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Skin Cancer By Angelique Feemster and Kelsey Timmerman

Objectives • Reduce the proportion of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who report using artificial sources of ultraviolet light for tanning • (Developmental) Reduce the proportion of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who report sunburn

Target population/community • Adolescents • High target/most common • Community was Denver

Literature Review • Skin cancer cites • Increased Risk • Influence of peers • Sun Burns • Parents values • Early Tanning • Supportive, research • Social and economic cites effects

Behavioral and Environmental Assessment • Peer pressure/family • Higher altitude • Protective clothing • Sun bathing especially with fair skin • Accessibility of tanning • Tanning beds salon • Use of sunscreen

Cont. • Environment • Tanning beds – Natural – Unnatural lighting – Doesn’t matter if it’s – More harmful cloudily or not – How often – Family history for skin – Out come cancer • Even bake – Skin damage over a – Views on tanning beds passage of time

Educational and Organizational Assessment • American Cancer Society • Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers • Cancer League of Colorado • Skin Cancer Foundation

Organization’s Involvement • Use of posters • Ad’s in the newspapers, billboards, signs on buses or at bus stops about the up coming event • New media • Schools, youth groups • Workshops

Administrative and Policy Assessment • A bill restricting minors from tanning salons – Concerning restricting access by minors to artificial tanning devices. – Parental consent for minors under the age of 18 – Adolescents under the age of 14 parents must be present

Recommendations for Interventions • New legislature • More parent involvement • Education

Outline of Program • Increase good behaviors • Decrease risk behaviors • General Objectives – Increase the amount of adolescents that participate in positive health behaviors – Reduce the amount of teenagers using tanning beds

Our Program Goals • Sunscreen • Frequency of indoor tanning • Frequency of outdoor tanning • Increase awareness

Program Overview • Join youth center – Girls Incorporated • Present Workshop – Teens – Adults

Social Media • Twitter • Facebook • Others – Post uplifting or confidence building things – Post facts – Examples of celebrities or famous athletes

Community Resources • Clinical and hospital outreach – Providing sunscreen samples – Providing Brochures • Girls Incorporated – Continued Education

Evaluation Plan • Gathering information from: – Clinics – Hospitals – Tanning Salons

References • http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/502942e83290800b87256d870 06c5b8d/59a7bddbe3af24ef87257981007f413c/$FILE/wptemp.txt • http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2012A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/59A7BDDBE3AF2 4EF87257981007F413C?Open&file=1170_01.pdf • “Skin cancer in america ”. The National council on skin cancer prevention. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. http://www.skincancerprevention.org/ • “Prevention guidelines”. Skin cancer foundation. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/sun-protection/prevention-guidelines • “Skin cancer prevention and early detection”. American cancer society. Web 31 Oct. 2012. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/sunanduvexposure/skincancerpreven tionandearlydetection/skin-cancer-prevention-and-early-detection-toc • Associated Press. (2009, 07 29). Study: Tanning beds can be as deadly as arsenic. NBC News . Retrieved from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32187497/ns/health-cancer/t/study-tanning- beds-can-be-deadly-arsenic/

References • Melanoma: The wolf in sheep's clothing. (2012, Oct 10). Science News , Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121010141104.htm • Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (2012). Indoor tanning . Retrieved from website: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/indoor_tanning.htm • Elmets, C. (2012). Early tanning bed use raises risk for melanoma. Journal Watch , Retrieved from http://dermatology.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2012/810/1 • Tanning Bed Warnings Prompt Another Colorado Bill. (2012, January 28). Denver AP . Retrieved from http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/01/28/tanning-bed-warnings-prompt- another-colorado-bill/ • Mayer, J. A. (2011). Adolescents' use of indoor tanning: A large-scale evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy-level correlates. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health , Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076411/