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Changes in skin protection behaviors, attitudes, and sunburn: In a population with the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world
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Changes in skin protection behaviors, attitudes, and sunburn: In a population with the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world

P D Baade, K P Balanda and John B Lowe
Cancer Detection and Prevention, Vol.20(6), pp.566-575
1996
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Abstract

Oncology and Carcinogenesis behavior cancer control and prevention skin cancer sunburn
This study describes changes in skin protection attitudes and outdoor behaviors of adults in Queensland, Australia, using two cross-sectional telephone surveys conducted in 1988/89 (N = 1699) and 1991/92 (N = 2317). After adjustment for potential confounders, there were significant improvements in some skin protection attitudes, time spent outside, hat wearing, sunscreen use, overall skin protection (p < 0.01) and shade use (p < 0.05) between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM on the previous Sunday. The degree of attitudinal and behavioral change varied with age, gender, region, and reported skin type. However, recent sunburn experience remained unchanged. A similar study in Victoria, Australia, observed changes in skin protection attitudes, behaviors, and recent sunburn. We speculate on possible explanations for the lack of improvement in recent sunburn experience despite the improvement in skin protection attitudes, and behaviors, and suggest that part of the explanation may be environmental differences. This has implications for generalizability of such studies outside the geographical region in which they were conducted.

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