Sun awareness and sun protection practices in Malta

Abstract

The positive impact of past campaigns can be seen in the high reported rates of sun protection in children. However, much remains to be done with adults in order to change their attitude about a 'healthy suntan' and to convince them that it is worthwhile to protect themselves from the sun.

Postal Workers’ Occupational and Leisure-time Sun Safety Behaviors (United States)

“…The pattern of males being more likely to wear hats and women being more likely to wear sunscreen is consistent with previous occupational [13,[23][24][25] and general population studies [26]. As reported in our previous paper, those with greater sun sensitivity were more likely to wear sunscreen and hats [6].…”

“…Scerri and colleagues reported higher sun protection practices during leisure time when compared to occupational time [13]. They interviewed 559 pedestrians in Malta and of those who reported being outdoors for leisure activities (n=349), 51% said they regularly wore sunscreen and 32% said they regularly wore hats.…”

“…Previous studies have shown that outdoor workers do not adequately protect themselves while working [7,[10][11][12][13]. Few studies have examined outdoor workers' exposure to UVR and sun protection behaviors during leisure time [13][14][15][16][17].…”

“…Few studies have examined outdoor workers' exposure to UVR and sun protection behaviors during leisure time [13][14][15][16][17]. The present study adds to this literature and builds on our previous work that examined the relationship between ethnicity/race and letter carriers' occupational sun protection behaviors controlling for propensity to burn (i.e., skin type/sun sensitivity), gender, years as a carrier, time spent outdoors, education, and intra-station clustering [6].…”

Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Toplumunda Güneşten Korunma: İlkokul Çağı Çocukları ve Ailelerinin Güneşten Korunma ile İlgili Bilgi, Tutum ve Davranışları

“…Bu nedenle çocuklar için ebeveynlerin neleri bildiği ve önerdiği değil, nasıl uyguladığı daha belirleyici olabilmektedir. Akdeniz' de bir ada olan ve benzer iklimsel özellikler taşıyan Malta'da Scerri ve arkadaşlarının yaptığı çalışmaya katılanların %51'i düzenli olarak güneş kremi kullandığını belirtmesine rağmen, Kıbrıs Türk toplumunda bu oran %34 olarak saptanmıştır 22 . Öte yandan, Malta'daki çalışmaya katılanların %32'sinin düzenli olarak şapka kullandığını belirtmesine rağmen bizim sonuçlarımızda bu oran %47,5 olarak daha yüksek bulunmuştur.…”