Skin cancer preventative behaviors in state park workers: a pilot study

Nahar, Vinayak K.; Ford, M. Allison; Boyas, Javier F.; Hutcheson, Amanda K.; Davis, Robert E.; Beason, Kim R.; Bass, Martha A.; Biviji, Rizwana

doi:10.1007/s12199-014-0412-8

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“…As barriers to the use of sun protection measures, outdoor workers mentioned discomfort with wearing long‐sleeved clothing often due to heat, forgetfulness and inconveniences caused by wearing wide‐brimmed hats while working …”

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confidence: 99%

“…A range of 21–88% of outdoor workers perceived their skin cancer risk above average . Eighty‐seven per cent of US workers stated skin cancer as a serious disease, and 43% believed they would develop skin cancer during their lifetime …”

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confidence: 99%

“…41,42 Twenty-two per cent of Latino migrant farmworkers in the USA had never heard of skin cancer before. 42 Agricultural workers from Switzerland 43 and US state park workers 44 showed high knowledge related to skin health, whereas US Hispanic outdoor workers 45 , Latino day labourers 46 and Irish golf course maintenance workers 47 had insufficient skin cancer knowledge.…”

Section: Sun-related Knowledge and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Primary prevention of keratinocyte carcinoma among outdoor workers, the general population and medical professionals: a systematic review updated for 2019

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2019

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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Worldwide 2–3 million cases of keratinocyte carcinoma (KC) are diagnosed annually. Sun‐related knowledge is essential for adequate protection against solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR), the main risk factor for KC. The goal was (i) to provide an updated overview of primary prevention against KC including skin cancer‐related knowledge, attitudes and sun protection behaviour (SPB) of outdoor workers, the general population and medical professionals as well as (ii) to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of sun protection programmes. We conducted a systematic review of articles indexed for MEDLINE on PubMed using selected MeSH terms and keywords related to the studied topic as well as an extensive hand search of publications between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2018. We identified 51 relevant cross‐sectional studies and 22 interventional studies. Sun‐related knowledge and attitude showed substantial differences with some alarming results, including people who had not even heard about skin cancer before. Reported SPB varied enormously between the included studies, with none of the studies providing an overall sufficient SPB in their examined sun protection measures. However, sun protection programmes using new technologies seem to have great potential to increase sun‐related knowledge and SPB. In countries worldwide, particularly in those where KC is not yet a public health issue, UVR protection should be promoted by healthcare institutions and authorities, politicians, cancer foundations and dermatologists to increase awareness as well as SPB and to decrease the worldwide burden of KC.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sun-related Knowledge and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Primary prevention of keratinocyte carcinoma among outdoor workers, the general population and medical professionals: a systematic review updated for 2019

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2019

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“…An assessment of sun protection beliefs and behaviors among state park workers found that while the vast majority of the workers (87.4 %) believed that skin cancer is a serious disease, a minority (35.6 %) believed their risk as outdoor workers was higher than average, and a lower proportion was highly confident they could wear a wide-brimmed hat (21.8 %) and sunscreen (20.7 %) while in the sun [27]. These results highlight the need to identify individuals who endorse health promotion beliefs/condemn risk behaviors (and also individuals who endorse sun exposure/ignore sun protection messages).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The variables included in cluster identification procedures were standardized within sample and subsamples (halves) to z scores. Cluster analysis has been used in previous research as a tool to assess cancer prevention outcomes [24–27]. …”

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Sun Protection Belief Clusters: Analysis of Amazon Mechanical Turk Data

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This study aimed (i) to determine whether people could be differentiated on the basis of their sun protection belief profiles and individual characteristics; and (ii) explore the use of a crowdsourcing web service for the assessment of sun protection beliefs. A sample of 500 adults completed an online survey of sun protection belief items using Amazon Mechanical Turk. A two-phased cluster analysis (i.e. hierarchical and non-hierarchical-k-means) was utilized to determine clusters of sun protection barriers and facilitators. Results yielded three distinct clusters of sun protection barriers and three distinct clusters of sun protection facilitators. Significant associations between gender, age, sun sensitivity, and cluster membership were identified. Results also showed an association between barrier and facilitator cluster membership. The results of this study provided a potential alternative approach to developing future sun protection promotion initiatives in the population. Findings add to our knowledge regarding individuals who support, oppose, or are ambivalent toward sun protection, and inform intervention research by identifying distinct subtypes that may best benefit from (or have a higher need for) skin cancer prevention efforts.

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Effekte einer unkonventionellen Hautkrebs-Präventionskampagne

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Die Krankheitslast von aktinischen Keratosen und Keratinozytenkarzinomen kann durch primäre und sekundäre Präventionsmaßnahmen gesenkt werden. Allerdings stellt die mangelhafte Reichweite v. a. bei der Hochrisikogruppe der Außenberufstätigen ein schwerwiegendes Problem dar. Daher galt es beim ersten Untersuchungszeitpunkt, Personen einen einfachen Zugang zu einer Kampagne zum Thema Sonnenschutz und Wahrnehmung von Hautveränderungen zu bieten und in dieser Folgeerhebung zu untersuchen, ob sich 1 Jahr später bei den Teilnehmern eine Verbesserung diesbezüglich feststellen ließ.

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Skin cancer preventative behaviors in state park workers: a pilot study

Abstract: Based on available evidence, a need exists to develop individual and worksite programs and interventions to increase skin cancer prevention behaviors among this occupational group. This data could serve as a baseline to monitor and evaluate the efficacy of these interventions.

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Primary prevention of keratinocyte carcinoma among outdoor workers, the general population and medical professionals: a systematic review updated for 2019

Primary prevention of keratinocyte carcinoma among outdoor workers, the general population and medical professionals: a systematic review updated for 2019

Sun Protection Belief Clusters: Analysis of Amazon Mechanical Turk Data

Effekte einer unkonventionellen Hautkrebs-Präventionskampagne

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