J Canc Educ DOI 10.1007/s13187-014-0671-5
Sun Protection Among Spanish Beachgoers: Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour M. C. Cercato & V. Ramazzotti & I. Sperduti & A. Asensio-Pascual & I. Ribes & C. Guillén & E. Nagore
# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Abstract This study aims to investigate the level of awareness on the risks related to sun exposure, attitude towards sun protection and sun protection behaviour in Spanish beachgoers. During the summer of 2009, trained assistants conducted a structured interview with 630 sunbathers at the beaches of Valencia, Spain, via administrating a questionnaire including the following: (a) general data (age, gender, education, profession), (b) “knowledge” and “attitude” items and (c) selfassessed sun sensitivity, sun exposure and sun protection characteristics. The health belief model was used to evaluate factors that may influence on engaging healthy behaviour. The median age was 30 (2–82) years; the M/F ratio was 0.60. Despite the widespread regular (“often” or “always”, 80 %) use of high (>15) sun-protective factor sunscreens, current recommendations on sun protection were not regularly followed, and a history of sunburns is very common (70 %). At multivariate analysis, female gender, age, fair hair, freckles, all-day use of sunscreens and wearing sunglasses were independent factors associated with having sunburn history. A high knowledge and a fairly good attitude emerged (median scores, 6/7 and 22/30, respectively). Age class (p=0.032), educational level (p
Sun Protection Among Spanish Beachgoers: Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour M. C. Cercato & V. Ramazzotti & I. Sperduti & A. Asensio-Pascual & I. Ribes & C. Guillén & E. Nagore
# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Abstract This study aims to investigate the level of awareness on the risks related to sun exposure, attitude towards sun protection and sun protection behaviour in Spanish beachgoers. During the summer of 2009, trained assistants conducted a structured interview with 630 sunbathers at the beaches of Valencia, Spain, via administrating a questionnaire including the following: (a) general data (age, gender, education, profession), (b) “knowledge” and “attitude” items and (c) selfassessed sun sensitivity, sun exposure and sun protection characteristics. The health belief model was used to evaluate factors that may influence on engaging healthy behaviour. The median age was 30 (2–82) years; the M/F ratio was 0.60. Despite the widespread regular (“often” or “always”, 80 %) use of high (>15) sun-protective factor sunscreens, current recommendations on sun protection were not regularly followed, and a history of sunburns is very common (70 %). At multivariate analysis, female gender, age, fair hair, freckles, all-day use of sunscreens and wearing sunglasses were independent factors associated with having sunburn history. A high knowledge and a fairly good attitude emerged (median scores, 6/7 and 22/30, respectively). Age class (p=0.032), educational level (p
