Designing Effective Alcohol Health Warnings: An Experimental Study With Adults in the U.S.
Consuming alcohol is a dose-dependent and modifiable risk factor for breast cancer. Although alcohol consumption contributes to an estimated 16% of breast cancer cases, awareness of the link between alcohol and breast cancer risk remains low. Systematically developed and tested health warnings can support population-based approaches and intervention strategies to decrease alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk. For instance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can mandate specific warnings through statements (e.g., WARNING: This product contains nicotine…) and color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of products that can harm public health, such as tobacco and alcohol. However, health warning statements and graphics should be assessed among intended audiences before implementation. Research has outlined principles for effective health warning statements. This project will test different health warning statements about the health effects of alcohol.
• being between 18 and 65 years of age
• assigned female at birth
• self-report having consumed alcohol in the last 30 days for the current drinker groups
• self-report not having consumed alcohol in the last 30 days for the nondrinker groups
• live in the US and able to read, speak, and understand English