Reduced sun exposure and tanning in children after 2 years of a school-based intervention (Australia)
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- 作者：Elizabeth Milne ; Dallas R. English ; Robyn Johnston ; Donna Cross ; Ron Borland ; Billie Giles-Corti and Christine Costa
- 关键词：child ; health behavior ; intervention studies ; skin neoplasms ; sunlight
- 刊名：Cancer Causes & Control
- 出版年：2001
- 出版时间：2001
- 年：2001
- 卷：12
- 期：5
- 页码：387-393
- 全文大小：92 KB
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Objective: This paper presents the results of the evaluation of measured suntan and parent-reported sun exposure in participating children after 2 years of the Kidskin study, a 5-year school-based sun protection intervention undertaken in Perth, Western Australia (1995–1999).Methods: The study involves three groups: a control, a moderate, and a high intervention group. Participants were 5 or 6 years of age at the beginning of the study. Control schools received the standard Health Education curriculum, while intervention schools received a multicomponent intervention including a specially designed curriculum. Children in the high intervention group also received program materials over the summer vacation and were offered sun-protective swimwear at low cost. At the end of the second summer, suntan was measured and parents completed a questionnaire about their child's sun-related behavior.