Development of sun protection behaviors in preschoolers: A systematic review
Journal Title: Türkderm - Deri Hastalıkları ve Frengi Arşivi - Year 2018, Vol 52, Issue 2
Abstract
Background and Design: Intense studies have been conducted in the world for the purpose of protecting children from the sun and raising awareness of sun protection at early age. Thus, the aim of the study is to evaluate sun protection interventions for preschoolers. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted under the guidance of PRISMA-P declaration. The articles were conducted in the study using the databases of Cochrane, PubMed, ScienceDirect, CINAHL, Clinical Key/Elseiver, Ovid, MEDLINE and the terms of “Skin Neoplasms”, “Sun Protection Factor”, “Child, Preschool”, “Randomized Controlled Trial” MeSH without any year restriction in March 2016. Randomized controlled studies applying sun protection steps at preschool education institutions and being conducted in English were included in the study. Results: In the systematic review, five research articles selected according to study criteria were examined and it was observed that the interventions were aimed at students, parents, teachers and school administrators. All of the studies were conducted between 1995-2007, four in the United States of America and one in Germany. Programs conducted in the articles were formed based on Piaget’s cognitive development theory, Health Belief Model, and Social Learning Theory. In the programs, behaviors of children were observed at kindergartens and information and attitudes of kindergarten administrators, sun protection applications, facilities/obstacles/policies of school, sun protection behaviors of children from the perspective of parents, sun protection behaviors of teachers and parents for children and psychosocial variables were evaluated. Conclusion: The intervention was observed to be efficient in four out of these five researches included in the study. Due to the importance of sun exposure in childhood, the early development of sun protection awareness is extremely important. It is thought that this systematic review will prepare a basis for future studies by drawing attention to effective models in sun protection education for children.
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Adem Sümen, Selma Öncel
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- DOI 10.4274/turkderm.79346
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