Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention

Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention

Abstract Background Skin cancer rates are increasing. Interventions to increase adolescent sunscreen use and skin self-examination (SSE) are required. Methods Quasi-experimental design; 1 control and 4 intervention group schools in Scotland, UK. Participants were 15–16 year old students on the schoo...

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Main Authors: Gill Hubbard, Richard G. Kyle, Richard D. Neal, Vincent Marmara, Ziyan Wang, Stephan U. Dombrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Skin cancer
Skin self-examination
Adolescence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5570-y

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