Quéreux Gaelle, Nguyen Jean-Michel, Volteau Christelle, Dréno Brigitte
Unit of Skin Cancer, Nantes University Hospital, INSERM 892, Nantes, France.
Eur J Cancer Prev. 2009 Apr;18(2):133-44. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32831362cc.
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of an educational programme on both children's knowledge and behaviour towards the sun. The study included 282 children aged between 8 and 11 years in their third year of primary school coming from 13 schools in the Nantes area (located in the west of France). It was a two-arm opened control trial, with group A in which the children were taught by their teacher about their skin and sun protection, according to the programme called 'to live with the sun' and a control group (B) in which the children did not receive any educational programme about sun protection. Self-administrated questionnaires at the baseline, posttest and follow-up were used to assess knowledge and behaviour of the students. The data were paired to follow the evolution of each child and a knowledge score and a sun protection habits score were calculated. At the baseline there was no significant difference in knowledge and sun protection habits scores between the two groups. Six months after the educational prevention programme we observed a knowledge score significantly higher in group A (mean: 7.66) compared with group B (mean: 6.77) (P<0.00001), but concerning the sun protection habits score there was no significant difference between the two groups. The programme had a beneficial effect on the children's knowledge persisting for at least a few months but had no impact on their behaviour towards the sun.
本研究的目的是评估一项教育计划对儿童关于太阳的知识以及行为的影响。该研究纳入了来自法国西部南特地区13所学校的282名8至11岁的小学三年级儿童。这是一项双臂开放性对照试验，A组的儿童由他们的老师根据名为“与太阳共处”的计划教授有关皮肤和防晒的知识，对照组（B组）的儿童未接受任何有关防晒的教育计划。在基线、测试后和随访时使用自我管理的问卷来评估学生的知识和行为。数据进行配对以跟踪每个孩子的进展情况，并计算知识得分和防晒习惯得分。在基线时，两组之间的知识和防晒习惯得分没有显著差异。在教育预防计划实施六个月后，我们观察到A组的知识得分（平均：7.66）显著高于B组（平均：6.77）（P<0.00001），但在防晒习惯得分方面，两组之间没有显著差异。该计划对儿童的知识有有益影响，这种影响至少持续了几个月，但对他们关于太阳的行为没有影响。
