What can Aotearoa New Zealand learn from the Australian Sunsmart Story? A qualitative study

McNoe, Bronwen; Gage, Ryan; Signal, Louise

doi:10.1111/1753-6405.13243

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“…For instance, in Australia in 2001, sales tax was removed from sunscreens, and in 2002, tax deductions on items, including protective sunglasses pertaining to sun protection for outdoor workers, were implemented [63] (Table 1). On the other hand, while a sales tax is applied to sunscreen products in New Zealand, employers can claim tax deductions for outdoor sun protection items [64], but employees cannot. As for Canada, no province or territory has legislation exempting personal sun protection products from sales tax.…”

Section: Taxation Policiesmentioning

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Skin Cancer Prevention across the G7, Australia and New Zealand: A Review of Legislation and Guidelines

Conte,

Aldien,

Jetté

et al. 2023

Current Oncology

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Incidence rates of melanoma and keratinocyte skin cancers have been on the rise globally in recent decades. While there has been a select focus on personal sun protection awareness, to our knowledge, there is a paucity of legislation in place to help support citizens’ efforts to protect themselves from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Given this, we conducted a comprehensive review of legislation and guidelines pertaining to a variety of sun protection-related topics in countries of the Group of Seven (G7), Australia and New Zealand. Australia was the only country to have banned tanning beds for individuals of all ages, while other select countries have instituted bans for minors. In workplace policy, there is very little recognition of the danger of occupational UVR exposure in outdoor workers, and thus very few protective measures are in place. With regard to sports and recreation, certain dermatological/professional associations have put forward recommendations, but no legislation was brought forward by government bodies outside of Australia and New Zealand. With regard to youth, while there are various guidelines and frameworks in place across several countries, adherence remains difficult in the absence of concrete legislation and standardization of procedures. Finally, only Australia and a few select jurisdictions in the United States have implemented sales tax exemptions for sunscreen products. In light of our findings, we have made several recommendations, which we anticipate will help reduce the rates of melanoma and keratinocyte cancers in years to come. However, minimizing UVR exposure is not without risk, and we, therefore, suggest the promotion of vitamin D supplementation in conjunction with sun protective practices to limit potential harm.

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Section: Taxation Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Skin Cancer Prevention across the G7, Australia and New Zealand: A Review of Legislation and Guidelines

Conte,

Aldien,

Jetté

et al. 2023

Current Oncology

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The past as present in health promotion: the case for a ‘public health humanities’

Kehoe,

May,

Holbrook

et al. 2023

Health Promotion International

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Health promotion is conceived as a unifying concept for improving the health of populations. This means addressing the socio-cultural, economic and commercial causes of ill-health, which are necessarily informed by past policies and socio-cultural contexts. However, historical scholarship has rarely figured in health promotion practice or scholarship. This gap resides in the determinants of health, and notably in the analyses of tobacco control and skin cancer prevention, two long-running campaigns that have shaped modern health promotion in Australia. Both highlight a need for understanding the profound impact of history on the present and the value of learning from past successes and failures. Doing so requires integrating historical analyses into existing health promotion scholarship. To achieve this aim, we present a new ‘public health humanities’ methodology. This novel interdisciplinary framework is conceived as a spectrum in which historical studies integrate with existing health promotion disciplines to solve complex health problems. We draw on the many calls for more interdisciplinarity in health promotion and derive this methodology from proposals in the medical humanities and cognate fields that have wrestled with combining history and present-focused disciplines. Using tobacco control and skin cancer prevention as case studies, we demonstrate how public health humanities uses interdisciplinary teams and shared research questions to generate valuable new knowledge unavailable with traditional methods. Furthermore, we show how it creates evaluation criteria to consider the powerful impact of issues like colonialism on current inequities that hinder health promotion strategies, and from which lessons may be derived for the future.

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Management of Skin Toxicities in Cancer Treatment: An Australian/New Zealand Perspective

Ladwa,

Fogarty,

Chen

et al. 2024

Cancers

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Cancer systemic therapeutics and radiotherapy are often associated with dermatological toxicities that may reduce patients’ quality of life and impact their course of cancer treatment. These toxicities cover a wide range of conditions that can be complex to manage with increasing severity. This review provides details on twelve common dermatological toxicities encountered during cancer treatment and offers measures for their prevention and management, particularly in the Australian/New Zealand context where skincare requirements may differ to other regions due to higher cumulative sun damage caused by high ambient ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. Given the frequency of these dermatological toxicities, a proactive phase is envisaged where patients can actively try to prevent skin toxicities.

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What can Aotearoa New Zealand learn from the Australian Sunsmart Story? A qualitative study

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Skin Cancer Prevention across the G7, Australia and New Zealand: A Review of Legislation and Guidelines

Skin Cancer Prevention across the G7, Australia and New Zealand: A Review of Legislation and Guidelines

The past as present in health promotion: the case for a ‘public health humanities’

Management of Skin Toxicities in Cancer Treatment: An Australian/New Zealand Perspective

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