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Walkosz BJ, Buller DB, Andersen PA, et al. Translation of a Ski School Sun Safety Program to North American Ski and Snowboard Schools. Health Promot Pract. 2015;16(4):560-70doi: 10.1177/1524839915577081.
Walkosz, B. J., Buller, D. B., Andersen, P. A., Scott, M. D., Liu, X., Cutter, G. R., & Dignan, M. B. (2015). Translation of a Ski School Sun Safety Program to North American Ski and Snowboard Schools. Health promotion practice, 16(4), 560-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839915577081
Walkosz, Barbara J, et al. "Translation of a Ski School Sun Safety Program to North American Ski and Snowboard Schools." Health promotion practice vol. 16,4 (2015): 560-70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839915577081
Walkosz BJ, Buller DB, Andersen PA, Scott MD, Liu X, Cutter GR, Dignan MB. Translation of a Ski School Sun Safety Program to North American Ski and Snowboard Schools. Health Promot Pract. 2015 Jul;16(4):560-70. doi: 10.1177/1524839915577081. Epub 2015 Mar 11. PMID: 25761916; PMCID: PMC4485589.
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Health Promot Pract. 2015 Jul;16(4):560-70. doi: 10.1177/1524839915577081. Epub 2015 Mar 11.

Translation of a Ski School Sun Safety Program to North American Ski and Snowboard Schools.

Health promotion practice

Barbara J Walkosz, David B Buller, Peter A Andersen, M D Scott, X Liu, G R Cutter, M B Dignan

Affiliations

  1. Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO, USA [email protected].
  2. Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO, USA.
  3. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
  4. Mikonics, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, USA.
  5. University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.
  6. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

PMID: 25761916 PMCID: PMC4485589 DOI: 10.1177/1524839915577081

Abstract

Health promotion programs that develop and implement strategies to promote sun safety practices to children have the potential to reduce skin cancer occurrence later in life. Go Sun Smart (GSS), a sun safety program for employees and guests of ski areas, was distributed to determine if an enhanced dissemination strategy was more effective than a basic dissemination strategy at reaching parents at ski and snowboard schools. On-site observations of GSS use and surveys of 909 parents/caregivers with children enrolled in ski and snowboard schools at 63 ski areas were conducted and analyzed using techniques for clustered designs. No differences were identified by dissemination strategy. Greater implementation of GSS (>5 messages posted) was associated with greater parental recall, 36.6% versus 16.7%, of materials, but not greater sun protection practices. Greater recall of messages, regardless of level of implementation, resulted in greater sun protection practices including applying sunscreen (p < .05), providing sunglasses and goggles (p < .01), and more use of all sun protection practices (p < .01). Ski areas with more program materials appeared to reach parents with sun safety advice and thus convinced them to take more precautions for their children. Sun safety need not be at odds with children's outdoor recreation activities.

© 2015 Society for Public Health Education.

Keywords: campaign; dissemination; implementation; physical activity; sun safety

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