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The Effects of the Safe-sun Program on Patrons' and Lifeguards' Skin Cancer Risk-reduction Behaviors at Swimming Pools

dc.contributor.authorWinett, Richard A.
dc.contributor.authorCleaveland, Bonnie L.
dc.contributor.authorTate, Deborah F.
dc.contributor.authorLombard, David N.
dc.contributor.authorLombard, Tamara N.
dc.contributor.authorRunyan, Christine
dc.contributor.authorGalper, Daniel
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:06.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:42:21Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:42:21Z
dc.date.issued1997-01-01
dc.date.submitted2019-02-25
dc.identifier.citation<p>J Health Psychol. 1997 Jan;2(1):85-95. doi: 10.1177/135910539700200109. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/135910539700200109">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>
dc.identifier.issn1359-1053 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/135910539700200109
dc.identifier.pmid22012800
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26828
dc.description<p>At the time of publication, Christine Runyan (C. R. Russ) was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.</p>
dc.description.abstractThe '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.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=22012800&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a></p>
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1177/135910539700200109
dc.rightsbehavioral intervention, diffusion, risk-reduction behaviors, skin cancer, skin- cancer prevention
dc.subjectBehavioral Medicine
dc.subjectHealth Psychology
dc.subjectIntegrative Medicine
dc.subjectNeoplasms
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases
dc.titleThe Effects of the Safe-sun Program on Patrons' and Lifeguards' Skin Cancer Risk-reduction Behaviors at Swimming Pools
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of health psychology
dc.source.volume2
dc.source.issue1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cipc/69
dc.identifier.contextkey13889801
html.description.abstract<p>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.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathcipc/69
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for Integrated Primary Care
dc.source.pages85-95


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