Schofield P E, Freeman J L, Dixon H G, Borland R, Hill D J
Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Victoria.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2001;25(1):62-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2001.tb00552.x.
To study changes in sun protection behaviour, exposure and sunburn that occur from late adolescence to young adulthood.
A longitudinal design was used to survey a cohort on their sun-protection behaviour from the middle of their final year at school to more than three years after finishing school.
Males reported higher exposure, less use of sunscreen and deeper tans than females. Yet males wore hats more frequently. People with skin that just burnt were more likely to protect themselves from the sun than people with skin that tanned. Longitudinally, the level of reported exposure and the depth of tan declined, frequency of covering up, hat wearing and sunscreen use remained unchanged, and a slight U-shaped trend was observed for sunburn.
Young adulthood may be an important time where deteriorating trends for sun protection found in the teen years are averted. Males are at greater risk of sun exposure than females.
It is recommended that health promotion programs capitalise on the trend of improved sun-protective behaviours during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, with a particular focus on young men.
研究从青春期后期到青年期防晒行为、日晒情况及晒伤情况的变化。
采用纵向设计，对一组人群从中学最后一年中期到毕业后三年多的防晒行为进行调查。
男性报告的日晒时间更长，使用防晒霜的频率更低，晒黑程度比女性更深。然而，男性戴帽子的频率更高。皮肤容易晒伤的人比容易晒黑的人更有可能采取防晒措施。纵向来看，报告的日晒水平和晒黑程度下降，遮盖、戴帽子和使用防晒霜的频率保持不变，晒伤情况呈轻微的U形趋势。
青年期可能是避免青少年时期出现的防晒趋势恶化的重要时期。男性比女性面临更大的日晒风险。
建议健康促进项目利用从青春期到青年期防晒行为改善的趋势，尤其关注年轻男性。
