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A decade of sun protection in Australian early-childhood services: analysis of cross-sectional and repeated-measures data.
- Source :
- Health Education Research; Apr2020, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p99-109, 11p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Limiting ultraviolet radiation exposure during early childhood can significantly reduce the risk of developing skin cancer, making early childhood a critical time for sun protection strategies. This study aimed to measure sun protection practices utilized in Australian early-childhood services over the past decade and evaluate the impact of Cancer Council Australia's SunSmart Early-Childhood Program. Results are presented from cross-sectional and repeated-measures survey data, completed by directors or other staff at randomly sampled early-childhood services in 2008, 2013 and 2018 (N  =   3243). Most sun protection practices were used by a significantly greater proportion of services in 2018 relative to earlier years, such as requiring the use of sunscreen (98.4%), and sun-protective hats (99.7%) and clothing (88.8%). However, only a small and declining proportion of services (16.3%–22.4%) required the use of specific items of sun-protective clothing. SunSmart program members reported enacting significantly more sun protection practices compared to non-members, while new members showed an increase in the use of those practices relative to services whose status did not change (d  =   0.48). The results demonstrate improvements in sun protection in Australian early-childhood settings, and highlight the benefits and limitations of the SunSmart program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
CHILD care
CHILDREN'S health
CONFIDENCE intervals
HEALTH promotion
PROTECTIVE clothing
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCHOOL health services
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
SUNSCREENS (Cosmetics)
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
TIME
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
STATISTICAL power analysis
MEMBERSHIP
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ONE-way analysis of variance
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02681153
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Education Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142457665
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyaa005