Evaluation of solar exposure and sun-protection behaviors among university students in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre, Brazil;Avaliação dos hábitos de exposição ao sol e de fotoproteção dos universitários da Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre, RS

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Batista Costa, Francine ^a,b   Blessman Weber, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b Lutheran Univ of Brazil Ulbra ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Students; Sunscreening agents

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER RISK; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; SPORT; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION;

EID: 2442567707     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962004000200003     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Gruijl FR. Skin cancer and solar UV radiation. Eur J Cancer 1999;35(14):2003-9.
2. Hall HI, Miller DR, Rogers JD et al. Update on the incidence and mortality from melanoma in the United States. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;40(1):35-42.
3. Lim HW, Cooper K. The health impact of solar radiation and prevention strategies. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;41(1):81-99.
4. Bakos L, Sukster E, Blanco LFO et al. Estudo comparativo sobre o conhecimento e comportamento de adolescentes e adultos frente à exposição solar. An Bras Dermatol 1997;72(3):241-5.
5. Andreassi L, Flori ML, Rubegni P. Role of phototype and skin colour. Adv Exp Med Biol 1999;455:469-75.
6. Garvin T, Eyles J. Public health responses for skin cancer prevention: the policy framing of sun safety in Australia, Canada and England. Soc Sci & Med 2001;53(9):1175-89.
7. Jackson KM, Aiken LS. A phychosocial model of sun protection and sunbathing in young women. The impact of health beliefs, attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy for sun protection. Health Psychol 2000;19(5):469-78.
8. Lucci A, Citro HW, Wilson L. Assessment of knowledge of melanoma risk factors, prevention, and detection principles in Texas teenagers. J Surg Res 2001;97(2):179-83.
9. Wang SQ, Setlow R, Berwick M et al. Ultraviolet A and melanoma: a review. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001;44(5):837-46.
10. Wright MW, Wright ST, Wagner RF. Mechanisms of sunscreen failure. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001;44(5):781-4.
11. Rigel DS, Carucci JA. Malignant melanoma: prevention, early detection, and treatment in the 21st century. CA Cancer J Clin 2000;50(4):215-40.
12. Cokkinides VE, Weinstock M, O'Connell MC et al. Sun exposure and sun-protection behaviors and attitudes among U.S. youth, 11 to 18 years of age. Prev Med 2001;33(3):141-51.
13. Kuhl ICP. Fotoproteçãao na adolescência. An Bras Dermatol 1998;73(supl. 1):38.
14. Marcoux D. Appearance, cosmetics, and body art in adolescents. Dermatol Clin 2000;18(4).
15. Etzel RA, Balk SJ, Bearer CF et al. Ultraviolet light: a danger for children. Pediatrics 1999;104(2):328-33.
16. Pfahlberg A, Kölmel KF, Gefeller O. Timing of excessive ultraviolet radiation and melanoma: epidemiology does not support the existence of a critical period of high susceptibility to solar ultraviolet radiation-induced melanoma. Br J Dermatol 2001;144(3):471-5.
17. Rhainds M, Guire L, Claveau J. A population-based survey on the use of artificial tanning devices in the Province of Quebec, Canada. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;40(4):572-6.
18. Santmyire BR, Feldman SR, Fleischer AB. Lifestyle high-risk behaviors and demographics may predict the level of participation in sun-protection behaviors and skin cancer primary prevention in the United States. Cancer 2001;92(5):1315-24.
19. Coogan PF, Geller ARN, Adams MMS et al. Sun protection practices in preadolescents and adolescents: a school-based survey of almost 25,000 Connecticut schoolchildren. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001;44(3):512-9.
20. Glanz K, Maddock JE, Lew RA et al. A randomized trial of the Hawaii SunSmart program's impact on outdoor recreation staff. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001;44(6):973-8.
21. Banks BA, Silverman RA, Schwartz RH et al. Attitudes of teenagers toward sun exposure and sunscreen use. Pediatrics 1992;89(1):40-2.
22. Diffey B. Has the sun protection factor had its day?. Br Med J 2000;320:176-7.
23. Draelos ZD. A dermatologist's perspective on the final sunscreen monograph. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001;44:109-10.
24. Autier P, Boniol M, Severi G et al. Quantity of sunscreen used by European students. Br J Dermatol 2001;144(2):288-91.
25. Damian DL, Halliday GM, Bametson RS. Sun protection factor measurement of sunscreens is dependent on minimal erythema dose. Br J Dermatol 1999;141:502-7.
26. Cestari TF. Fotobiologia do melanoma. An Bras Dermatol 1998;73(supl. 1):7.
27. Feldman SR, Dempsey JR, Grummer S et al. Implications of a utility model for ultraviolet exposure behavior. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001;45(5):718-22.
28. Michel JL, Magant E et al. Evaluation de la compréhension du risque solaire chez 241 adolescents. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2000;127(4):317-5.
29. Howell JB. The power of prevention. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;40(4):623-5.