Citation

Marin G, Gamba RJ. Health Educ. Behav. 1997; 24(2): 230-244.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, USA. marin@usfca.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9079581

Abstract

A cohort of 777 Hispanics and 234 non-Hispanic Whites were interviewed in San Francisco, California, over the telephone in 1991 and again 1 year later. Overall, both Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites showed an increase in awareness of a general product warning label for beer and wine containers but a decrease in awareness of a product warning label for cigarettes. High- and low-acculturated Hispanics' awareness of a general product warning label increased for alcoholic beverage containers, although highly acculturated Hispanics were more aware. Both Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites showed an increase in awareness of specific warning messages. The highly acculturated Hispanics showed more increased awareness of specific message than the less acculturated Hispanics.

Language: en