Amanda J Quisenberry1, Ayanna E Scott2, Abigail B Shoben3, Amy K Ferketich3, Sarah E Cooper3, Micah Berman3, Ellen Peters4, Mary Ellen Wewers3, Elizabeth G Klein3. 1. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY. 2. Ohio State University Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking, Columbus, OH. 3. Ohio State University College of Public Health, Center of Excellence in Regulatory Tobacco Science, Columbus, OH. 4. Ohio State University Psychology Department, Center of Excellence in Regulatory Tobacco Science, Columbus, OH.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association of health literacy and attention to the pictorial imagery of 9 health warning labels (HWLs) in a tobacco advertisement among rural US smokers. We hypothesized that lower health literacy would be associated with greater visual attention to pictorial portions of HWLs and evaluated the association between health literacy and recall of advertisement elements. METHODS: Adult smokers from Appalachian Ohio (N = 180) viewed a pictorial HWL encompassing 20% or 33% of a cigarette advertisement while eye tracking software recorded eye movements toward the advertisement. Health literacy was measured with The Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults. RESULTS: Generalized linear regression revealed that every one-unit decrease in health literacy increased viewing time of the pictorial portion of the health warning label by 1.3 percentage points. Logistic regression revealed that the odds of recalling elements of the pictorial portion of the health warning label increased 20% for every one-unit increase in health literacy. CONCLUSIONS: Rural smokers with lower health literacy view pictorial portions of health warning labels longer than those with greater health literacy supporting that health literacy is an important consideration in health communications, including future cigarette warning labels.
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association of health literacy and attention to the pictorial imagery of 9 health warning labels (HWLs) in a tobacco advertisement among rural US smokers. We hypothesized that lower health literacy would be associated with greater visual attention to pictorial portions of HWLs and evaluated the association between health literacy and recall of advertisement elements. METHODS: Adult smokers from Appalachian Ohio (N = 180) viewed a pictorial HWL encompassing 20% or 33% of a cigarette advertisement while eye tracking software recorded eye movements toward the advertisement. Health literacy was measured with The Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults. RESULTS: Generalized linear regression revealed that every one-unit decrease in health literacy increased viewing time of the pictorial portion of the health warning label by 1.3 percentage points. Logistic regression revealed that the odds of recalling elements of the pictorial portion of the health warning label increased 20% for every one-unit increase in health literacy. CONCLUSIONS: Rural smokers with lower health literacy view pictorial portions of health warning labels longer than those with greater health literacy supporting that health literacy is an important consideration in health communications, including future cigarette warning labels.
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cigarette advertisements; eye tracking; health literacy; health warning labels; smoking
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