The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Australian Government launched a mass media campaign in 2009 to raise awareness of the harms and costs associated risky drinking among young Australians. The aim of this study was to assess if young people attending a music festi...

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Main Authors: Sacks-Davis Rachel, Gold Judy, Dietze Paul, van Gemert Caroline, Stoové Mark, Vally Hassan, Hellard Margaret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/482
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author Sacks-Davis Rachel
Gold Judy
Dietze Paul
van Gemert Caroline
Stoové Mark
Vally Hassan
Hellard Margaret
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Stoové Mark
Vally Hassan
Hellard Margaret
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description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Australian Government launched a mass media campaign in 2009 to raise awareness of the harms and costs associated risky drinking among young Australians. The aim of this study was to assess if young people attending a music festival who report frequent risky single occasions of drinking (RSOD) recognise the key message of the campaign, "<it>Binge drinking can lead to injuries and regrets</it>", compared to young people who report less frequent RSOD.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional behavioural survey of young people (aged 16-29 years) attending a music festival in Melbourne, Australia, was conducted in January 2009. We collected basic demographics, information on alcohol and other drug use and sexual health and behaviour during the previous 12 months, and measured recognition of the Australian National Binge Drinking Campaign key message. We calculated the odds of recognition of the key slogan of the Australian National Binge Drinking Campaign among participants who reported frequent RSOD (defined as reported weekly or more frequent RSOD during the previous 12 months) compared to participants who reported less frequent RSOD.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Overall, three-quarters (74.7%) of 1072 participants included in this analysis recognised the campaign message. In the adjusted analysis, those reporting frequent RSOD had significantly lower odds of recognising the campaign message compared to those not reporting frequent RSOD (OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-0.9), whilst females had significantly greater odds of recognising the campaign message compared to males (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.4-2.1).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Whilst a high proportion of the target group recognised the campaign, our analysis suggests that participants that reported frequent RSOD - and thus the most important group to target - had statistically significantly lower odds of recognising the campaign message.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-308f30d9042f48e393c00a8e85a72f852022-12-22T01:16:46ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582011-06-0111148210.1186/1471-2458-11-482The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinkingSacks-Davis RachelGold JudyDietze Paulvan Gemert CarolineStoové MarkVally HassanHellard Margaret<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Australian Government launched a mass media campaign in 2009 to raise awareness of the harms and costs associated risky drinking among young Australians. The aim of this study was to assess if young people attending a music festival who report frequent risky single occasions of drinking (RSOD) recognise the key message of the campaign, "<it>Binge drinking can lead to injuries and regrets</it>", compared to young people who report less frequent RSOD.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional behavioural survey of young people (aged 16-29 years) attending a music festival in Melbourne, Australia, was conducted in January 2009. We collected basic demographics, information on alcohol and other drug use and sexual health and behaviour during the previous 12 months, and measured recognition of the Australian National Binge Drinking Campaign key message. We calculated the odds of recognition of the key slogan of the Australian National Binge Drinking Campaign among participants who reported frequent RSOD (defined as reported weekly or more frequent RSOD during the previous 12 months) compared to participants who reported less frequent RSOD.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Overall, three-quarters (74.7%) of 1072 participants included in this analysis recognised the campaign message. In the adjusted analysis, those reporting frequent RSOD had significantly lower odds of recognising the campaign message compared to those not reporting frequent RSOD (OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-0.9), whilst females had significantly greater odds of recognising the campaign message compared to males (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.4-2.1).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Whilst a high proportion of the target group recognised the campaign, our analysis suggests that participants that reported frequent RSOD - and thus the most important group to target - had statistically significantly lower odds of recognising the campaign message.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/482
spellingShingle Sacks-Davis Rachel
Gold Judy
Dietze Paul
van Gemert Caroline
Stoové Mark
Vally Hassan
Hellard Margaret
The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
BMC Public Health
title The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
title_full The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
title_fullStr The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
title_full_unstemmed The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
title_short The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
title_sort australian national binge drinking campaign campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
url http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/482
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