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The World Health Organization recommends that tanning parlors not be used by individuals under age 18 years. The impact of self-tanners on tanning parlor and sunscreen use by Canadian teens is unknown.
To determine teens' use of, knowledge of, attitudes toward, and behavior regarding tanning parlors, self-tanning products, and sunscreen.
Self-report questionnaire of grade 10 students in Thames Valley district, Ontario.
Indoor tanning parlors were used by 14%, self-tanners by 28%, and sunscreen daily or most days by 36%. Use was more common in females. There was a strong association between parental and child use of tanning parlors and use of self-tanners. Sixty-two percent believe that self-tanners give adequate photoprotection.
Further education is required to address teen tanning parlor use, infrequent sunscreen use, and lack of knowledge about the safety of tanning parlors and self-tanning products.
世界卫生组织建议18岁以下的个人不要使用晒黑沙龙。自晒黑产品对加拿大青少年使用晒黑沙龙和防晒霜的影响尚不清楚。
确定青少年对晒黑沙龙、自晒黑产品和防晒霜的使用情况、了解程度、态度和行为。
对安大略省泰晤士河谷地区10年级学生进行自我报告问卷调查。
14%的学生使用室内晒黑沙龙,28%的学生使用自晒黑产品,36%的学生每天或大多数日子使用防晒霜。女性使用更为普遍。父母和孩子使用晒黑沙龙和自晒黑产品之间存在很强的关联。62%的人认为自晒黑产品能提供足够的光保护。
需要进一步开展教育,以解决青少年使用晒黑沙龙、不经常使用防晒霜以及对晒黑沙龙和自晒黑产品安全性缺乏了解的问题。