Sun protection advice mediated by the general practitioner: An effective way to achieve long-term change of behaviour and attitudes related to sun exposure?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-143

  Falk, Magnus ^a,b,c   Magnusson, Henrik ^a,c  

^a Research and Development Unit for Local Health Care   (Sweden)

^b Kärna Primary Healthcare Centre   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family practice; phototest; prevention and control; primary health care; skin cancer; sun protection behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80052731472     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2011.580088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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