Preventing Skin Cancer: Community-Wide Multicomponent Interventions (2003 Archived Review)

Studies Included in the Evidence Review

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. Sunsmart Evaluation Studies 1. Carlton: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1994.

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. Sunsmart Evaluation Studies 2. Carlton: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1995.

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. Sunsmart Evaluation Studies 3. Carlton: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1996.

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. Sunsmart Evaluation Studies 4. Carlton: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1997.

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. SunSmart Evaluation Studies 5. Carlton: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1998.

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. SunSmart Evaluation Studies 6. Carlton: Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1999.

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. Sunsmart Evaluation Studies, 2001-2003. Carlton, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. Skin Cancer Control Program: Research & Evaluation. 2003.

Biger C, Epstein LM, Hagoel L, Tamir A, Robinson E. An evaluation of an education programme, for prevention and early diagnosis of malignancy in Israel. European Journal of Cancer Prevention; 1994;3(4):305-12.

Borland R, Hill D, Noy S. Being SunSmart: changes in community awareness and reported behaviour following a primary prevention program for skin cancer control. Behavior Change; 1990;7:126-35.

Carmel S, Shani E, Rosenberg L. Skin cancer protective behaviors among the elderly: explaining their response to a health education program using the Health Belief Model. - Educational Gerontology; 1996;22(7):651-8.

Carmel S, Shani E, Rosenberg L. The role of age and an expanded Health Belief Model in predicting skin cancer protective behavior. Health Educ Res; 1994;9(4):433-47.

Chapman S, Marks R, King M. Trends and tans and skin protection in Australian fashion magazines, 1982 through 1991. American Journal of Public Health; 1992;82(12):1677-82.

Dietrich AJ, Olson AL, Sox CH, et al. A community-based randomized trial encouraging sun protection for children. Pediatrics 1998; 102(6):E64.

Dietrich AJ, Olson AL, Sox CH, Tosteson TD, Grant-Petersson J. Persistent increase in children's sun protection in a randomized controlled community trial. Prev Med; 2000;31(5):569-74.

Dietrich AJ, Olson AL, Sox CH, Winchell CW, Grant-Petersson J, Collison DW. Sun protection counseling for children: primary care practice patterns and effect of an intervention on clinicians. Arch Fam Med 2000; 9(2):155-9.

Fielder H, Lo SV, Shorney S, Roberts DL. Skin, sun and sense: an evaluation of a skin cancer prevention campaign. Health Education Journal; 55 (4):431 -8, 1996;(10 ref).

Grant-Petersson J, Dietrich AJ, Sox CH, Winchell CW, Stevens MM. Promoting sun protection in elementary schools and child care settings: the SunSafe Project. Journal of School Health; 1999;69(3):100-6.

Hill D, White V, Marks R, Borland R. Changes in sun-related attitudes and behaviours, and reduced sunburn prevalence in a population at high risk of melanoma. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 1993;2(6):447-56.

Hill D, White V, Marks R, Theobald T, Borland R, Roy C. Melanoma prevention: behavioral and nonbehavioral factors in sunburn among an Australian urban population. Prev Med; 1992;21(5):654-69.

Holtrop JS. Sticking to it: a multifactor cancer risk-reduction program for low-income clients. Journal of health education 2000;31(3):122-7.

Kelly PP. Skin cancer and melanoma awareness campaign. Oncology Nursing Forum 1991;18(5):927-31.

Miller DR, Geller AC, Wood MC, Lew RA, Koh HK. The Falmouth Safe Skin Project: evaluation of a community program to promote sun protection in youth. Health Education and Behaviour; 1999;26(3):369-84.

Montague M, Borland R, Sinclair C. Slip! Slop! Slap! and SunSmart, 1980-2000: skin cancer control and 20 years of population-based campaigning. Health Educ Behav 2001;28(3):290-305.

NSW Cancer Council. Report on the Seymour Snowman Sun Protection Campaign (1997-1998). Australia: 1998.

Olson AL, Dietrich AJ, Sox CH, Stevens MM, Winchell CW, Ahles TA. Solar protection of children at the beach. Pediatrics; 1997;99(6):E11.

Rassaby J, LI, Hill D, Wake R. Slip Slop Slap: health education about skin cancer. Cancer Forum 1983;7(63):69.

Richard MA, Martin S, Gouvernet J, Folchetti G, Bonerandi JJ, Grob JJ. Humour and alarmism in melanoma prevention: a randomized controlled study of 3 types of information leaflet. British Journal of Dermatology 1999;140(5):909-14.

Sanson-Fisher R. Me No Fry 1992/93 summer campaign evaluation report. NSW Department of Health, 93.

Sanson-Fisher R. Me No Fry 1993/1994 Summer Campaign Evaluation Report. 1994.

Sanson-Fisher R. Me No Fry 1994/1995 Summer Campaign Evaluation Report. 1995.

Smith BJ, Ferguson C, McKenzie J, Bauman A, Vita P. Impacts from repeated mass media campaigns to promote sun protection in Australia. Health Promot Internation 2002;17(1):51-60.

Staples M, Marks R, Giles G. Trends in the incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer (nmsc) treated in Australia 1985-1995: are primary prevention programs starting to have an effect. International Journal Cancer; 1998;78:144-8.