Department of Surveillance and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30303-1002, USA.
Prev Med. 2010 Aug;51(2):172-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.05.003. Epub 2010 May 15.
To assess the population prevalence and correlates of ever receiving physician advice to practice sun protection (i.e. sun protection counseling) and whether such counseling is associated with sun protection behaviors in adolescents and their parents.
Analysis of a nationally representative cross-sectional telephone survey of ultraviolet radiation exposure behaviors among US adolescents ages 11 to 18 and their parents, conducted between August and November 2004.
Forty-four percent of US adolescents and their parents reported physician sun protection counseling. Counseling was more frequently reported by adolescents whose parents were also counseled, reported other sun protection information sources (skin cancer prevention media messages and school sun safety messages), had first degree relatives with skin cancer, and were white, non-Hispanic. Counseling was positively associated with regular sunscreen use, appropriate sunscreen application practices, and intermittent hat use, but not with other recommended behaviors. Sunscreen use rates were generally higher among adolescents reporting several sun protection information sources (counseling, media and school messages) than those with combinations of two or fewer of these sources.
The role of physicians, either independently or in concert with other information sources, should be explored in strategies promoting primary skin cancer prevention behaviors among adolescents and parents.
评估接受医生建议进行防晒（即防晒咨询）的人口流行率和相关因素，以及这种咨询是否与青少年及其父母的防晒行为相关。
对美国 2004 年 8 月至 11 月期间进行的一项全国代表性的青少年及其父母紫外线辐射暴露行为的横断面电话调查进行分析。
44%的美国青少年及其父母报告接受过医生的防晒咨询。父母也接受过咨询、报告其他防晒信息来源（皮肤癌预防媒体信息和学校防晒信息）、一级亲属有皮肤癌且为白人、非西班牙裔的青少年，更常报告接受过咨询。咨询与定期使用防晒霜、适当的防晒霜使用方法和间歇性戴帽子有关，但与其他推荐的行为无关。报告接受过多种防晒信息来源（咨询、媒体和学校信息）的青少年，其防晒霜使用率通常高于接受过两种或更少这些来源信息的青少年。
应探讨医生的作用，无论是独立作用还是与其他信息来源协同作用，以制定促进青少年及其父母进行初级皮肤癌预防行为的策略。
