title: Changes in reported awareness of product warning labels and messages in cohorts of California Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, USA. marin@usfca.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gamba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001364:Awareness; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011356:Product Labeling; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*