Sunny Days, Healthy Ways: Evaluation of a skin cancer prevention curriculum for elementary school-aged children

Effects of the Sunny Days, Healthy Ways Curriculum on Students in Grades 6 to 8

“…Notably, the effectiveness of the primary school SDHW declined in the oldest primary grades. 14,15 Additional behavior change strategies were incorporated from social cognitive theory in the middle school version such as goal setting, coping strategies to overcome barriers, and environmental analysis to bolster its effectiveness with older children. These strategies may in part account for its success in grades 6, 7, and 8.…”

“…However, in a previous trial evaluating the primary school SDHW, in which a Solomon four-group design was used, testing was found to affect the recognition of terms, but not knowledge or behavior. 15 The secondary school environment is an effective venue for delivering sun-protection education to children. A priority is to convince schools to implement evidence-based educational approaches.…”

“…11 The multi-unit Sunny Days, Healthy Ways skin cancer prevention curriculum (SDHW) demonstrated effectiveness in primary schools. [12][13][14][15] This paper reports on an evaluation of a version of SDHW for middle schools-grades 6, 7, and 8 -that contained content and instructional strategies based on social cognitive theory. 16 The main hypothesis was that children who received the SDHW would report greater sun protection at post-test than children who did not.…”

Pakaian Sebagai Pelindung Surya

“…Senada dengan konsensus tersebut maka di banyak negara lainnya didapatkan program untuk mengurangi risiko paparan surya yang meliputi: (a) Menghindari paparan surya saat radiasi UV yang paling tinggi yaitu antara pukul 10.00 sampai pukul 16.00, (b) Menutup badan dengan pakaian yang tepat serta (c) memakai tabir surya (21).…”

“…Kenyataannya bila anak-anak terlindung dari UV sampai usia 12 tahun maka lebih dari 80% risiko keganasan kulit pada usia dewasa dapat dihindari. Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir ini banyak dikembangkan penelitian-penelitian risiko paparan sinar surya kaitannya dengan risiko keganasan pada populasi anak, yang pada kesimpulannya menyarankan metode-metode perlindungan paparan surya termasuk mengenakan pakaian dan topi yang tepat (4,18,21).…”