Health harms that discourage alcohol consumption: A randomized experiment of warning messages.

Autor: Grummon AH; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: agrummon@stanford.edu., Lee CJY; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA., D'Angelo Campos A; Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Whitesell C; Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Brewer NT; Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Lazard AJ; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Greenfield TK; Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA, USA., Hall MG; Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Addictive behaviors [Addict Behav] 2024 Dec; Vol. 159, pp. 108135. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108135
Abstrakt: Background: Health warnings about alcohol consumption could inform consumers and discourage alcohol consumption, but little is known about what topics these warnings should address. We sought to identify promising topics for alcohol warnings.
Methods: In January 2024, we recruited a convenience sample of 2,522 US adults ages ≥ 21 years. In an online within-subjects experiment, participants viewed messages about 6 topics (5 warning topics selected from a pool of 16 topics [e.g., liver disease, liver cancer] and 1 control topic [i.e., recycling or reselling products]) shown in random order. For each topic, participants viewed and rated 2 statements about that topic on perceived message effectiveness (primary outcome) and reactance (secondary outcome).
Results: The 16 warning topics elicited higher perceived message effectiveness than the control topic (ps < 0.001). Among the warning topics, liver disease, most cancer types, dementia or mental decline, and hypertension elicited the highest perceived message effectiveness, while breast cancer, sleep, and drinking guidelines elicited the lowest. Fourteen of the 16 warning topics (all except for fetal harms and impaired driving) elicited more reactance than the control topic (ps < 0.001). Warning topics that elicited high perceived message effectiveness generally elicited high reactance, except for messages about liver disease and liver cancer, which elicited high perceived message effectiveness but only moderate reactance.
Discussion: Warning messages about a variety of topics hold promise for discouraging alcohol consumption. Messages about liver disease, most cancer types, dementia or mental decline, and hypertension are perceived as especially effective; however, none of these topics are included in the current US alcohol warning.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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