Indoor UV Tanning Youth Access Laws

McLaughlin, J Adam; Francis, Shayla O.; Burkhardt, Diane L.; Dellavalle, Robert P.

doi:10.1001/archderm.143.4.529

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“…37 Such decreases in UVR exposure in teenagers could be the result of effective public health initiatives, [30][31][32] increased rates of regular use of sunscreen and wearing of protective clothing in the summer, 38 decreased time spent outdoors, or decreased prevalence of indoor tanning. 39,40 In Australia, similar public health programs were instituted approximately 20 years prior to our efforts in the US; decreasing incidence trends in the pediatric population were subsequently found from the mid-1990s to 2006. 41 It is likely that an analogous trend has been happening in the US over this past decade.…”

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confidence: 97%

Melanoma Incidence in Children and Adolescents: Decreasing Trends in the United States

Campbell

Kreicher

Gittleman

et al. 2015

The Journal of Pediatrics

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confidence: 97%

Melanoma Incidence in Children and Adolescents: Decreasing Trends in the United States

Campbell

Kreicher

Gittleman

et al. 2015

The Journal of Pediatrics

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“…Twenty states currently have laws regarding indoor tanning, most of which regulate access by minors to tanning facilities [34, 35]. However, mechanisms to enforce these regulations are not currently sufficient.…”

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Indoor ultraviolet tanning and skin cancer: health risks and opportunities

Schulman

Fisher

2009

Current Opinion in Oncology

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Purpose of review Skin cancer incidence is higher than that of any other human malignancy, and yet one of its root causes (ultraviolet radiation) is perhaps better understood than any other human carcinogen. The roles of ultraviolet radiation exposure and indoor tanning behaviors on skin cancer risk are explored here. Recent findings Studies from the past several years have shown a significant association between ever-use of an indoor tanning facility and an increased risk of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. The association between indoor tanning and skin cancer is particularly strong among those who first used a tanning facility in early adulthood. Elevated vitamin D levels have been suggested to protect against various internal malignancies and other disease states, but sources of vitamin D that do not require UV exposure are easily available. Summary Although additional research is needed to understand fully the relationship between UV and skin cancer, it is already clear that indoor tanning bed use represents an avoidable risk factor for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer – both of which may be lethal. Acting upon this information provides a unique opportunity for protecting the public health.

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“…Past research on indoor tanning policy has examined industry compliance and policy impact on mothers and daughters [29,30,95-109], but has not evaluated health communication interventions to maximize the impact of indoor tanning policy. Studies of policy interventions on sun safety of youth in general are rare, limited to a few studies on policy adoption by US and Australian schools [110,111] (including a successful intervention by our team [112]) and recreation centers [113,114].…”

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confidence: 99%

Engaging Moms on Teen Indoor Tanning Through Social Media: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Pagoto¹,

Baker²,

Griffith³

et al. 2016

JMIR Res Protoc

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BackgroundIndoor tanning elevates the risk for melanoma, which is now the most common cancer in US women aged 25-29. Public policies restricting access to indoor tanning by minors to reduce melanoma morbidity and mortality in teens are emerging. In the United States, the most common policy restricting indoor tanning in minors involves parents providing either written or in person consent for the minor to purchase a tanning visit. The effectiveness of this policy relies on parents being properly educated about the harms of indoor tanning to their children.ObjectiveThis randomized controlled trial will test the efficacy of a Facebook-delivered health communication intervention targeting mothers of teenage girls. The intervention will use health communication and behavioral modification strategies to reduce mothers’ permissiveness regarding their teenage daughters’ use of indoor tanning relative to an attention-control condition with the ultimate goal of reducing indoor tanning in both daughters and mothers.MethodsThe study is a 12-month randomized controlled trial comparing 2 conditions: an attention control Facebook private group where content will be relevant to teen health with 25% focused on prescription drug abuse, a topic unrelated to tanning; and the intervention condition will enter participants into a Facebook private group where 25% of the teen health content will be focused on indoor tanning. A cohort of 2000 mother-teen daughter dyads will be recruited to participate in this study. Only mothers will participate in the Facebook groups. Both mothers and daughters will complete measures at baseline, end of intervention (1-year) and 6 months post-intervention. Primary outcomes include mothers’ permissiveness regarding their teenage daughters’ use of indoor tanning, teenage daughters’ perception of their mothers’ permissiveness, and indoor tanning by both mothers and daughters.ResultsThe first dyad was enrolled on March 31, 2016, and we anticipate completing this study by October 2019.ConclusionsThis trial will deliver social media content grounded in theory and will test it in a randomized design with state-of-the-art measures. This will contribute much needed insights on how to employ social media for health behavior change and disease prevention both for indoor tanning and other health risk behaviors and inform future social media efforts by public health and health care organizations.ClinicalTrialClinicaltrials.gov NCT02835807; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02835807 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6mDMICcCE).

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Indoor UV Tanning Youth Access Laws

Cited by 22 publications

References 4 publications

Melanoma Incidence in Children and Adolescents: Decreasing Trends in the United States

Melanoma Incidence in Children and Adolescents: Decreasing Trends in the United States

Indoor ultraviolet tanning and skin cancer: health risks and opportunities

Engaging Moms on Teen Indoor Tanning Through Social Media: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

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