Shade planning for America's schools

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Guidelines for school programs to prevent skin cancer
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Cancer Prevention and Control ; ORC Macro
• Description:
  "In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Guidelines for School Programs to Prevent Skin Cancer, which outlines steps that school communities can take to develop a comprehensive approach to reducing the risk for skin cancer among students, teachers, staff, and visitors. This manual has been created to support school communities in their implementation of the Guidelines for School Programs to Prevent Skin Cancer and, specifically, to help schools create and maintain a physical environment that supports sun safety by ensuring that school grounds have adequate shade." --p. 1
  
  "Shade Planning for America's Schools was developed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, by ORC Macro under contract number 200-2002-00574-0004." -- p. i.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Facility Design And Construction/standards Radiation Protection Schools Skin Neoplasms/prevention & Control Sunlight Trees Ultraviolet Rays
• Document Type:
  Report
• Funding:
  200-2002-00574-0004
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; electronic resource; remote; iv, 53 p. : digital, PDF file (1.8 MB, 70 p)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:61ebac04d6da7f22be9bb95dd1ee8aa8974306b23d75bddecad4bcfece2bfa6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6985/cdc_6985_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 975.15 KB ]