Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia; Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia.
Am J Prev Med. 2017 Oct;53(4):473-480. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.011. Epub 2017 May 15.
Regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, are considering policies to ban indoor tanning for youth aged <18 years. Using data from a nationally representative sample, this study assessed parental support for age-based bans as well as less restrictive parental permission requirements.
Data came from an online survey completed by 1,244 parents of adolescents aged 11-17 years. Weighted multivariable logistic regression models assessed correlates of supporting an indoor tanning ban for youth aged <18 years. Data collection and analysis occurred in 2016.
Almost two thirds (65%) of parents agreed with indoor tanning bans for youth, with smaller proportions having no opinion (23%) or disagreeing (12%). Support for bans increased with greater perceived harm of indoor tanning for adolescents (OR=2.66, 95% CI=1.97, 3.59) and decreased with greater perceived benefits (OR=0.49, 95% CI=0.36, 0.67). Compared with support for bans, support for parental permission requirements was somewhat higher, with 79% of parents agreeing with the policy. Most parents (60%) agreed with both policies; only 4% disagreed with both.
Age-based indoor tanning restrictions, including bans, engender broad-based support among parents. Communicating the harm of indoor tanning may facilitate the implementation of these policies.
包括美国食品和药物管理局在内的监管机构正在考虑出台政策，禁止 18 岁以下的青少年进行室内晒黑。本研究利用来自全国代表性样本的数据，评估了家长对基于年龄的禁令以及限制较宽松的家长许可要求的支持程度。
数据来自于一项针对 11-17 岁青少年父母的在线调查，共有 1244 名家长完成了调查。采用加权多变量逻辑回归模型评估了支持 18 岁以下青少年室内晒黑禁令的相关因素。数据收集和分析于 2016 年进行。
近三分之二（65%）的家长同意对青少年进行室内晒黑禁令，而没有意见（23%）或不同意（12%）的比例较小。随着青少年进行室内晒黑的危害感知增加（OR=2.66，95%CI=1.97，3.59），对禁令的支持度增加，而随着对室内晒黑的益处感知增加（OR=0.49，95%CI=0.36，0.67），对禁令的支持度降低。与支持禁令相比，对家长许可要求的支持度略高，有 79%的家长同意该政策。大多数家长（60%）同时支持这两项政策；只有 4%的家长同时反对这两项政策。
基于年龄的室内晒黑限制，包括禁令，在家长中得到广泛支持。宣传室内晒黑的危害可能有助于这些政策的实施。
