Journal article
Identifying critical sun-protective beliefs among Australian adults
Health Education Research, Vol.27(5), pp.834-843
2012
PMID: 22949500
Abstract
We investigated critical beliefs to target in interventions aimed at improving sun-protective behaviours of Australian adults, a population at risk for skin cancer. Participants (N = 816) completed a Theory of Planned Behaviour belief-based questionnaire and a 1-week follow-up of sun-protective behaviour. A range of behavioural, normative and control beliefs correlated with sun-protective behaviour, with no and only minimal differences observed in correlations between beliefs and behaviour by gender and age, respectively. A range of key beliefs made independent contributions to behaviour; however, the behavioural belief about being less likely to tan (β = 0.09); normative belief about friends (β = 0.20); and control beliefs about forgetfulness (β = -0.14), inconvenience (β = -0.17), knowing I will be in the sun for a long time (β = 0.16) and more fashionable sun-protective clothing (β = 0.13) were significant critical beliefs guiding people's sun-protective behaviour. Our study fills a gap in the literature by investigating an at-risk population for skin cancer and using an established theoretical framework to identify critical beliefs that guide Australian adults' decisions to sun protect. Attention to these critical beliefs will assist health campaigns and interventions aimed at combating the increasing rates of skin cancer for adults.
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- Title
- Identifying critical sun-protective beliefs among Australian adults
- Authors
- Kyra Hamilton (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKatherine M White (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRoss Young (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAnna L Hawkes (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyLouise C Starfelt (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyStuart Leske (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Health Education Research, Vol.27(5), pp.834-843
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1093/her/cys093
- ISSN
- 1465-3648; 0268-1153
- PMID
- 22949500
- Copyright note
- Copyright (C) 2012. The author's accepted version is available here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy. The final definitive version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cys093
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99550995602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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