Review on nonoccupational personal solar UV exposure measurements

AW Schmalwieser, AM Siani - Photochemistry and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation follows people during their whole life. Exposure to UV
radiation is vital but holds serious risks, too. The quantification of human UV exposure is a …

[HTML][HTML] Are environmental interventions targeting skin cancer prevention among children and adolescents effective? A systematic review

K Thoonen, L Van Osch, H De Vries, S Jongen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Skin cancer, which is increasing exceedingly worldwide, is substantially preventable by
reducing unprotected exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Several comprehensive …

Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult

G Lingham, S Yazar, RM Lucas, E Milne, AW Hewitt… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Myopia (near-sightedness) is an important public health issue. Spending more time
outdoors can prevent myopia but the long-term association between this exposure and …

Implementation of the SunSmart program and population sun protection behaviour in Melbourne, Australia: Results from cross-sectional summer surveys from 1987 to …

T Tabbakh, A Volkov, M Wakefield, S Dobbinson - PLoS Medicine, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Australia has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world.'SunSmart'is a
multi-component, internationally recognised community-wide skin cancer prevention …

Different outdoor professions have different risks–a cross‐sectional study comparing non‐melanoma skin cancer risk among farmers, gardeners and mountain guides

A Zink, L Tizek, M Schielein, A Böhner… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background One of the main risk factors for non‐melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), the most
common cancer worldwide, is solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR). This has led to the …

Sun exposure, tanning behaviors, and sunburn: Examining activities associated with harmful ultraviolet radiation exposures in college students

JM Bowers, JG Hamilton, M Lobel, PA Kanetsky… - The journal of primary …, 2021 - Springer
Understanding the behaviors that lead to sunburn is an important objective toward
develo** intervention strategies to reduce risk for skin cancers. Our cross-sectional study …

[HTML][HTML] Digital interventions to modify skin cancer risk behaviors in a National Sample of young adults: randomized controlled trial

CJ Heckman, A Mitarotondo, Y Lin, O Khavjou… - Journal of medical …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Young adults engage in behaviors that place them at risk for skin cancer.
Dissemination of digital health promotion interventions via social media is a potentially …

The validated sun exposure questionnaire: association of objective and subjective measures of sun exposure in a Danish population‐based sample

B Køster, J Søndergaard, JB Nielsen… - British Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Few questionnaires used in monitoring sun‐related behaviour have been
tested for validity. Objectives We established the criteria validity of a questionnaire …

Sunscreen use in NCAA collegiate athletes: identifying targets for intervention and barriers to use

A Wysong, H Gladstone, D Kim, B Lingala… - Preventive …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Ultraviolet radiation is a known risk factor for skin cancer and photoaging.
Athletes are at high-risk with frequent sun exposure during peak hours of ultraviolet …

A pilot randomized controlled trial of the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of giving information on personalized genomic risk of melanoma to the public

AK Smit, D Espinoza, AJ Newson… - Cancer Epidemiology …, 2017 - aacrjournals.org
Background: Communication of personalized melanoma genomic risk information may
improve melanoma prevention behaviors. Methods: We evaluated the feasibility and …