‘It’s bit of an eye opener’ – A qualitative study of women’s attitudes towards tanning, sun protection and a facial morphing intervention

Persson, Sofia; Grogan, Sarah; Dhingra, Katie; Benn, Yael

doi:10.1080/08870446.2017.1357815

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“…Sun protection in children was universally an important matter for the parents in this study, who had good knowledge of appropriate precautions and adopted these in practice for their children. This is especially the case when parents' are abroad, echoing findings from previous studies in other groups [22,24,26].…”

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confidence: 79%

“…[22][23][24][25][26]. Sun protection tends to be adopted when abroad rather than in the UK, especially when on holiday or at the beach [22,24,26]. Relevant to this study, family members are often influential in sun protection attitudes and behaviours, with Mothers often taking the lead role [22,24,26].…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Although qualitative research with parents is limited, research has been carried out amongst other demographic groups, including university students [22,23], female adults [24], and female adolescents [25]. A systematic review of qualitative studies including both male and female participants from several countries including the UK has also been done [26].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several benefits associated with sun exposure, including the desire to be tanned, feeling healthier, and getting enough vitamin D, also act as barriers to sun protection. [22][23][24][25][26]. Sun protection tends to be adopted when abroad rather than in the UK, especially when on holiday or at the beach [22,24,26].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Parents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Sun Protection in Children: A Qualitative Study

Littlewood

2017

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2017

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“…The majority of the studies were conducted in the United States, raising concerns about generalizability of findings to other areas; they were also conducted in locations with high level of sun exposure (such as Florida), and it might therefore be difficult to predict whether interventions are effective in countries with fewer days of sun. Qualitative research has indicated that people living in locations with fewer hours of sun (such as the United Kingdom) associate UV exposure with leisure time and holidays; this may affect the effectiveness of an intervention to impact motivations to reduce UV exposure among these participants (Persson, Benn, Dhingra, & Grogan, ).…”

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Appearance‐based interventions to reduce UV exposure: A systematic review

Persson

Benn

Dhingra

et al. 2018

British J Health Psychol

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This review provides a current perspective on the effectiveness of appearance-based interventions to reduce UV exposure, and also highlights methodological issues. It recommends that practitioners administer a UV photo intervention in combination with photoageing information to reduce UV exposure. Furthermore, the review specifically recommends that future research focuses on the use of theoretical constructs to enhance photoageing information and is conducted with older participants and in countries where people have less opportunity for sun exposure. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Appearance-focused interventions may in some cases be more effective than health-focused interventions in reducing UV exposure, as the underlying motivations for tanning are associated with appearance concerns. Previous reviews and meta-analyses have indicated that appearance-focused interventions such as photoageing and UV photo are associated with positive effects in reducing UV exposure and/or increasing sun protection. Previous reviews identified methodological issues with research on this topic, which included limited a priori power calculations and a general lack of long-term follow-ups. What does this study add? This review concludes that photoageing information in combination with UV photo is associated with a medium positive effect size on sun protection intentions. Photoageing can be manipulated according to theoretical constructs (e.g., Theory of Alternative Behaviours), which may contribute to its effectiveness. Issues such as homogeneity of settings and participants and limited a priori power calculations in the included studies have been identified. This review specifically recommends that future research is conducted in locations with less overall sun exposure, and with a more diverse participant range (e.g., more males and older participants).

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An Age-Progression Intervention for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study Investigating the Influence of Two Sets of Instructions on Intervention Efficacy

Walker,

Grogan,

Denovan

et al. 2024

Int.J. Behav. Med.

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Background Research on age-progression facial morphing interventions for smoking cessation has not investigated the effect of different instructions for intervention delivery. The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the influence of two instruction types used to deliver the intervention on efficacy of the intervention. Method Women were recruited and randomly allocated to an age-progression intervention session with (i) neutral instructions; (ii) instructions designed to reassure; or (iii) a condition that controlled for participant engagement (“control”). The conditions were delivered in a one-time procedure, after which primary (quitting intentions) and secondary (cigarettes/week, quit attempts) outcomes were measured immediately post-intervention, and at 1 and 3 months. Results Seventy-two women (M = 25.7; SD = 0.9) were recruited and randomly allocated to condition (Neutral n = 27, Reassuring n = 22, Control n = 23). Quitting intentions were higher in the Reassuring versus Control arm (3 months post-intervention, F = 4.37, p = 0.016, 95% CI [0.231, 2.539], eta2 = 0.11); quit attempts were greater in the two intervention arms (58%) versus Control (1-month post-intervention, 15%) (χ2 = 9.83, p < 0.05, OR 1.00 [0.28, 3.63]). Conclusions Findings highlight the importance of optimising instructions to enhance intervention efficacy. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Record: NCT03749382.

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‘It’s bit of an eye opener’ – A qualitative study of women’s attitudes towards tanning, sun protection and a facial morphing intervention

Abstract: These results can be interpreted along the lines of goal-directed behaviour. This type of intervention has the potential to reduce UV exposure among this participant group, something that needs to be further investigated with randomised control trials.

Cited by 11 publications

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Parents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Sun Protection in Children: A Qualitative Study

Parents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Sun Protection in Children: A Qualitative Study

Appearance‐based interventions to reduce UV exposure: A systematic review

An Age-Progression Intervention for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study Investigating the Influence of Two Sets of Instructions on Intervention Efficacy

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