Evaluation of a Three-Year School-Based Intervention to Increase Adolescent Sun Protection

John B Lowe; K P Balanda; W R Stanton; A M Gillespie

doi:10.1177/109019819902600309

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Evaluation of a Three-Year School-Based Intervention to Increase Adolescent Sun Protection

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Evaluation of a Three-Year School-Based Intervention to Increase Adolescent Sun Protection

John B Lowe, K P Balanda, W R Stanton and A M Gillespie

Health Education & Behavior, Vol.26(3), pp.396-408

1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/109019819902600309

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Public Health and Health Services

sun protection

cancer

tanning

The efficacy of a school-based intervention was evaluated using a randomized controlled trial in Australia. In consecutive grades (8, 9, and 10), students in the intervention group received components of a program that addressed issues related to the need to protect yourself from the sun, behavioral strategies related to using sunprotective measures, personal and social images of having a tan, the use of sun-safe clothing, and howto change their schools through forms of structural change. Pre-and postintervention measures among junior high school students showed greatest improvement in the intervention group's knowledge scores and minimal changes in sun protection behavior from Grade 8 to Grade 9, which were not maintained through Grade 10. Results of the study highlight some limitations of school-based interventions for changing sun protection behaviors.

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Title: Evaluation of a Three-Year School-Based Intervention to Increase Adolescent Sun Protection
Authors: John B Lowe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
K P Balanda (Author) - University of Queensland
W R Stanton (Author) - University of Queensland
A M Gillespie (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Health Education & Behavior, Vol.26(3), pp.396-408
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc.
Date published: 1999
DOI: 10.1177/109019819902600309
ISSN: 1090-1981
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: 99449663602621
Output Type: Journal article

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