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Evaluation of Project Students are Sun Safe (SASS): A University Student-Delivered Skin Cancer Prevention Program for Schools

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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the USA and is increasing in children and young adults. Adolescents are an important target population for sun-safety interventions with ultraviolet radiation as the strongest risk factor for developing skin cancer. Schools are an ideal setting to intervene with adolescents. A novel Arizona skin cancer prevention inclass education-activity program, Project ‘Students are Sun Safe’ (SASS), was designed to be delivered by university
students for middle school and high school students. Participant students completed the pre- and post-program tests and a satisfaction questionnaire; teachers completed reviews. The evaluation examined the program’s influence on participants’ sun-safety knowledge, perceptions, and ehaviors; satisfaction with the program; and intent to change. After exposure to Project SASS, participants were more likely to perceive a high risk of skin cancer, report negative attitudes toward tanned skin, and answer knowledge-based questions correctly. There were minimal differences in self-reported sunsafety behaviors, though participants did report intent to change. Both participants and teachers were satisfied with the program. Project SASS appears to be an effective sun-safety programformiddle school and high school students for knowledge and perceptions, and the results confirm that appropriately tailoring program components to the target population has strong potential to impact adolescent perceived susceptibility, knowledge, and behavioral intent. The strengths and weaknesses of Project SASS have many implications for public health practice, and Project SASS may hold promise to be a model for skin cancer revention in adolescents.

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Judul Seri

Cancer education

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Penerbit

New York : Springer Science+Business Media New York., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

J Canc Educ (2015) 30:736–742

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI 10.1007/s13187-0

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Edisi

(2015) 30:736–742

Subjek

Cancer education

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deliza

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