Primary prevention of malignant melanoma in the Stockholm Cancer Prevention Programme

Skin Cancer Prevention for Children: A Critical Review

“…21 Fourth, some programs designed for parents have used videotapes 32,33 and direct mail. 34,36 The small number of published evaluations on community-wide sun safety programs [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] did not fit well into these classifications based on target population, setting, and program features, as they combined several formats of these three variables. They are discussed separately at the end of the review and summarized in Table 5.…”

“…focused behavioral and No control 3 early-detection Fewer children aged 6-13 wore shirts at the educational interventions at community items beach (-11%). More reported that key sites in the community children wore sunscreen (+9%-+20%), wear sunscreen themselves (+8%), buying 3+ tubes of sunscreen (+12%), higher self-efficacy (+8%-+14%), knowledge (+7%-+20%), more skin exams (+17%, +20%) 38 Lecture intervention: 45-minute Clinics and nursery staff and parents tributing sun awareness information to lectures dealing with sun schools assigned parents. Staff at 97% of pediatric health awareness etiology and preto receive one of clinics reported giving parents information vention of malignant melainterventions on sun awareness, but only 35% of parents noma and 12-minute videotape Another city chosen recalled receiving such information from a presentation as a control clinic Follow-up, 6 months postintervention Finally, in Stockholm, Sweden, information on etiology and prevention of melanoma was provided to pediatric medical officers and nurses at child health centers in 45-minute lectures or by mail.…”

“…However, only 35% of parents surveyed at two of the centers reported that they actually received such information from the center staff. 38 In similar fashion, this information was provided to nursery school head teachers and coordinators of day care centers. A survey of nursery school administrators found that the diffusion of the information on sun safety to parents was twice as frequent in the nursery schools that received the information by lecture rather than by mail.…”

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Control: An International Perspective

“…[11] In Sweden, the Stockholm Cancer Prevention Program has developed strategies to establish sun protection curricula within traditional networks of child health and preschool services, schools, colleges of nursing science, and the Federation of Swedish Pharmacists. [13] …”

“…Furthermore, early melanoma is curable. [7] As a result, melanoma and skin cancer control efforts have begun in the United States, [8][9][10] United Kingdom, [11] Australia, [7] Canada, [12] Sweden, [13] and other countries.…”