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Skin Cancer

By Angelique Feemster and Kelsey Timmerman

Objectives

• Reduce the proportion of adolescents in

grades 9 through 12 who report using artificial sources of ultraviolet light for tanning

• (Developmental) Reduce the proportion of

adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who report sunburn

Target population/community

• Adolescents
• High target/most common
• Community was Denver

Literature Review

• Skin cancer cites
• Influence of peers
• Parents values
• Supportive, research

cites

• Increased Risk
• Sun Burns
• Early Tanning
• Social and economic

effects

Behavioral and Environmental Assessment

• Peer pressure/family
• Protective clothing

especially with fair skin

• Tanning beds
• Use of sunscreen
• Higher altitude
• Sun bathing
• Accessibility of tanning

salon

Cont.

• Environment

– Natural – Doesn’t matter if it’s cloudily or not – Family history for skin cancer – Skin damage over a passage of time

• Tanning beds

– Unnatural lighting – More harmful – How often – Out come

• Even bake

– Views on tanning beds

Educational and Organizational Assessment

• American Cancer Society
• Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
• Cancer League of Colorado
• Skin Cancer Foundation

Organization’s Involvement

• Use of posters
• Ad’s in the newspapers, billboards, signs on

buses or at bus stops about the up coming event

• New media
• Schools, youth groups
• Workshops

Administrative and Policy Assessment

• A bill restricting minors from tanning salons

– Concerning restricting access by minors to artificial tanning devices. – Parental consent for minors under the age of 18 – Adolescents under the age of 14 parents must be present

Recommendations for Interventions

• New legislature
• More parent involvement
• Education

Outline of Program

• Increase good behaviors
• Decrease risk behaviors
• General Objectives

– Increase the amount of adolescents that participate in positive health behaviors – Reduce the amount of teenagers using tanning beds

Our Program Goals

• Sunscreen
• Frequency of indoor tanning
• Frequency of outdoor tanning
• Increase awareness

Program Overview

• Join youth center

– Girls Incorporated

• Present Workshop

– Teens – Adults

Social Media

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Others

– Post uplifting or confidence building things – Post facts – Examples of celebrities or famous athletes

Community Resources

• Clinical and hospital outreach

– Providing sunscreen samples – Providing Brochures

• Girls Incorporated

– Continued Education

Evaluation Plan

• Gathering information from:

– Clinics – Hospitals – Tanning Salons

References

• http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/502942e83290800b87256d870

06c5b8d/59a7bddbe3af24ef87257981007f413c/$FILE/wptemp.txt

• http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2012A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/59A7BDDBE3AF2

4EF87257981007F413C?Open&file=1170_01.pdf

• “Skin cancer in america”. The National council on skin cancer prevention. Web. 31
• Oct. 2012. http://www.skincancerprevention.org/
• “Prevention guidelines”. Skin cancer foundation. Web. 31 Oct. 2012.

http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/sun-protection/prevention-guidelines

• “Skin cancer prevention and early detection”. American cancer society. Web 31
• Oct. 2012.

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/sunanduvexposure/skincancerpreven tionandearlydetection/skin-cancer-prevention-and-early-detection-toc

• Associated Press. (2009, 07 29). Study: Tanning beds can be as deadly as
• arsenic. NBC News. Retrieved from

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32187497/ns/health-cancer/t/study-tanning- beds-can-be-deadly-arsenic/

References

• Melanoma: The wolf in sheep's clothing. (2012, Oct 10).Science News,

Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121010141104.htm

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (2012). Indoor tanning.

Retrieved from website: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/indoor_tanning.htm

• Elmets, C. (2012). Early tanning bed use raises risk for melanoma. Journal

Watch, Retrieved from http://dermatology.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2012/810/1

• Tanning Bed Warnings Prompt Another Colorado Bill. (2012, January

28). Denver AP. Retrieved from http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/01/28/tanning-bed-warnings-prompt- another-colorado-bill/

• Mayer, J. A. (2011). Adolescents' use of indoor tanning: A large-scale

evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy-level correlates. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076411/