Education-based differences in alcohol health literacy in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol health literacy is critical for informed consumer decision making but has yet received limited attention in public health research. We therefore seek to measure alcohol health literacy and its educational distribution in Germany.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we developed and applied a brief nine-item questionnaire on alcohol health literacy in an adult convenience sample (n = 391; February to April 2023). The association of educational attainment with 'insufficient' alcohol health literacy was tested in adjusted logistic regression models.

Results

Insufficient alcohol health literacy was recorded in 47.8% of men and 41.1% of women in our sample. While most respondents correctly identified common misconceptions and wrong beliefs about alc

SUBMITTER: Kilian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11814345 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature