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Prevalence of tanning equipment use among Canadians

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2021
The objective of this study was to collect prevalence estimates of indoor tanning usage and associated injuries in Canada. The rapid response component of the 2019 Canadian Community Health Survey collected data on the use of tanning equipment in the ...
Sami S. Qutob   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Indoor Tanning Among U.S. High School Students from 2009 to 2017 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Community Health, 2019
Dawn M Holman   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Design and Feasibility of a Text Messaging Intervention to Prevent Indoor Tanning Among Young Adult Women: A Pilot Study

open access: yesJMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2016
BackgroundAlthough skin cancer is largely preventable, it affects nearly 1 of 5 US adults. There is a need for research on how to optimally design persuasive public health indoor tanning prevention messages.
Evans, William D, Mays, Darren
doaj   +1 more source

Decrease in Self-Reported Tanning Frequency among Utah Teens following the Passage of Utah Senate Bill 41: An Analysis of the Effects of Youth-Access Restriction Laws on Tanning Behaviors

open access: yesJournal of Skin Cancer, 2014
Introduction. Adolescent use of indoor tanning facilities is associated with an increased risk in later development of melanoma skin cancers. States that have imposed age restrictions on access to indoor tanning generally show lower self-reported rates ...
Rebecca G. Simmons   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lifetime history of indoor tanning in young people: a retrospective assessment of initiation, persistence, and correlates

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2012
Background Despite educational and public health campaigns to convey the risks of indoor tanning, many individuals around the world continue to engage in this behavior.
Lostritto Karen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring nonsolar tanning behavior: indoor and sunless tanning

open access: yes, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To develop items to measure indoor tanning and sunless tanning that can be used to monitor trends in population surveys or to assess changes in behavior in intervention studies. DESIGN: A group of experts on indoor tanning convened in December
Lazovich, DeAnn   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Prevalence and correlates of intentional outdoor and indoor tanning among adolescents in the United States: Findings from the FLASHE survey

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2018
A body of research has focused on adolescents' indoor tanning behaviors but relatively little is known about the prevalence of adolescents' intentional outdoor tanning (time spent outdoors to get a tan).
Zhaomeng Niu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indoor tanning, sunscreen use, sunburns, and risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: Understanding for better prevention

open access: yes, 2022
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a common skin cancer and one of the most common types of cancers worldwide, with an incidence that continues to increase in fair-skinned populations.
Lergenmuller, Simon
core   +1 more source

Counseling on Sun Protection and Indoor Tanning. [PDF]

open access: yesPediatrics, 2017
BACKGROUND: The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends clinical counseling for individuals ages 10 to 24 years to decrease skin cancer risk. METHODS:
Balk SJ   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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