Sensitivity to change of the Beach Questionnaire to behaviour, attitudes and knowledge related to sun exposure: Quasi-experimental before-after study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fernández Morano, Teresa ^a,b   De Troya Martín, Magdalena ^b,c   Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^c,d   Blázquez Sánchez, Nuria ^b   Buendía Eisman, Agustín ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^c Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

^d Research Department Costa del Sol Hospital   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes to sun; Health questionnaire; Knowledge about sun exposure; Sensitivity to change; Sun exposure habits; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STANDARDS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938919849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1415-0     Document Type: Article

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