrens.org. 2. Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University of Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, USA. 3. Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, USA; The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, USA. 4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Alcohol expectancies are developed, in part, through exposure to health messages, the understanding of which may be influenced by health literacy. This study explores the relationships among health literacy, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use behaviors in teens. METHODS: We studied alcohol use behaviors in the past six months in youths aged 14-19 recruited from two adolescent medicine clinics. We assessed covariate-adjusted bivariate relationships between HL, expectancies, and four measures of alcohol use and tested health literacy as a moderator of the relationship between expectancies and use. RESULTS: Of the 293 study teens, 45 percent reported use of alcohol in the past six months. Use behaviors were positively associated with higher health literacy and positive expectancies. Our moderation model suggested that health literacy moderates the relationship between expectancies and use, with the expectancy/use relationship being significantly stronger in higher literacy teens. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that health literacy can influence alcohol expectancies and behaviors. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Health literacy should be explicitly considered in the design of alcohol prevention messages.
OBJECTIVE:Alcohol expectancies are developed, in part, through exposure to health messages, the understanding of which may be influenced by health literacy. This study explores the relationships among health literacy, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use behaviors in teens. METHODS: We studied alcohol use behaviors in the past six months in youths aged 14-19 recruited from two adolescent medicine clinics. We assessed covariate-adjusted bivariate relationships between HL, expectancies, and four measures of alcohol use and tested health literacy as a moderator of the relationship between expectancies and use. RESULTS: Of the 293 study teens, 45 percent reported use of alcohol in the past six months. Use behaviors were positively associated with higher health literacy and positive expectancies. Our moderation model suggested that health literacy moderates the relationship between expectancies and use, with the expectancy/use relationship being significantly stronger in higher literacy teens. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that health literacy can influence alcohol expectancies and behaviors. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Health literacy should be explicitly considered in the design of alcohol prevention messages.
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