Sun protection practices of beachgoers using a reliable observational measure

Maddock, Jay E.; Lunde, Kevin B.; Steffen, Alana

doi:10.1007/bf02879926

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“…The campaign was developed successfully in terms of participation and satisfaction: over 400 beachgoers were recruited in just eight days during the summer. Most participants exhibited a long history of high‐risk sun exposure evidenced by the prevalence of sunburns during childhood (up to 70%) and poor sun protection behavior reported by beachgoers (<50% of all sun protection practices except for sunscreen use) as described in the literature . There was a significant improvement of the intention to change after intervention.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Skin cancer prevention campaign aimed at beachgoers on the Costa del Sol (southern Spain)

et al. 2014

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Beachgoers are a strategic target to prevent skin cancer. Beaches are also suitable places to develop a skin cancer prevention campaign, allowing direct access to the high-risk population for surveying, health behavior education, and screening. Several keys may be useful to optimize results as the design of a personalized intervention of proven efficacy, provision of a trained healthcare team, and development of an attractive strategy for the mass media.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Skin cancer prevention campaign aimed at beachgoers on the Costa del Sol (southern Spain)

et al. 2014

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“…recess and lunch) by students. Whilst sun-safe behaviours have been observed in a beach setting [16, 17] these were deemed inappropriate for school settings due to the variables being observed (i.e. type of swimwear).…”

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confidence: 99%

An objective and cross-sectional examination of sun-safe behaviours in New South Wales primary schools

et al. 2017

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BackgroundPrevious evaluations have supported the link between sun protection policies and improved sun protection behaviours. However these evaluations have relied on self-reported data.MethodsA cross-sectional design as part of an ongoing 18-month cluster-controlled trial in primary schools (n = 20) was used. Researchers conducted direct observations to record students’ hat use and teachers’ use of sun protective measures during recess and lunch. Researchers also recorded the volume of sunscreen consumed in each school.ResultsOnly 60% of primary school children wear a sun-safe hat during their breaks when observed using objective measures. Weak correlations were observed between the wearing of a sun-safe hat and a school’s socio-economic status (r = 0.26). All other independent variables measured had only very weak correlations (r < 0.19) with sun-safe hat wearing behaviour of students. Sunscreen consumption by school students during the school day is negligible.ConclusionsA large percentage of NSW primary schools in this study wear sun-safe hats during the school day but this is well below what has been reported in previous national surveys. Given the finite resources of schools and the correlation, though small, with SES status for these behaviours, it behoves researchers to investigate low-cost solutions to these problems. Further qualitative data will also be needed to inform the enablers and barriers for sun-safe behaviour interventions to be adopted in NSW primary schools.

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“…Interrater reliability for assessing clothing ranged from 0.77 for sunglasses to 0.88 for upper body clothing. 14 A Sun Habits Midstudy Observation was conducted throughout the day to record the type of clothing participants wore while on the beach. Researchers attempted to locate each participant involved in the study and unobtrusively record what they were wearing on the head, upper body, lower body, and feet.…”

Section: Objective Instrumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%