Design and Effectiveness of the Youth Engaged Strategies for Changing Adolescent Norms! (YES-CAN!) Program for Reducing Skin Cancer Risk
Design and Effectiveness of the Youth Engaged Strategies for Changing Adolescent Norms! (YES-CAN!) Program for Reducing Skin Cancer Risk
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DOI：
10.1007/s13187-021-02121-z
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发表时间：
2022-01-07
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1.6
通讯作者：
Crane, Lori A.
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作者：
Asdigian, Nancy L.;Whitesell, Nancy Rumbaugh;Crane, Lori A.
青春期是减少皮肤癌风险的关键时期，但针对初中和高中青年的有效干预措施的制定落后于针对年幼儿童的干预措施。我们制定并实施了“改变青少年规范的青年战略！“（YESCAN！）该计划是一个以学校为基础的同龄人领导计划，采用青年研究人员伙伴关系的方法和基于项目的课程，支持高中生开发和提供关于预防皮肤癌的简短叙事视频和相关材料。参与的初中和高中学生完成了评估皮肤癌态度，感知规范和行为意图的计划前和计划后调查。中学生（N = 97）报告了积极的前到后的程序的变化，在未来的意图，从事防晒和减少紫外线暴露的行为和规范的信念和态度的许多措施。高中生（N = 13）报告了一个较小的行为意图，规范性信念和态度的积极变化。这些研究结果进一步增加了对青年参与、同龄人主导的减少青少年风险的方法的支持，特别是减少皮肤癌风险的方法。耶斯坎！该计划满足了青少年对有效预防皮肤癌的需求，同时解决了培养21世纪技能的教育目标。
Adolescence is a critical period for reducing skin cancer risks, yet the development of effective interventions for middle and high school youth has lagged behind those for younger children. We developed and implemented the "Youth Engaged Strategies for Changing Adolescent Norms!" (YESCAN!) program, a school-based peer leader program that uses a youth-researcher partnership approach and a project-based curriculum to support high school students in developing and delivering short narrative videos and related material about skin cancer prevention to middle school students. Participating middle and high school students completed pre- and post-program surveys assessing skin cancer attitudes, perceived norms, and behavioral intentions. Middle school students (N = 97) reported positive pre- to post-program changes in future intentions to engage in sun protection and reduce UV exposure behaviors and on numerous measures of normative beliefs and attitudes. High school students (N = 13) reported positive changes on a smaller set of behavioral intentions, normative beliefs, and attitudes. These findings add to a growing body of support for youth-participatory, peer-led approaches to adolescent risk reduction in general and to skin cancer risks specifically. The YESCAN! program fills a need for effective skin cancer prevention among adolescents, while at the same time addressing educational objectives to develop 21st Century Skills.