New Technologies in Skin Cancer Prevention

Elke Hacker; Caitlin Horsham; Martin Allen; Dimitrios Vagenas; Andrea Nathan; John B Lowe; Monika Janda

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New Technologies in Skin Cancer Prevention

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New Technologies in Skin Cancer Prevention

Elke Hacker, Caitlin Horsham, Martin Allen, Dimitrios Vagenas, Andrea Nathan, John B Lowe and Monika Janda

Wound Repair and Regeneration, Vol.24(6), p.A20

Joint meeting of the Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS) and the Molecular & Experimental Pathology Society of Australasia (MEPSA), 2016 (Melbourne, Australia, 07-Nov-2016–09-Nov-2016)

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/wrr.12489

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Clinical Sciences

Over the past thirty years, Australia has led the world in the successful imple-mentation of sun protection messages and promotional campaigns (e.g., SlipSlop Slap and SunSmart). Despite this effort, it is predicted that by the year2020 there will be over 13,000 new cases of melanoma in Australia. Ultravioletradiation (UVR) or sunlight exposure is the main environmental risk factor forskin cancer development and other UVR-related diseases such as cataracts andskin aging. Many young Australians still get sunburnt on a regular basis, despitehaving good knowledge and sun-protective intentions. Sunburns often occurduring unplanned sun exposure, around the home or during activities wherepeople do not expect to be outside for long. UVR feedback could assist inreducing exposure levels and decreasing the risk of skin cancer. Advances inmobile telephone application programs (apps) and personal ultraviolet radiation(UVR) devices have seen these products become available to consumers. How-ever, it is unknown whether these devices precisely measure UVR or whetherthey provide adequate feedback to consumers. We will present the preliminaryfindings from our randomized controlled trial testing the effect of UVR feed-back devices including the SunSmart mobile phon e App and the U-B-Safedevice on sun protection habits, sun exposure, sunburn, and physical activitylevels in adults aged 18 to 30 years.

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Title: New Technologies in Skin Cancer Prevention
Authors: Elke Hacker (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Caitlin Horsham (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Martin Allen (Author) - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Dimitrios Vagenas (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Andrea Nathan (Author) - Australian Catholic University
John B Lowe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Monika Janda (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Wound Repair and Regeneration, Vol.24(6), p.A20
Conference details: Joint meeting of the Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS) and the Molecular & Experimental Pathology Society of Australasia (MEPSA), 2016 (Melbourne, Australia, 07-Nov-2016–09-Nov-2016)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12489
ISSN: 1067-1927
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450419302621
Output Type: Abstract

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