Sun Protective Behaviour in Australia

Introduction Sunlight contains ultraviolet rays, which can cause sunburn and skin cancer. According to the Australian Cancer Commission, Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer. More than 430,000 Australians are diagnosed as skin cancer every year. Approximately 60% of skin cancer patients survive for more than 5 years after diagnosis (Cancer Council Australia, 2014). In order to protect people under the sun, sunburn protection is very necessary.

A new Australian study published online this summer in the American Journal of Dermatology showed that children's sun protection behavior is greatly affected by parental protection behavior. Most of the sun's UV (UV). This study also emphasizes that there are still many things to do in order to change the parents' attitudes and behaviors to have a positive impact on children's sunburn prevention. SunSmart sent a five-step message to Slip, but only 29% of the children who participated in the study used three or more sunscreens! It's a slope! slap! seek! And slide! Use clothing, sunscreen, hat, shadow, sunglasses for UV protection

Do sunblock. The mean, standard deviation and correlation of the study variables are reported in the table. On average, the mother guarantees that your child will reach a moderate recommended sunscreen behavior within 7 days, with an average score of 46 (7 out of a point), most mothers regularly sunscreen five sunscreening actions Indicates not to use it. As shown in Table 1, all variables are significantly related to intention and action, and intention and past actions are becoming the strongest action-related factors. In the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), we determined that there was no significant difference between demographic variables and predictive variables (such as TPB) between the mother who completed the questionnaire and the mother who completed only the first questionnaire.