Public (Skin) Health and the publishing source bias of Austrian information material

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Sunbed Use Prevalence and Associated Skin Health Habits: Results of a Representative, Population-Based Survey among Austrian Residents

“…In our study, non-recent sunbed users more often received skin health information by healthcare providers, whereas users more often mentioned indoor tanning studios as a source of information. Given the known publishing source bias of information material, these finding suggests the need for standardizing the content of skin health educative information [ 23 ].…”

“…Based on the broader concept of Public Health, the umbrella term Public (Skin) Health refers to skin health-related activities aimed at lowering incidence rates of photo-induced skin manifestations [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. By encouraging individuals to adopt skin health-sensitive behaviors, Public (Skin) Health has practical implications for community-based skin health promotion.…”

Perceived Relevance of Educative Information on Public (Skin) Health: Results of a Representative, Population-Based Telephone Survey

“…So far, little is known about prevailing skin health attitudes and behavior to estimate the impact of primary prevention measures on reducing skin cancer incidence rates. To close this knowledge gap, we conducted consecutive scientific research projects subsumed under the umbrella term Public (Skin) Health [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. This concept refers to evaluation of public and private measures to prevent skin diseases, promote skin health, and monitor populations at risk.…”

“…This concept refers to evaluation of public and private measures to prevent skin diseases, promote skin health, and monitor populations at risk. Given the known publishing source bias found in information material available in Austria, the current population-based study assessed the influence of perceived relevance of specific skin health information material and sources on individual sun protection and tanning behavior among Austrian citizens [ 20 ].…”

Public (Skin) Health perspectives of gender differences in tanning habits and sun protective behaviour: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey

“…In a previous complementary paper, we reported on the impact of education material and information sources on sun protective habits of consumer [9]. Further, we coined the term Public (Skin) Health to raise awareness on the need to increase skin health promoting and cancer preventive efforts [10,11]. This recommendation is supported by the alarming worldwide trend of slightly increasing incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma over the recent decades [12].…”