Effect of appearance-based education compared with health-based education on sunscreen use and knowledge: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 665-669

  Tuong, William ^a   Armstrong, April W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; appearance based education; behavioral change; skin cancer prevention; sunscreen use; video education

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; APPEARANCE BASED EDUCATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BASED EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENTS; APPEARANCE-BASED EDUCATION; BEHAVIORAL CHANGE; SKIN CANCER PREVENTION; SUNSCREEN USE; VIDEO EDUCATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84896075887     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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