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The role of health literacy in the association between academic performance and substance use (2022)
Kinnunen, J. M., Paakkari, L., Rimpelä, A. H., Kulmala, M., Richter, M., Kuipers, M. A. G., Kunst, A. E., & Lindfors, P. L. (2022). The role of health literacy in the association between academic performance and substance use. European Journal of Public Health, 32(2), 182-187. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab213
JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat
Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Kinnunen, Jaana M.; Paakkari, Leena; Rimpelä, Arja H.; Kulmala, Markus; Richter, Matthias; Kuipers, Mirte A. G.; Kunst, Anton E.; Lindfors, Pirjo L.
Lehti tai sarja: European Journal of Public Health
ISSN: 1101-1262
eISSN: 1464-360X
Julkaisuvuosi: 2022
Ilmestymispäivä: 05.01.2022
Volyymi: 32
Lehden numero: 2
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 182-187
Kustantaja: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab213
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/79641
Tiivistelmä
To address social inequalities in adolescent substance use and consequent disparities in health, it is important to identify the mechanisms of the association between substance use and academic performance. We study the role of health literacy (HL) in the association between academic performance and weekly smoking, monthly alcohol use and cannabis ever-use among adolescents in Europe.
Methods
SILNE-R school survey data, which was collected in 2016–17 with paper-and-pencil-method from Hanover (GE), Amersfoort (NL) and Tampere (FI), were used (N = 5088, age 13–19). Health Literacy for School-aged Children instrument was used to assess students’ HL. Logistic regression analyzed the association of substance use with academic performance and HL, separately and in the same model. Linear and multinomial logistic regression analyzed the association between academic performance and HL.
Results
Poor academic performance compared with high was associated with smoking [odds ratio (OR) 3.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.83–5.49], alcohol use (OR: 2.94, 95% CI: 2.34–3.68) and cannabis use (OR: 2.56, 95% CI: 1.89–3.48). Poor HL was also associated with each substance use (with ORs of 2.32, 1.85 and 1.29). HL was positively associated with academic performance (β = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.89–1.20). The associations between academic performance and substance use were only slightly attenuated after controlling for HL.
Conclusions
Academic performance and HL were both determinants of substance use, confirming their role in tackling the disparities in substance use. However, HL did not demonstrably mediate the association between academic performance and substance use. A wider set of factors needs to be tackled to address emerging social inequalities in adolescent substance use.
YSO-asiasanat: nuoret; päihteet; päihdeongelmat; alkoholi (päihteet); kannabis; marihuana; terveysosaaminen; opintomenestys
Vapaat asiasanat: smoking; adolescent; alcohol drinking; marijuana; substance use disorders; health literacy; academic performance
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2022
JUFO-taso: 2
