Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, 221 Richards Building, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
J Sch Health. 2011 Jan;81(1):34-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00555.x.
Smoking media literacy (SML) has been found to be independently associated with reduced current smoking and reduced susceptibility to future smoking in a sample of American adolescents, but not in other populations of adolescents. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess SML in Vietnamese adolescents and to determine the association with smoking behavior and susceptibility to future smoking.
A cross-sectional survey of 2000 high school students completed the SML scale, which is based on an integrated theoretical framework of media literacy, and items assessing cigarette use. Ordinal logistic regression was used to determine the association of SML with smoking and susceptibility to future smoking. Ordinal logistic regression was also to determine whether smoking in the past 30 days was associated with the 8 domains/core concepts of media literacy which comprise the SML.
Smoking media literacy was lower among the Vietnamese adolescents than what has been previously reported in American adolescents. Ordinal logistic regression analysis results showed that in the total sample SML was associated with reduced smoking, but there was no association with susceptibility to future smoking. Further analysis showed that results differed according to school and grade level. There did not appear to be association of smoking with the specific domains/concepts that comprise the SML.
The association of SML with reduced smoking suggests the need for further research involving SML, including the testing of media literacy training interventions, in Vietnamese adolescents and also other populations of adolescents.
在一项针对美国青少年的研究中，吸烟媒体素养（SML）与当前吸烟减少和未来吸烟易感性降低独立相关，但在其他青少年群体中并非如此。因此，本研究旨在评估越南青少年的 SML，并确定其与吸烟行为和未来吸烟易感性的关系。
对 2000 名高中生进行了横断面调查，他们完成了基于媒体素养综合理论框架和香烟使用项目的 SML 量表。使用有序逻辑回归来确定 SML 与吸烟和未来吸烟易感性的关系。有序逻辑回归还用于确定过去 30 天的吸烟是否与 SML 包含的 8 个领域/核心概念有关。
与之前在美国青少年中报道的情况相比，越南青少年的 SML 水平较低。有序逻辑回归分析结果表明，在总样本中，SML 与吸烟减少有关，但与未来吸烟易感性无关。进一步的分析表明，结果因学校和年级水平而异。吸烟与构成 SML 的特定领域/概念似乎没有关联。
SML 与吸烟减少有关，这表明需要进一步研究 SML，包括在越南青少年和其他青少年群体中测试媒体素养培训干预措施。
