Assessment of impact of a skin cancer education session on cosmetology students' knowledge and preparedness to assess future clients for skin lesions

Radisic, Anna; Hundley, Kelsey; Patel, Nishit; Nelson, Christopher; Mhaskar, Rahul

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“…Seven studies were pre‐/post‐test design, 21–23,25–27 and 1 study was a cluster‐randomized controlled design 28 . All studies were conducted in the United States of America ( n = 8) 21–28 …”

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“…Among these 8 studies, 2 studies sampled hair professionals alone, 23,24 2 studies sampled massage therapists alone, 22,27 3 studies sampled cosmetology students alone, 25,26,28 and 1 study sampled cosmetology students, esthetician students, and massage therapist students 21 . Sample sizes from the studies ranged from 31 to 254 21–28 . In most of the studies, >85% of participants were women 22–25,27,28 .…”

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“…Ng et al presented a 10‐min PowerPoint and distributed educational flyers with the same content for reference 21 . Bahnson et al 24 gave a 20‐min PowerPoint presentation, and Radisic et al 26 presented a 1‐h PowerPoint presentation. Trotter et al had participants attend a 4‐h continuing education workshop 22 …”

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“…Haughtigan et al 25 distributed a two‐page educational handout, followed by a 20‐min face‐to‐face presentation of the handout information. Pre‐intervention and post‐intervention surveys were completed with a time interval between the intervention and the post‐intervention survey ranging from immediately after the intervention to 3–6 months after the intervention 21–26,28 . In one study, post‐intervention surveys were completed in numerous intervals, including immediately upon completion followed by 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months post‐intervention 27 …”

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“…In terms of pre‐test knowledge, half of the studies primarily assessed participants’ understanding and application of the ABCDE criteria 22,23,26–28 . ABCDE pre‐test knowledge varied with 34.2% of participants able to identify at least 3 of the 5 ABCDE criteria in Trotter et al and 59% of participants able to identity border irregularity as part of the ABCDE criteria in Black et al 22,23 About 51.2%, 72.8%, 90.3%, and 72% of participants were able to correctly identify basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and a benign melanocytic nevus, respectively, in one pre‐test survey 22 …”

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Skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among non‐medical skin care professionals: A narrative review of cross‐sectional and interventional studies

Pearlman

Wilkerson

Ferris

et al. 2021

J of Cosmetic Dermatology

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Background Skin cancers are the most common malignancies in the United States. Total body skin examination by a physician, especially a dermatologist, is the gold standard for detecting suspicious lesions that may require further evaluation. Non‐medical professionals (NMPs) including massage therapists, estheticians, hairdressers, and cosmetologists have the unique opportunity to frequently examine their client's skin outside of a clinical setting. By evaluating their knowledge of and comfort with evaluation of suspicious lesions, multiple studies have gauged the utility of patient encounters with NMPs for skin cancer detection. Several studies have also focused on assessment of intervention strategies for assessing and improving NMPs ability to detect suspicious lesions and to refer for physician evaluation when necessary. Aims To conduct a narrative review of skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among NMPs. Patients/Methods A systematic search of the databases yielded 16 studies for review. A total of 8 cross‐sectional studies examined the knowledge and attitudes of NMPs toward skin evaluation, and 8 studies assessed interventional strategies for improving NMPs’ ability to assess skin lesions for consideration of physician referral. Results This review finds that NMPs are open to the idea of examining the exposed body surfaces relevant to their work with clients and are willing to refer for physician evaluation when needed. Multiple interventional strategies have demonstrated success with educating NMPs on the importance of skin surveillance and the characteristic physical examination findings associated with skin cancers. Conclusion Strengthening the readiness of NMPs to examine their client's skin offers an opportunity to reduce time to skin cancer diagnosis, improve patient outcomes, and lower healthcare‐associated costs of skin cancer treatment.

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confidence: 99%

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Skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among non‐medical skin care professionals: A narrative review of cross‐sectional and interventional studies

Pearlman

Wilkerson

Ferris

et al. 2021

J of Cosmetic Dermatology

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Enhancing cosmetology students’ communication skills in Malaysian upper secondary vocational education program

Kiong

Puad

Kamis

et al. 2022

IJERE

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<span>The quality of beauty treatment services will be evaluated by the clients subjectively whether they are satisfied or otherwise with the services provided. However, the reports and complaints related to customer dissatisfaction when receiving beauty treatment services at beauty centers are increasing. Unfortunately, the suggestions for improvement from the previous studies are still insufficient. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the importance of proficiency in communication skills and the need for training modules in the teaching and learning process (T&L). It is required to improve communication skills among cosmetology students for Upper Secondary Vocational Education Program (USVEP) in beauty arts course. The data were collected through the interview method on six USVEP teachers and a beauty salon entrepreneur. The findings of the study found that the proficiency in communication skills among the cosmetology students is an important requirement for employers in selecting their employees, increasing customer loyalty and the customer’s frequency to visit beauty salons, and maintaining the excellent performance of cosmetology students in the workplace. In addition, there is also a high demand for the development of communication skills training modules in helping cosmetology students to constantly updated with new knowledge and skills needed from time to time. Therefore, adequate training is required to improve the competency in communication skills among the cosmetology students.</span>

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Partnering With Massage Therapists to Communicate Information on Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer Among Clients: Longitudinal Study

Loescher¹,

Heslin²,

Silva³

et al. 2020

JMIR Form Res

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Background Skin cancer affects millions of Americans and is an important focus of disease prevention efforts. Partnering with non–health care practitioners such as massage therapists (MTs) can reduce the risk of skin cancer. MTs see clients’ skin on a regular basis, which can allow MTs to initiate “helping conversations” (ie, brief behavioral interventions aimed at reducing the risk of skin cancer). Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate (1) the feasibility of recruiting, enrolling, and retaining Arizona MTs in an online electronic training (e-training) and (2) the preliminary efficacy of e-training on knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, and practice of risk reduction for skin cancer. We explored MTs’ ability to assess suspicious skin lesions. Methods We adapted the existing educational content on skin cancer for applicability to MTs and strategies from previous research on helping conversations. We assessed the feasibility of providing such e-training, using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) tools for data capture. We assessed the preliminary efficacy using established self-report surveys at baseline, immediately post training, and at 3 and 6 months post training. Results A total of 95 participants enrolled in the study, of which 77% (73/95) completed the assessments at 6 months (overall attrition=23%). Project satisfaction and e-training acceptability were high. Knowledge, personal behaviors (skin self-examination, clinical skin examination, sun protection frequency), and practice attitudes (appropriateness and comfort with client-focused communication) of risk reduction for skin cancer improved significantly and were sustained throughout the study. Conclusions The e-training was feasible and could be delivered online successfully to MTs. Participants were highly satisfied with and accepting of the e-training. As such, e-training has potential as an intervention in larger trials with MTs for reducing the risk of skin cancer. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/13480

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Assessment of impact of a skin cancer education session on cosmetology students' knowledge and preparedness to assess future clients for skin lesions

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among non‐medical skin care professionals: A narrative review of cross‐sectional and interventional studies

Skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among non‐medical skin care professionals: A narrative review of cross‐sectional and interventional studies

Enhancing cosmetology students’ communication skills in Malaysian upper secondary vocational education program

Partnering With Massage Therapists to Communicate Information on Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer Among Clients: Longitudinal Study

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