Sunburn in children in the West of Scotland

McKee, Rosie; Raine, P.A.M.; Azmy, Amir

doi:10.1016/s0305-4179(98)90046-8

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“…A literature search of PubMed using the terms ‘hospital’, ‘sunburn’, ‘child’ and ‘paed*’ yielded five articles that approached sunburn in children from the perspective of hospital presentations and admissions. These were mainly from the UK, and only one was from Australia, published in 2005 . This distinct lack of research into hospitalised paediatric sunburn highlights a paucity in knowledge of the common denominators in the development of significant sunburn.…”

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Paediatric sunburn: The experience of an Australian paediatric burns unit

Mah

Giovine

Quinn

et al. 2013

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Larger-scale studies are warranted to further delineate the contributing factors and to identify the specific populations of children at risk of sunburn. Future educational programmes can therefore target these subgroups and behaviours for effective prevention of sunburn. Tailored campaigns that address these factors may be of greater impact in reducing hospital presentations and admissions of significant sunburn.

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Paediatric sunburn: The experience of an Australian paediatric burns unit

Mah

Giovine

Quinn

et al. 2013

J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…There are very few studies on the use of healthcare to treat health effects related to solar overexposure. The literature has focused more on the use of emergency facilities or equivalents [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ]. One of these studies, carried out in France [ 13 ], analyses the reason for emergency room visits by foreign tourists but does not look at the referral to care, i.e., the place of referral or the type of care system sought.…”

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Syndromic Surveillance of Health Effects due to Summer Sun Overexposure: Construction of an Indicator Based on Drug Sales in Pharmacies—Preliminary Study within the PRISME Project

Riondel,

Simac,

Catelinois

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Introduction: Solar radiation is classified as a known human carcinogen. In France, people frequently ask local pharmacies to dispense products for sunburns. In the PRISME project, studying this use can be a specific and sensitive way to assess these overexposures. Objective: This study aims to construct an indicator for monitoring healthcare consumption in pharmacies after overexposure to solar UV. Methods: The study, conducted between July and August 2019, covered a sample of pharmacies located in coastal communities of southern France. A list of products for sunburn was defined. When one of the products on this list was sold, the customer was asked to fill out a questionnaire to determine whether the purchase was related to UV overexposure. A positive predictive value (PPV) per active ingredient was calculated. Results: Overall, nine pharmacies participated in the study, and 288 questionnaires were collected. The majority of products purchased were for women (60.7%), for people aged 15 and over (78.1%), and for people not living in the department (68.9%). The most frequently purchased products were our trolamine-containing products which accounted for 53% of sales. With the exception of three products, all PPVs were greater than 0.8. Conclusion: The high PPV confirms the suitability of the product selection as an indicator for monitoring healthcare consumption related to solar UV overexposure. Two indicators (one sensitive and one specific) were selected to maximise the chances of identifying UV-related remedies.

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“…Early reports of sunburn affecting children were mainly from hotter countries. Increasingly there are reports from the UK 7–9 (generally accepted to have a temperate climate). It has been shown in Cornwall 10 that 30% of a sample of parents believed their child looked healthier with a suntan and 40% intended to let their child get a suntan despite the intense media coverage of the dangers of over exposure to the sun.…”

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Sunburn in children - the Aberdeen experience

Macgregor

White

2001

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

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Sun exposure in children is known to be a risk factor for the development of malignant melanoma in later life. The incidence of melanoma in the UK is increasing more rapidly than that of most other malignant tumours and there is now increasing awareness in adults of the necessity to protect against over-exposure and sunburn. However sun protection of children in the UK is generally less than optimum and it would appear that parents and children are unaware of the long-term risks of over-exposure to the sun. This study demonstrates significant morbidity from sunburn even in the temperate climes of the north-east of Scotland. It is suggested that strategies to reduce melanoma incidence should begin at an early age with preventative education for children, their parents, carers and teachers.

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Sunburn in children in the West of Scotland

Cited by 6 publications

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Paediatric sunburn: The experience of an Australian paediatric burns unit

Paediatric sunburn: The experience of an Australian paediatric burns unit

Syndromic Surveillance of Health Effects due to Summer Sun Overexposure: Construction of an Indicator Based on Drug Sales in Pharmacies—Preliminary Study within the PRISME Project

Sunburn in children - the Aberdeen experience

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