Cardinez Cheryll J, Cokkinides Vilma E, Weinstock Martin A, O'Connell Mary C
Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, National Home Office, 1599 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-4251, USA.
Prev Med. 2005 Jul;41(1):108-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.015. Epub 2004 Nov 26.
Recent studies suggest that parental sun protective behaviors and communication influence their adolescents. However, there is limited information on sun protection for parents of adolescents.
A telephone-based, nationally representative prevalence study of sun exposure among youth, aged 11-18, and their parents living in households was conducted in 1998. Separate, independent responses were collected. Weighted prevalence estimates and 95% confidence intervals were estimated and presented for parents only (n = 1187).
Approximately one-third of parents planned activities to avoid the sun and used sunscreen. Among parents who used sunscreen, 70% applied it while at the beach or pool, but not as often during other outdoor activities. Almost one-third of parents were participating in water or non-water recreational activities during their most serious sunburn. Differences in sun protection and sunburn experiences were observed by age, gender, sun sensitivity, race and ethnicity, and educational attainment.
Parents have adopted sun protection habits, but have not surpassed national sun-protection goals. Combined use of sun protection behaviors may reduce sunburn prevalence and number of incident skin cancers. These data may be useful for developing or enhancing current sun protection programs for effective sun protection that include parents and their adolescents.
近期研究表明，父母的防晒行为及沟通会对其青少年子女产生影响。然而，关于青少年父母防晒方面的信息有限。
1998年开展了一项基于电话的全国代表性患病率研究，调查11至18岁青少年及其居住在家庭中的父母的日晒情况。收集了单独、独立的回答。仅针对父母（n = 1187）估计并呈现了加权患病率估计值和95%置信区间。
约三分之一的父母会计划活动以避免日晒并使用防晒霜。在使用防晒霜的父母中，70%在海滩或泳池时会涂抹，但在其他户外活动时涂抹频率较低。近三分之一的父母在最严重晒伤时正在参与水上或非水上娱乐活动。在年龄、性别、日晒敏感性、种族和民族以及教育程度方面，观察到了防晒和晒伤经历的差异。
父母已养成防晒习惯，但尚未达到国家防晒目标。综合使用防晒行为可能会降低晒伤患病率和皮肤癌发病数量。这些数据可能有助于制定或加强当前的有效防晒项目，该项目涵盖父母及其青少年子女。
