'Alcohol causes cancer': a difficult message for Australians to swallow
Autor: | Jaklin Eliott, Natalie Jane May, Shona Crabb |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Alcohol Drinking Population 030508 substance abuse Product Labeling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study Public health Alcoholic Beverages Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Australia Cancer Advertising Risk factor (computing) medicine.disease Focus group Alcohol and cancer Increased risk Thematic analysis 0305 other medical science Psychology |
Zdroj: | Health promotion international. 37(1) |
ISSN: | 1460-2245 |
Popis: | Summary Alcohol is a modifiable risk factor for cancer. Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer risk is poor; thus, alcohol consumers may be unknowingly putting themselves at increased risk of cancer. One way to raise awareness of alcohol-related cancer is through placing labels warning of cancer risk on alcoholic beverage containers; however, little is known about the impact of such labels. We conducted seven focus groups, comprising participants who self-identified as low-to-moderate alcohol consumers, to gauge public attitudes towards the labels and messages relating to alcohol-related cancer risk. Transcripts of discussions were coded to identify emergent themes. Participants expressed a negative response to the alcohol warning labels, and their talk worked to challenge the legitimacy of alcohol-related cancer messages, and the entities responsible for disseminating the information. These responses functioned to counter any implied recommendation for reduction in speakers’ alcohol consumption. These findings illustrate how the general population make sense of information about health risks, using this knowledge to make decisions about personal behaviour. In combination with other public health initiatives, alcohol-warning labels have the potential to increase awareness of cancer risk and help in the fight against cancer, but any messaging will need to account for probable consumer resistance. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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