Paediatric sunburn: The experience of an Australian paediatric burns unit

Mah, Latifa; Giovine, Paul Di; Quinn, Linda; Sparnon, Anthony L.

doi:10.1111/jpc.12268

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“…Similar high rates of sun burn were displayed by other studies in many countries (Jones et al, 2007;Cheng et al, 2010;Ergul et al, 2011;Kyle et al, 2014), whereas countries which have activated systematic awareness programs like Australia and USA , have better results (Larsman et al, 2012;Mah et al, 2013;Volkov et al, 2013). …”

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Sun Burn Incidence and Knowledge of Greek Elementary and High School Children about Sun Protection

Saridi

Toska²,

Rekleiti³

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Introduction: Overexposure to sun radiation and particularly its accumulation during childhood and adolescence is a significant risk factor for skin cancer development. The sun burn is particularly important. Aim: To estimate sun burn incidence in young pupils in a coastal area of Greece. Materials and Methods: Two surveys were conducted in a school population in the same district in Greece, over different periods of time, in young people 9 to 18 years old (n=2 977). Anonymous questionnaires were completed. Levels of significance were twotailed and statistical significance was set at p=0.05. SPSS 17.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Results: From the individual characteristics of the participants it was shown that the majority of them had dark hair and fair skin, whereas a significant percentage reported the existence of moles on face and their body (83.4% vs 68.1%). The sun burn incidence was high in adolescents and the younger pupils (41.9% vs 55.6%). The younger aged children who were living in an urban area had significantly higher rates of sun burn than those living in semi-urban areas (33.8% vs 24.8%, p=0.020). As far as the knowledge of pupils about the risks of sun radiation it was shown that the elementary school pupils had better knowledge than those at high school. Finally, those with better knowledge had the fewer sun burns (Mean 2.83 SD 0.87, p<0.001). Conclusions: The contribution of knowledge to the decrease of sun burn incidence is important as long as this is continuous. Therefore, the education should concern not only children but also teachers and parents in the context of continuous and systematic programs of health education.

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“…The sun burn is a further risk factor of skin cancer developing. At least one episode of sun burn during the childhood increases 1.5-3 times the relevant risk of CM melanoma, whereas over than five sun burns reach the relative risk to 2-6 (Hall et al, 2001;Garbe and Leiter, 2009;Mah et al, 2013).…”

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Sun Burn Incidence and Knowledge of Greek Elementary and High School Children about Sun Protection

Saridi

Toska²,

Rekleiti³

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Researches have shown that this trend is becoming prevalent in Asian countries too (Ehrich, et al, 2014). Albeit studies in Asian countries, particularly in Malaysia are limited, Smith (2007), Iberahim, et al, (2013), Ting (2013, Mah and Ting (2013), Musa and Ting (2013);Ting, Musa and Mah (2014), Jansz and Sari (2015), Cheah (2015), Razali et al (2016), and Bava Harji, Chetty, Ismail and Letchumanan (2016) have provided evidence for plagiarism being equally rampant in non-English speaking countries. Thus, concurring with Adbolmohammadi and Baker (2007), "to combat this worrisome situation, it is important to investigate the variables that are associated with plagiarism": What are the students' attitudes towards plagiarism?…”

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Technical and Non-Technical Programme Students’ Attitudes and Reasons for Plagiarism

Harji¹,

Ismail²,

Chetty³

et al. 2017

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To date, plagiarism continues to be a widespread problem in higher education. Deemed to be endemic, researchers continue to examine various aspects of plagiarism, including students' perception, practices, attitudes and reasons for plagiarism, in addressing this growing concern. Most studies, however, tend to examine these aspects independently. This paper reports on a study that examined both the students' attitudes and reasons for plagiarism, particularly among the Technical and Non-Technical programme students. A questionnaire was administered to 120 students, i.e. 60 each from each programme to gather quantitative data on their attitudes and reasons for plagiarising. The study found that students in both groups hold negative attitudes towards plagiarism. They deem it synonymous to cheating in final examinations and advocate severe penalty to offenders who submit free downloaded or purchased articles. However, they disagree on being penalised for permitting their peers to plagiarise their work. Significant differences were found for the latter two attitudes between the groups. Albeit, disfavouring plagiarism, the two most cited reasons that compel students in both groups to plagiarise are their self-inadequacy in writing skills and poor time management, followed by the temptation and opportunity to plagiarise from the internet and to cope with the institutional load. With an understanding of these variables, all parties will be able to make more informed decisions in addressing this malpractice and upholding academic integrity.

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“…However, some patients with sunburns do present to and are managed in specialist burn services, typically as outpatients. This fact notwithstanding, there are still sunburn cases of sufficient severity and health impact that warrant inpatient treatment . There has not yet been a larger-scale study of patients with sunburn severe enough to warrant admission to specialist burn services across Australia and New Zealand.…”

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