Association of health literacy and drinking behaviors among middle school students in six provinces of China
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.06.013
- VernacularTitle:中国6省份中学生健康素养与饮酒行为的关联
- Author:
XUE Yanni, LI Danlin, HUANG Xuexue, HU Jie, WANG Sizhe, WAN Yuhui, TAO Fangbiao, ZHANG Shichen
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Author Information
1. Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei(230032), China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Health education;
Alcohol drinking;
Behavior;
Regression analysis;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2021;42(6):853-857
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the association between health literacy and drinking behaviors among middle school students in six provinces of China, and to provide scientific basis for the prevention and intervention of drinking behaviors.
Methods:From November 2015 to January 2016, 22 628 students were enrolled from Ulanqab, Shenyang, Xinxiang, Bengbu, Chongqing and Yangjiang by multistage stratified cluster sampling method. And a questionnaire survey was conducted among them to collect demographic information, health literacy and drinking behaviors. Rates on drinking behaviors were compared in students with specific characteristics. Multiple Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between health literacy and drinking behaviors.
Results:The proportion of ever drinking, current drinking, binge drinking, drunkenness was 60.0%(13 580), 16.8%(3 799), 5.9%(1 344) and 9.9%(2 250), respectively. After adjusting for gender, grade, family address, siblings, accommodation type, parental educational level, and self reported family income, compared to the high level health literacy, the low level health literacy was significantly associated with ever drinking (OR=1.76, 95%CI=1.62-1.91), current drinking(OR=1.37, 95%CI=1.23-1.52), binge drinking (OR=1.39, 95%CI=1.18-1.63), and drunkenness(OR=1.68, 95%CI=1.47-1.92), respectively(P<0.01).
Conclusion:Health literacy of middle school students was related to drinking behaviors. The occurrence of health risk behaviors such as drinking can be prevented and reduced by improving students health literacy level.
