Effectiveness of SolSano Program on Sun Protection Habits, Knowledge, and Attitudes Among University Students.
Efectividad del programa SolSano en los hábitos, conocimientos y actitudes en materia de fotoprotección de los universitarios.
Actitudes
Attitudes
Conocimientos
Fotoprotección
Fotoprotector
Habits
Hábitos
Knowledge
Photoprotection
Quemaduras
Sunburn
Sunscreen
Journal
Actas dermo-sifiliograficas
ISSN: 2173-5778
Titre abrégé: Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed)
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 101777537
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
received:
08
07
2019
accepted:
07
08
2019
pubmed:
23
5
2020
medline:
25
6
2021
entrez:
23
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The SolSano (HealthySun) project is a primary school sun education program that has been running in Aragon, Spain, since 2000. In the short term, it has proven to be effective at promoting sun protection behaviors and heightening awareness in childhood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of the SolSano program. Retrospective, observational, analytical, cohort study of students at the University of Zaragoza between 2015 and 2016. The students answered a previously validated, purpose-designed, online questionnaire. We calculated descriptive statistics for all variables and performed bivariate and multivariate analyses to test for differences between students who had attended a primary school that ran the SolSano program and those who had not. Data for 324 students were analyzed. Mean age was 22.9 years and 78% of the respondents were women. In total, 44% of the students had participated in the SolSano program at primary school. Half of the respondents (50.5%) had experienced 1 or 2 sunburn episodes the previous summer. Significant differences were only observed for some aspects addressed by the questionnaire between SolSano participants and nonparticipants. This is the first study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness (15 years) of a primary school sun protection program. The absence of significant differences in our sample might be explained by non-continuation of the program into adolescence and the existence of sun protection campaigns outside the school.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
The SolSano (HealthySun) project is a primary school sun education program that has been running in Aragon, Spain, since 2000. In the short term, it has proven to be effective at promoting sun protection behaviors and heightening awareness in childhood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of the SolSano program.
PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS
METHODS
Retrospective, observational, analytical, cohort study of students at the University of Zaragoza between 2015 and 2016. The students answered a previously validated, purpose-designed, online questionnaire. We calculated descriptive statistics for all variables and performed bivariate and multivariate analyses to test for differences between students who had attended a primary school that ran the SolSano program and those who had not.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Data for 324 students were analyzed. Mean age was 22.9 years and 78% of the respondents were women. In total, 44% of the students had participated in the SolSano program at primary school. Half of the respondents (50.5%) had experienced 1 or 2 sunburn episodes the previous summer. Significant differences were only observed for some aspects addressed by the questionnaire between SolSano participants and nonparticipants.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
This is the first study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness (15 years) of a primary school sun protection program. The absence of significant differences in our sample might be explained by non-continuation of the program into adolescence and the existence of sun protection campaigns outside the school.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32439125
pii: S0001-7310(20)30058-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2019.08.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
spa
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
381-389Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U.