Association of High-risk Alcohol Consumption for Lifestyle Diseases and Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy

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  • Ouchi Miyu
    Former Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
  • Akamatsu Rie
    Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University
  • Shimpo Misa
    Department of Food and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Human Development, The University of Nagano
  • Kojima Yui
    Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Studies, University of Niigata Prefecture

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  • 成人における生活習慣病のリスクを高める飲酒量と機能的・伝達的・批判的ヘルスリテラシー
  • セイジン ニ オケル セイカツ シュウカンビョウ ノ リスク オ タカメル インシュリョウ ト キノウテキ ・ デンタツテキ ・ ヒハンテキ ヘルスリテラシー

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Abstract

<p>Objective: To make use of alcohol education strategy, we examined the association between alcohol consumption and functional, communicative, and critical health literacy.</p><p>Methods: Data from an online cross-sectional survey conducted in November 2020 were screened to enroll 3,010 men and 2,932 women (age 20–64 years) as participants, stratified into two groups according to alcohol consumption: non-drinking or below high-risk alcohol consumption for lifestyle diseases (lower high-risk consumption) and high-risk consumption. The 14-item health literacy scale for Japanese adults, which consists of functional, communicative, and critical health literacy, was used to evaluate health literacy (HL) and the participants were divided into two groups based on an HL score that was above or below the median. Using logistic regression analysis by gender, we investigated the association between alcohol consumption and functional, communicative, and critical HL.</p><p>Results: After adjusting for demographics, among women, there was no association between alcohol consumption and functional, communicative, and critical HL. In contrast, a higher total HL was associated with lower high-risk consumption (adjusted odds ratio: 0.69). Among men, before adjusting for demographics, higher functional HL and higher critical HL were associated with lower high-risk consumption and higher high-risk consumption, respectively. After adjusting for demographics, there was no association between alcohol consumption and each HL.</p><p>Conclusions: There was no association between alcohol consumption and functional, communicative, and critical HL. This study suggests that improving health literacy comprehensively is important among women to prevent high-risk alcohol consumption for lifestyle diseases.</p>

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