Varying sun protection of young children by migrant and Australian-born mothers

F Scheltinga; Rania Shibl; A C Green; S K Ng; P A Scuffham; C M Cameron

doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12272

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Varying sun protection of young children by migrant and Australian-born mothers

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Varying sun protection of young children by migrant and Australian-born mothers

F Scheltinga, Rania Shibl, A C Green, S K Ng, P A Scuffham and C M Cameron

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.38(6), pp.513-517

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12272

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migrant mothers

sun protection behaviour

young children

Objective: To compare sun protection by Australian-born and migrant mothers of three-year-old children. Methods: Australian-born and migrant mothers taking part in the Environments for Healthy Living prospective birth-cohort study were asked standard questions about their child's sun protection. Children were given a skin cancer susceptibility score based on grandparents' ethnic origin. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) to measure the association of sun protection of children according to mothers' migrant status adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics. Results: A total of 613 Australian-born and 224 migrant mothers of three-year-old children were studied. Mothers who had migrated less than four years ago were more likely to allow their three-year-old to spend more than two hours outdoors between 10 am and 3 pm compared to Australian-born mothers (OR=2.80, 95%CI 1.20-6.57). Mothers from high latitude countries (>45 degrees) were more likely to apply sunscreen to their child than those from lower latitude countries (OR=3.15, 95%CI 1.03-9.61). Conclusions and implications: Strategies should aim to increase general awareness about the need for sun protection of young children, and recent migrants should be alerted to the harms of excessive sun exposure. © 2014 Public Health Association of Australia.

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Title: Varying sun protection of young children by migrant and Australian-born mothers
Authors: F Scheltinga (Author) - Athena Institute, Netherlands
Rania Shibl (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
A C Green (Author) - QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
S K Ng (Author) - Griffith University
P A Scuffham (Author) - Griffith University
C M Cameron (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.38(6), pp.513-517
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12272
ISSN: 1326-0200
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451160602621
Output Type: Journal article

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