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Sun Safety Intervention for Elementary School Students.

Camille Moeckel¹, Rachel Anderson², Laurie Krnajic³

¹Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.

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This school-based sun safety intervention improved elementary students' knowledge of sun exposure risks and skin cancer. However, it did not lead to lasting changes in sun-safe behaviors like sunscreen use.

Keywords:

child behavior health education health promotion school‐based intervention skin neoplasms sun protection

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Pediatric Health
Cancer Prevention

Background:

Elementary school students are vulnerable to excessive sun exposure.
Effective sun safety education is crucial for preventing long-term skin damage and cancer.
Previous interventions have shown mixed results in changing pediatric sun protection behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the effectiveness of a school-based sun safety intervention for third and fourth graders.
To evaluate the intervention's impact on students' knowledge and behaviors regarding sun exposure and skin cancer.
To determine if knowledge gains and behavioral changes were sustained at a 6-month follow-up.

Main Methods:

An intervention involving an educational video, t-shirt design contest, and assembly was implemented.
Pre- and post-intervention surveys were administered to assess knowledge and behaviors.
A 6-month follow-up survey evaluated the persistence of effects.

Main Results:

Students demonstrated significant improvement in understanding the link between sun exposure and skin cancer post-intervention (p < 0.001).
Knowledge regarding skin cancer risk remained high at the 6-month follow-up (p < 0.001).
No significant changes were observed in reported sunscreen use, reapplication, hat-wearing, or sunburn incidence at follow-up.

Conclusions:

The intervention successfully enhanced awareness of sun exposure risks and skin cancer.
Sustained behavioral changes in sun protection were not achieved, indicating a need for further intervention strategies.
Continued reinforcement or alternative approaches may be necessary to promote long-term sun safety behaviors in children.