The Effects of the Safe-sun Program on Patrons' and Lifeguards' Skin Cancer Risk-reduction Behaviors at Swimming Pools
Authors
Winett, Richard A.Cleaveland, Bonnie L.
Tate, Deborah F.
Lombard, David N.
Lombard, Tamara N.
Runyan, Christine
Galper, Daniel
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthCenter for Integrated Primary Care
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
1997-01-01Keywords
Behavioral MedicineHealth Psychology
Integrative Medicine
Neoplasms
Psychiatry and Psychology
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
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The 'Safe Sun' program had the goal of increasing patrons' and lifeguards' skin-protective behaviors and involved informational, prompting, feedback and goal-setting and incentive components coupled with pool lifeguards modeling protective behaviors such as wearing shirts, hats and sunglasses or staying in shaded areas. During two phases of a project involving 27 pools, it was found that while the program increased patrons' and lifeguards' protective behaviors, the largest changes were found at one pool where lifeguards were required to participate in the program. Patrons' protective behaviors at this pool increased from 30.7 percent to 52 percent, and lifeguards' protective behaviors increased from 40.8 percent to 95.7 percent. Social marketing, environmental change and institutionalization processes are needed to make skin-cancer prevention programs more effective.Source
J Health Psychol. 1997 Jan;2(1):85-95. doi: 10.1177/135910539700200109. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1177/135910539700200109Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26828PubMed ID
22012800Notes
At the time of publication, Christine Runyan (C. R. Russ) was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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behavioral intervention, diffusion, risk-reduction behaviors, skin cancer, skin- cancer preventionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/135910539700200109