Hatmaker Grace
Clovis High School, Clovis, CA, USA.
J Sch Nurs. 2003 Apr;19(2):89-92. doi: 10.1177/10598405030190020501.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now categorizes skin cancer as epidemic. Nearly 90% of these deadly cancers start from sun exposure during the childhood years. This makes sun exposure in school-age children a serious public health risk, also one that school nurses can address. Solar radiation is now classified as a "known human carcinogen," with ultraviolet rays joining the ranks of other known cancer-causing elements such as tobacco, arsenic, and radon. Sun exposure to unprotected skin results in painful burns, premature aging, cataracts, and weakened immune systems. School nurses can use the new CDC guidelines along with other local and state resources to develop a specific skin cancer prevention program for their schools. They are in a pivotal position to partner with students, parents, administrators, teachers, and coaches to reduce the occurrence of skin cancer in children. The article describes one high school's skin cancer prevention project.
美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）现在将皮肤癌归类为流行病。这些致命癌症中近90%始于儿童时期的阳光照射。这使得学龄儿童暴露在阳光下成为一个严重的公共卫生风险，也是学校护士可以解决的问题。太阳辐射现在被归类为“已知的人类致癌物”，紫外线加入了其他已知致癌因素的行列，如烟草、砷和氡。暴露在阳光下的未受保护皮肤会导致疼痛的晒伤、过早衰老、白内障和免疫系统减弱。学校护士可以利用新的CDC指南以及其他当地和州资源，为他们的学校制定具体的皮肤癌预防计划。他们处于关键地位，可以与学生、家长、管理人员、教师和教练合作，以减少儿童皮肤癌的发生。本文描述了一所高中的皮肤癌预防项目。
