Measured Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Exposures of Outdoor Workers in Queensland in the Building and Construction Industry¶

Gies, Peter; Wright, Jill

doi:10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0780342msureo2.0.co2

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“…A by-product of this process is thermal energy, resulting in the stratosphere having a slightly higher temperature than the top of the troposphere. Absorption of UV by ozone begins to decrease rapidly between 280 nm and 300 nm and is non-existent by around 325 nm (Gies and Wright, 2003). Ozone can also occur in the troposphere at locations near the surface of the Earth.…”

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Geographic location and vitamin D synthesis

Kimlin

2008

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

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Geographic location and vitamin D synthesis

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2008

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

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“…Outdoor workers are generally exposed to UVR during work for two to eight hours which far exceeds recommended guidelines [3, 4]. Additionally, a vast majority of outdoor jobs in the US are held by fair skinned individuals who are increasingly at risk of skin cancer [5].…”

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Skin Cancer Knowledge, Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Preventative Behaviors among North Mississippi Landscapers

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Ford

Hallam

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Dermatology Research and Practice

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There are slightly over one million workers in the landscape service industry in the US. These workers have potential for high levels of solar ultraviolet radiation exposure, increasing their risk of skin cancer. A cross-sectional sample of 109 landscapers completed a self-administered questionnaire based on Health Belief Model (HBM). The participants correctly answered 67.1% of the knowledge questions, 69.7% believed they were more likely than the average person to get skin cancer, and 87.2% perceived skin cancer as a severe disease. Participants believed that the use of wide-brimmed hats, long sleeved shirts/long pants, and sunscreen was beneficial but reported low usage of these and other sun protective strategies. The primary barriers to using sun protection were “I forget to wear it” and “it is too hot to wear.” Of the HBM variables, perceived benefits outweighing perceived barrier (r = .285, P = .003) and self-efficacy (r = .538, P = .001) were correlated with sun protection behaviors. The reasons for absence of the relationship between perceived skin cancer threat and sun protection behaviors could be lack of skin cancer knowledge and low rate of personal skin cancer history.

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“…Polysulfone (PS) film has been used in Australia and other countries as a UVR dosimeter since 1976 (7, 8, 9), and for personal dosimetry studies since about 1980. PS film can reliably measure solar UVR dose (10, 11) and provides an opportunity to compare objective UVR exposure with self-reported measures. The availability of polysulfone dosimeters and a well developed methodology for analyzing them makes possible an assessment of the validity of self-report, though only a few studies to date have completed this type of analysis (12, 13).…”

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Validity of Self-reported Solar UVR Exposure Compared with Objectively Measured UVR Exposure

Glanz

Gies

O’Riordan

et al. 2010

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background: Reliance on verbal self-report of solar exposure in skin cancer prevention and epidemiologic studies may be problematic if self-report data are not valid due to systematic errors in recall, social desirability bias, or other reasons.Methods: This study examines the validity of self-reports of exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) compared to objectively measured exposure among children and adults in outdoor recreation settings in 4 regions of the United States. Objective UVR exposures of 515 participants were measured using polysulfone film badge UVR dosimeters on 2 days. The same subjects provided self-reported UVR exposure data on surveys and 4-day sun exposure diaries, for comparison to their objectively measured exposure.Results: Dosimeter data showed that lifeguards had the greatest UVR exposure (24.5% of weekday ambient UVR), children the next highest exposures (10.3% ambient weekday UVR), and parents had the lowest (6.6% ambient weekday UVR). Similar patterns were observed in self-report data. Correlations between diary reports and dosimeter findings were fair to good and were highest for lifeguards (r ¼ 0.38-0.57), followed by parents (r ¼ 0.28-0.29) and children (r ¼ 0.18-0.34). Correlations between survey and diary measures were moderate to good for lifeguards (r ¼ 0.20-0.54) and children (r ¼ 0. 35-0.53).Conclusions: This is the largest study of its kind to date, and supports the utility of self-report measures of solar UVR exposure.Impact: Overall, self-reports of sun exposure produce valid measures of UVR exposure among parents, children, and lifeguards who work outdoors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 19(12); 3005-12. Ó2010 AACR.

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Measured Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Exposures of Outdoor Workers in Queensland in the Building and Construction Industry¶

Cited by 66 publications

References 28 publications

Geographic location and vitamin D synthesis

Geographic location and vitamin D synthesis

Skin Cancer Knowledge, Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Preventative Behaviors among North Mississippi Landscapers

Validity of Self-reported Solar UVR Exposure Compared with Objectively Measured UVR Exposure

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