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MELANOMA: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GENDER AND SKIN TYPE

MCCLAMROCH, LESLIE DANIELLE
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029156996

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2002, MEd, University of Cincinnati, Education : Health Promotion and Education.
Due to an increase in melanoma, health educators were challenged with the task of improving college student’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to reducing melanoma risk. Identifying individuals at high risk of melanoma in a primary care setting was an important part of the strategy to reduce mortality from melanoma. Melanoma knowledge levels, attitudes, and behaviors needed to be assessed so that appropriate educational programs could be started. If good preventative behaviors were started early, the chances of getting melanoma later in life were reduced. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the melanoma and sun protection knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of college students attending the University of Cincinnati. In addition, gender was examined as a potential intervening variable in sun protection knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. Further, this research explored the need for effective sun protection prevention strategies with college age students. This study surveyed 453 students between the ages of 18 and 24 from the University of Cincinnati. Several significant findings were obtained from this study. The first was that female participants demonstrated a higher knowledge level of melanoma, more positive sun risk reduction attitudes and practiced more behaviors related to reducing the risk of melanoma than male participants. This indicated that women were more informed about melanoma than men. The second was that as college students who were more knowledgeable about melanoma and had more positive sun risk attitudes, practiced more risk reduction behaviors than those with lower knowledge and attitudes. Another significant finding was that there was a difference in knowledge about melanoma, attitudes toward melanoma risk reduction strategies and behaviors related to reducing the risk of melanoma based on skin type. Fair skin types had significantly higher melanoma knowledge levels, demonstrated more positive attitudes toward melanoma risk reduction strategies and practiced more behaviors related to reducing the risk of melanoma than did darker skin types. The results of this study contributed to greater awareness and prevention of melanoma, and established targeted areas for future health promotion and education efforts. Health education professionals had the opportunity to impact melanoma cancer rates by increasing the amount and quality of education and by continuing to participate in research on this important issue.
Dr. Randall R. Cottrell (Advisor)
1 p.
Education, Health
melanoma; skin cancer; sun protection; college student risk; skin type

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  • MCCLAMROCH, L. D. (2002). MELANOMA: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GENDER AND SKIN TYPE [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029156996

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MCCLAMROCH, LESLIE. MELANOMA: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GENDER AND SKIN TYPE. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029156996.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MCCLAMROCH, LESLIE. "MELANOMA: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GENDER AND SKIN TYPE." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029156996

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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