Skin Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in the Salon

Abstract

Participants: Hair professionals from a chain of 17 salons in the greater Houston, Texas, area. Main Outcome Measure: Frequency with which hair professionals looked for lesions on their customers' scalp, neck, and face during the previous month. Results: Of 304 surveys distributed to hair professionals, 203 were completed (66.8% response rate). Few hair professionals had received formal skin cancer education (28.1%). Forty-nine percent of hair professionals were "very" or "extremely" interested in participating in a skin cancer education program. Of responding participants, 37.1% looked at more than 50% of their customers' scalps, 28.8% looked at more than 50% of their customers' necks, and 15.3% looked at more than 50% of their customers' faces for suspicious lesions during the preceding month. Frequency of observation of customers' lesions was associated with hair professionals' self-reported health communication practices (P Ͻ .001) and personal skin protection practices (P=.05) but was not associated with hair professionals' skin cancer knowledge (P =.48). Conclusions: This study suggests that hair professionals are looking for suspicious lesions on customers' scalp, neck, and face and are acting as lay skin cancer educators. These results provide evidence that hair professionals would be receptive to skin cancer education and that further investigation into the role of hair professionals in skin cancer prevention and detection campaigns is needed.

Skin Care in the Tattoo Parlor: A Survey of Tattoo Artists in New York City

“…Nonmedical professionals can reach populations that may not regularly see a dermatologist. The utility of hairdressers in detecting skin lesions on the head and neck and massage therapists in identifying abnormal lesions has already been discussed in the dermatologic literature; indeed, most massage therapy training programs now include a course on skin cancer identification [10,11]. Tattoo artists also have prolonged access to their clients' skin and can similarly be useful in public health endeavors.…”

“…Recent discussions in the dermatologic literature about hairdressers and massage therapists have highlighted the potential for nonmedical professionals in skin care and/or surveillance to play an important role in client care [10,11]. To better understand the role that tattoo artists play in providing skin care advice to their clients, we conducted a survey of tattooists in NYC.…”

Co lekarze estetologii i kosmetolodzy powinni wiedzieć o roli racjonalnego żywienia w profilaktyce chorób nowotworowych

“…Unikaj słonej, solonej lub konserwowanej solą żywno-ści; konserwuj żywność bez stosowania soli 1 . Ogranicz konsumpcję żywności przetworzonej z dodatkiem soli, tak aby zapewnić, że jesz jej mniej niż 6 g (2,4 g sodu) dziennie.…”

“…Particular nutritional recommendations are presented in the form of appeals directed to individual persons, put against the background of population goals of health policy. W bibliograficznej bazie PubMed można znaleźć 16 publikacji odpowiadających na pytanie zadane w tytule [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Dodanie słowa kluczowego "nutrition" zawęża efekt wyszukiwania do jednej publikacji [5].…”

“…Zalecenie specjalne 2: Osoby, które mają zdiagnozowany nowotwór lub zostały wyleczone z choroby nowotworowej 1 …”