The association analysis of health literacy level and drinking behavior among junior high school students in poverty-stricken areas of Jiangxi Province
Objective To explore the relationship between health literacy and drinking behavior among junior high school students in poverty-stricken areas(25 poverty-stricken counties)of Jiangxi Province,and to provide strategies for intervening drinking behavior in junior high school students.Methods In May 2023,a total of 5710 seventh-and eighth-grade students in 25 poverty-stricken counties in Jiangxi Province were surveyed on health literacy and drinking behavior by filling out questionnaires,and a stratified whole-cluster random sampling method was used.x2 test and logistic regression an-alyses were used to explore the associations between health literacy and their drinking behavior,and the test level was α=0.05.Results A total of 5710 junior high school students from 25 counties in Jiangxi Province were surveyed,and the numbers of students who used to drink was 791(13.85％),recently drank 359(6.29％),regularly drank 231(4.05％),used to be drunk 168(2.94％),respectively.Middle school students who did not have health behavioral liter-acy showed higher risk in ever drinking(OR=1.84,95％CI:1.554-2.178),recent drinking(OR=1.687,95％CI:1.326-2.147),frequent drinking(OR=1.931,95％CI:1.414-2.637),and ever drunken(OR=1.496,95％CI:1.051-2.129)compared to students who had health behavioral literacy.Conclusion There is an association between health literacy and drinking behaviors among junior high school students in poverty-stricken areas of Jiangxi Province,and the occurrence of drinking behaviors could be prevented and reduced by improving junior high school students'health behav-ioral literacy level.
Health literacyHealth behavior literacyDrinking behaviorPoverty-stricken areasAssociation analysis
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