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Direct linkOlson, Ardis L.; Gaffney, Cecelia A.; Starr, Pamela; Dietrich, Allen J. – Health Education Research, 2008
During adolescence, there is a steady decline in the use of sun protection and increased use of indoor tanning lights. Previous health education efforts have changed knowledge but not these behaviors. Middle school students (n = 113) received a single educational class that included personal viewing of skin changes visible under ultraviolet (UV)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Education, Health Promotion, Intention
Andreeva, Valentina A.; Reynolds, Kim D.; Buller, David B.; Chou, Chih-Ping; Yaroch, Amy L. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Sun-induced skin damage, which increases skin cancer risk, is initiated in early life and promoted through later sun exposure patterns. If sun safety determinants are well understood and addressed during the school years, skin cancer incidence might be reduced. This study tested psychosocial influences on youth's sun safety and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Cancer, At Risk Persons, Health Behavior
Yaroch, Amy L.; Reynolds, Kim D.; Buller, David B.; Maloy, Julie A.; Geno, Cristy R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2006
This article describes a validity study conducted among middle school students comparing self-reported sun safety behaviors from a diary with readings from ultraviolet (UV) monitors worn on different body sites. The UV monitors are stickers with panels that turn increasingly darker shades of blue in the presence of increasing amounts of UV light.…
Descriptors: Safety, Cancer, Validity, Clothing
