Differences in reported sun protection practices, skin cancer knowledge, and perceived risk for skin cancer between rural and urban high school students

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• Alternative Title:
  Cancer Causes Control
• Personal Author:
  Nagelhout, Elizabeth S. ; Parsons, Bridget G. ; Haaland, Benjamin ; Tercyak, Kenneth P. ; Zaugg, Kelsey ; Zhu, Angela ; Harding, Garrett ; Yancey, Jeffrey ; Jensen, Jakob D. ; Grossman, Douglas ; Wetter, David W. ; Wu, Yelena P.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  The purpose of the current study was to evaluate differences in reported use of sun protection, tanning behaviors, skin cancer-related knowledge, and perceived risk between rural and urban high school students in a geographic area with high rates of melanoma.
  
  Methods
  
  A total of 1,570 high school students (56.8% female) from urban (6 schools) and rural (7 schools) geographic areas in Utah completed questionnaires assessing sun protection and tanning behaviors, skin cancer-related knowledge, and perceived risk for skin cancer. Analyses examined potential differences in these outcomes between rural and urban students and by gender.
  
  Results
  
  Compared to students in urban areas, those in rural areas had lower odds of wearing sunscreen (OR 0.71; 95% CI 0.53, 0.95; p = 0.022), re-applying sunscreen (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.74, 1.02; p = 0.002), wearing long-sleeved shirts (OR 0.63 95% CI 0.46, 0.86; p =0.004), and seeking shade (OR 0.67; 95% CI 0.50, 0.88; p = 0.005).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Rural students reported less adequate use of sun protection than urban students. Rural male students reported lower knowledge scores compared to urban males. Future skin cancer prevention efforts targeting rural high schoolers are warranted.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Risk Rural Population Schools Skin Neoplasms Students Sunbathing Sunscreening Agents Surveys And Questionnaires Urban Population

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• Keywords:
  Buprenorphine Cancer Prevention Health Education Methadone Mortality Naltrexone Rural Health Skin Cancer Treatment
• Source:
  Cancer Causes Control. 30(11):1251-1258
• Pubmed ID:
  31522321
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6802938
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1DP2EB022360-01/NH/NIH HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 RR025764/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; DP2 EB022360/EB/NIBIB NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K07 CA196985/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 3P30CA042014-29S7/NH/NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 CA051008/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30CA042014/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR000105/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 CA042014/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30CA051008/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 1NU58DP006321/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:065cefd0bba6e5cab775e858fedd585b86e750a4c983746f17919c886e242aba3074cdbd5699efe9a5ba740c0afad8311d381e9b3242885c5fa73674fa51e956
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