Knowledge, awareness, and use of the UV index amongst the west Australian public

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-221

  Blunden, Ann ^a,d   Lower, Tony ^b   Slevin, Terry ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Education and Research   (Australia)

^d North Metropolitan Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TELEPHONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3042561373     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730490447057     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Alberink, A., Valery, P., & Green, A. (2000). Do forecasts of UV indexes influence people's outdoor behaviour? Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24, 488-91.
2. Armstrong, B. (1997). Meeting of experts on standardisation of UV indices and their dissemination to the public. Switzerland: World Meteorological Organisation, World Health Organisation, International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1997). 1996 Census Data. Basic Community Profile Table 6. Catalogue 2017.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
4. Broadhurst, D. (1998). The Canadian UV index program: 1992-1997. In Report of the WMO-WHO meeting of experts on standardisation of UV indices and their dissemination to the public. Les Diablerets, Switzerland. 21-24 July 1997. (WMO/TD-NO.921). Geneva: World Meteorological Organisation, World Health Organisation, International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection.
5. Decima Research. (1993). An investigation of Canadians' attitudes related to Environment Canada's UV index. Ontario: Decima Research.
6. Dixon, H. & Armstrong, B. (1999). The role of the UV index in sun protection in Australia. Report of a national workshop. Carlton South: Anti Cancer Council of Victoria.
7. Jalleh, G. & Donovan, R. (2000). 1999/2000 SunSmart West Aussies Campaign Evaluation. Perth: Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control, Curtin University of Technology. (in press)
8. Jalleh, G. Donovan, R., & Clarkson, J. (1999). 1998/1999 SunSmart West Aussies Campaign Evaluation. Perth: Health Promotion Evaluation Unit, Department of Public Health and Graduate School of Management, The University of Western Australia.
9. International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection. (1995). Global Solar UV Index. (ICNIRP - 1/95). Germany: World Health Organisation World Meteorological Organisation, the United Nations and the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection.
10. Kotler, P. & Zaltman, G. (1971). Social marketing: an approach to planned social change. Journal of Marketing, 35, 3-12.
11. Kricker, A. & Armstrong, B. (1998a). An epidemiological evaluation of the UV Index. In World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch, Report of the WMO-WHO meeting of experts on standardisation of UV indices and their dissemination to the public (pp. 175-6). Geneva: World Meteorological Organization.
12. Kricker, A. & Armstrong, B. (1998b). Dissemination, knowledge and use of UV indexes. In: World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch, Report of the WMO-WHO meeting of experts on standardisation of UV indices and their dissemination to the public (pp. 177-8). Geneva: World Meteorological Organization.
13. Lovato, C., Shoveller, J., & Rivers, J. (1998). National survey of sun exposure and protective behaviours. Final report. Vancouver: Institute of Health Promotion Research University of British Columbia.
14. National Cancer Control Initiative. (1997). Priority issues discussion paper. An interim report to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (Part 1). Canberra: National Cancer Control Initiative.
15. National Health and Medical Research Council. (1996). Primary prevention of skin cancer in Australia. Report on the sun protection programs working party. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council.
16. Rosenstock, I. (1974). Historical origins of the health belief model. In M. Becker (Ed.), The health belief model and personal health behaviour. New Jersey: Thorofare N and Slack C.
17. Staples, M., Marks, R., & Giles, G. (1999). Trends in the incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer treated in Australia 1985-1995: Are primary prevention programs starting to have an effect? International Journal of Cancer, 78, 144-8.
18. White, V., Hill, D., Borland, R., & Dobbinson, S. (1997). Public awareness of UV forecasts in the summer of 1997. Melbourne: Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer. Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria.
19. World Health Organisation. (1998). Global solar UV index. Fact Sheet 133. Retrieved from http:// www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact133.html
20. World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch. (1998). Report of the WMO-WHO meeting of experts on standardisation of UV indices and their dissemination to the public (WMO/TD-NO.921). Geneva: World Meteorological Organization.