SunSmart Intervention in Schools

University of Colorado, Denver76 enrolled

Overview

A prevention study to improve sun exposure behaviors in children after an educational classroom-based intervention.

This study aims to demonstrate that learning about sun exposure using a more classroom-based intervention will motivate classroom students to reduce exposure at a critical life period and will create lifetime learned sun exposure behaviors. Students' sun exposure behaviors will be assessed prior to the educational intervention. The educational intervention consists of three educational sessions and one lab lesson. At the conclusion of the intervention, students' sun exposure behaviors will be assessed again via a post-intervention questionnaire.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Melanoma

Interventions

Knowledge AssessmentBEHAVIORAL

Students participating in this study will receive a pre test, instruction regarding sun safety, and a post test.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 9 YearsMax age: 15 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Any children between grades 4 and 8 enrolled in one of the participating schools. Exclusion Criteria: * No exclusions, but children or their parents may opt out of participating.

Locations (1)

University of Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sun Exposure Knowledge

Determining children's knowledge of sun exposure risk through a self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: From the administration of the questionnaire to the end of the followup questionnaire, up to 3 years

Sun Exposure Attitudes

Determining children's attitude toward sun exposure through a self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: From the administration of the questionnaire to the end of the followup questionnaire, up to 3 years

Sun Exposure Behavior

Determining children's behavior toward sun exposure through a self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: From the administration of the questionnaire to the end of the followup questionnaire, up to 3 years

Secondary Outcomes

Mediators of Program Effects: Attitudes

Assessing children's attitude toward sun exposure through a self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: During the followup questionnaire, which is given 3 to 4 weeks post intervention, up to three years

Mediators of Program Effects: Norms

Determining children's understanding of social norms regarding tanning and sun protection through a self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: During the followup questionnaire, which is given 3 to 4 weeks post intervention, up to three years

Mediators of Program Effects: Personal Agency

Determining children's understanding of behavioral control regarding sun protection through a self-completed questionnaire

Time frame: During the followup questionnaire, which is given 3 to 4 weeks post intervention, up to three years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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