Influence of School-Based Smoking Prevention Education on Reducing Gap in Exposure to Anti-Tobacco Media Message among Korean Adolescents

Jun Hyun Hwang, Dong-Hee Ryu and Soon-Woo Park
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Jun Hyun Hwang: Department of Preventive Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea
Dong-Hee Ryu: Department of Preventive Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea
Soon-Woo Park: Department of Preventive Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: Korean adolescents at high risk for smoking are less exposed to anti-tobacco media messages. This study examines whether school-based smoking prevention education is related to media exposure and whether it can contribute to reducing the gap in exposure to anti-tobacco media messages between smoking vulnerable and non-vulnerable groups. A nationally representative dataset, the 2018 Korea youth risk behavior web-based survey, comprising 59,410 students from grades 7–12, was analyzed. Logistic regression models were designed to evaluate the association between school-based smoking prevention education and media messages exposure. Within-group differences in exposure levels based on sociodemographic characteristics were compared depending on participation or nonparticipation in school-based smoking prevention education. Experience of smoking prevention education within a year was significantly associated with exposure to anti-tobacco media messages. Among Korean adolescents who participated in smoking prevention education compared to those who did not, the media messages exposure rate was more than 20% higher, and the exposure gap within the subgroups by sociodemographic characteristics was narrower. Participation in school-based smoking prevention education was significantly related to media messages exposure. This relationship can be used to improve the overall media messages exposure rate and to reduce the differences in exposure rate based on sociodemographic traits.

Keywords: adolescent; anti-tobacco media message; school-based smoking prevention education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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