The Effects of the Safe-sun Program on Patrons' and Lifeguards' Skin Cancer Risk-reduction Behaviors at Swimming Pools

Bibliographic Data

ID4227640
AuthorsRichard A Winett (Virginia Tech), Bonnie L Cleaveland (Virginia Tech), Deborah F Tate (0000-0002-4915-5308, Virginia Tech), David N Lombard (Virginia Tech), Tamara Neubauer Lombard, Christine R Ru, Christine R Russ (Virginia Tech), Daniel Galper (Virginia Tech), Daniel I Galper
Year1997
Volume2
Issue1
Pages85-95
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910539700200109
PMID22012800
OpenAlexW2091863911
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

The 'Safe Sun' program had the goal of increasing patrons' and lifeguards' skin-protective behaviors and involved informational, prompting, feedback and goal-setting and incentive components coupled with pool lifeguards modeling protective behaviors such as wearing shirts, hats and sunglasses or staying in shaded areas. During two phases of a project involving 27 pools, it was found that while the program increased patrons' and lifeguards' protective behaviors, the largest changes were found at one pool where lifeguards were required to participate in the program. Patrons' protective behaviors at this pool increased from 30.7 percent to 52 percent, and lifeguards' protective behaviors increased from 40.8 percent to 95.7 percent. Social marketing, environmental change and institutionalization processes are needed to make skin-cancer prevention programs more effective

Behavior change · Business · Cancer · Environmental health · Incentive · Skin cancer · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Skin Protection and Aging · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology

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