How to improve adolescents' sun protection behavior? Age and gender issues

Title: How to improve adolescents' sun protection behavior? Age and gender issues
Creator: Paul, Christine; Tzelepis, Flora; Parfitt, Nicholas; Girgis, Afaf
Relation: American Journal of Health Behavior Vol. 32, Issue 4, p. 387-398
Relation: http://www.ajhb.org/issues/2008/4/04JulAug0608Paul.pdf
Publisher: PNG Publications
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2008
Description: Objective: To explore adolescents' self-reported reasons for sun protection, as adolescents as a group continue to have poor sun protection practices. Methods: Seventeen age- and gender-segregated focus groups were conducted in Australian high schools. Results: Reasons for using sun protection included personal comfort, appearance, policies, fear of skin cancer, expectations of authority figures, peer actions, and habit. Reasons for not using sun protection included desire for a tan, inconvenience, low perceived risk, and fashion. Age and gender effects were found. Conclusion: Avenues for intervention with adolescents include authority figures, peer advocacy, the fashion industry, and improved sun protection products.
Subject: adolescents; sun protection products; gender effects; peer advocacy
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43540
Identifier: uon:5635
Identifier: ISSN:1087-3244
Language: eng
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