Healthcare Providers’ Sun-Protection Promotion and At-Risk Clients’ Skin-Cancer-Prevention Outcomes

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• Personal Author:
  Honeycutt C ; Morris SM ; Parrott RL ; Robinson JD ; Silk KJ ; Steiner C
• Description:
  Background: This study aims to determine whether healthcare providers' (HCPs') communication dealing with sun-protection (i.e., counseling) is associated with clients' skin-cancer-related prevention practices, detection self-efficacy, and knowledge. Methods: Secondary analysis of two surveys of 1,469 randomly sampled farmers and soccer participants from southeast and coastal Georgia. Results: Farmers and soccer participants who report ever having been counseled by a HCP about how to protect their skin from the sun report being more likely to wear sunscreen ( P < 0.05), get clinical exams of their skin ( P < 0.001), be certain that they can recognize unhealthy changes in their skin ( P < 0.001), be certain that they know how to perform a skin exam ( P < 0.001), and be knowledgeable about skin cancer prevention ( P < 0.05 and P < 0.001, respectively); soccer participants are additionally more likely to wear protective headgear ( P < 0.05) and perform monthly self-exams of their skin ( P < 0.001). All analyses incorporated three control variables: participants' prior history of skin cancer, age, and non-HCP-derived skin-cancer awareness. Conclusions: Findings suggest that HCPs' counseling can positively shape skin-cancer-related prevention practices, detection selfefficacy, and knowledge. Additional research is needed on HCPs' actual communication about skin cancer and sun protection and its influence on client outcomes. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Aging
  • Behavior
  • Communication
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Farmers
  • Health Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Occupational Health
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Risk Assessment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Health care personnel
  • Medical personnel
  • Health care
  • Protective measures
  • Dermal exposures
  • Skin exposure
  • Seasonal factors
  • Skin cancer
  • Exposure levels
  • Risk factors
  More +
• ISSN:
  0091-7435
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Massachusetts ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  251-257
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053310
• Citation:
  Prev Med 2004 Mar; 38(3):251-257
• Contact Point Address:
  J.D. Robinson, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, 234 Sparks Building, University Park, PA 16802
• Email:
  jdr12@psu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  Preventive Medicine
• End Date:
  19970929
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216098/cdc_216098_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 118.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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