IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/19978771214-1217_5.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Sunbathing habits and sunscreen use among white adults: Results of a national survey

Author

Listed:
  • Koh, H.K.
  • Bak, S.M.
  • Geller, A.C.
  • Mangione, T.W.
  • Hingson, R.W.
  • Levenson, S.
  • Miller, D.R.
  • Lew, R.A.
  • Howland, J.

Abstract

Objectives: This study assessed current levels of sunbathing and sunscreen use in the United States. Methods: From a general-population telephone survey of aquatic activities among adults in 3042 US households, we examined responses by the 2459 Whites. Results: Most adults (59%) reported sunbathing during the past year, and 25% reported frequent sunbathing. Of the subsample who reported sunbathing during the month before the interview, 47% routinely used sunscreen. Of these individuals, almost half did not use sunscreens with a solar protection factor of 15 or higher. Conclusions: About a quarter of US White adults report frequent sunbathing, and only about a quarter of sunbathers use sunscreens at recommended levels. These results should help focus future sun protection educational efforts.

Suggested Citation

  • Koh, H.K. & Bak, S.M. & Geller, A.C. & Mangione, T.W. & Hingson, R.W. & Levenson, S. & Miller, D.R. & Lew, R.A. & Howland, J., 1997. "Sunbathing habits and sunscreen use among white adults: Results of a national survey," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 87(7), pages 1214-1217.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1997:87:7:1214-1217_5
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Wang, Haiyan & Lyford, Conrad & McCool, Barent, 2017. "Knowledge and Attitudes on Skin Cancer Prevention in Rural Texas Communities," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 251991, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1997:87:7:1214-1217_5. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.