Correlates of sunscreen use among high school students: a cross-sectional survey

Heckman, Carolyn J.; Coups, Elliot J.

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-679

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“…There seems to be a gap between education and awareness on the one hand and actual behavior on the other [41,42,43]. Future research and interventions should continue to explore this gap in order to reduce skin cancer risk among young women.…”

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Psychosocial Correlates of Sunburn among Young Adult Women

Heckman

Cohen-Filipic

Kloss

et al. 2012

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Skin cancer is an increasingly common disease, particularly among young adult women. Sunburn early in life is a risk factor for skin cancer. Few studies have reported on psychosocial correlates of sunburn. The current study consisted of an online survey of undergraduate women from a university in the northeastern part of the USA. A logistic regression demonstrated that young women who reported a history of four or more sunburns were significantly more likely to report fair skin, higher perceived susceptibility to skin cancer, greater perceived benefits of tanning (e.g., appearance enhancement), lower perceived control over skin protection, and more frequent sunscreen use. Sunbathing was not associated with a greater number of sunburns. These results suggest that young women who sunburn more often possess other skin cancer risk factors, are aware of their susceptibility to skin cancer, and try to use sunscreen, but feel limited control over their skin protection behavior and are not less likely to sunbathe than others. Therefore, interventions are needed to assist high risk young women in asserting more control over their sun protection behavior and perhaps improve the effectiveness of the sunscreen or other skin protection methods they do employ.

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Psychosocial Correlates of Sunburn among Young Adult Women

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Kloss

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“…The risk for getting skin cancer is higher for people who are light skinned, red haired, have several large moles and freckles, are exposed to sun for a long time, and have a history of sunburn in their childhood 20,21,35,36 . The risk for developing melanoma in later periods of life increases 3.5 times for a person with a history of sunburn that causes blisters, even once in childhood, compared to a person who has never had sunburn.…”

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“…P: Sun exposure during childhood is a key contributor to the development of skin cancer [18][19][20][21] . Therefore, studies conducted with children in preschool education institutions constituted the target group of this study.…”

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Development of sun protection behaviors in preschoolers: A systematic review

Sümen¹,

Öncel²

2018

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four in the United States of America and one in Germany. Programs conducted in the articles were formed based on Piaget's cognitive development theory, Health Belief Model, and Social Learning Theory. In the programs, behaviors of children were observed at kindergartens and information and attitudes of kindergarten administrators, sun protection applications, facilities/obstacles/policies of school, sun protection behaviors of children from the perspective of parents, sun protection behaviors of teachers and parents for children and psychosocial variables were evaluated. Conclusion: The intervention was observed to be efficient in four out of these five researches included in the study. Due to the importance of sun exposure in childhood, the early development of sun protection awareness is extremely important. It is thought that this systematic review will prepare a basis for future studies by drawing attention to effective models in sun protection education for children. Keywords: Skin neoplasms, sun protection factor, child, preschool, review Öz Abstract Anaokulu öğrencilerinde güneşten korunma davranışlarının geliştirilmesi:Sistematik derlemeDevelopment of sun protection behaviors in preschoolers: A systematic review

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“…According to Heckman and Coups (2011), ''The prevalence of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has been increasing over the past thirty years and is now the second most common cancer among women in their twenties''(p. 1). According to Heckman and Coups (2011), ''The prevalence of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has been increasing over the past thirty years and is now the second most common cancer among women in their twenties''(p. 1).…”

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A Systematic Review of Literature Identifying Young Women’s Knowledge and Exposure to Tanning Beds

Naquin¹

2013

Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association

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The prevalence of skin cancer has grown significantly over the past decade, although it remains one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Young women are increasing their chances of being diagnosed with skin cancer by exposing themselves to harmful ultraviolet rays in tanning beds. This systematic review will identify young women's knowledge of and exposure to tanning beds. This review is based on existing studies using empirical evidence. The computer databases used to identify the studies included Cinahl, PubMed, and Cochrane. The search results were filtered to include publication dates later than 2006 to capture the current cultural beliefs and knowledge. All searches were performed before September 29, 2012, and all articles were in the English language. The systematic procedure for this review was modeled after the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis statement. This systematic review of literature will identify whether young women ages 15Y20 years are aware of the consequences of the tanning salon and still decide to tan or unaware of the consequences, they tan and, if so, how often they do tan. The overall outcome of the systematic review will identify whether a need for more education among young women relating to skin cancer prevention and exposure is needed.

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Correlates of sunscreen use among high school students: a cross-sectional survey

Cited by 33 publications

References 78 publications

Psychosocial Correlates of Sunburn among Young Adult Women

Psychosocial Correlates of Sunburn among Young Adult Women

Development of sun protection behaviors in preschoolers: A systematic review

A Systematic Review of Literature Identifying Young Women’s Knowledge and Exposure to Tanning Beds

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