Solar UV forecasts: A randomized trial assessing their impact on adults' sun-protection behavior
Solar UV forecasts: A randomized trial assessing their impact on adults' sun-protection behavior
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DOI：
10.1177/1090198106294644
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Hill, David J.
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作者：
Dixon, Helen G.;Hill, David J.
这项研究检验了太阳紫外线预报和支持通信在帮助成年人保护自己免受周末过度阳光照射方面的有效性。这项研究在澳大利亚进行，557 名在工作场所拥有电子邮件和互联网接入的成年参与者被随机分配到三种天气预报条件之一：标准预报（无紫外线）、标准预报 + 紫外线、标准预报 + 紫外线 + 防晒信息。从春末到夏末秋初，他们都会在工作日晚些时候通过电子邮件收到周末天气预报。每个星期一，他们都会收到一封电子邮件，提示他们完成一份基于网络的调查问卷，以报告与阳光相关的行为以及上周末经历的任何晒伤。在报告的帽子使用、防晒霜使用、避免阳光照射或晒伤方面，天气预报条件之间没有显着差异。结果表明，天气预报中提供太阳紫外线预报并没有促进受访成年人显着加强个人防晒实践。
This study examined the effectiveness of solar UV forecasts and supporting communications in assisting adults to protect themselves from excessive weekend sun exposure. The study was conducted in Australia, where 557 adult participants with workplace e-mail and Internet access were randomly allocated to one of three weather forecast conditions: standard forecast (no UV), standard forecast + UV, standard forecast + UV + sun-protection messages. From late spring through summer and early autumn, they were e-mailed weekend weather forecasts late in the working week. Each Monday they were e-mailed a prompt to complete a Web-based questionnaire to report sun-related behavior and any sunburn experienced during the previous weekend. There were no significant differences between weather forecast conditions in reported hat use, sunscreen use, sun avoidance, or sunburn. Results indicate that provision of solar-UV forecasts in weather forecasts did not promote markedly enhanced personal sun-protection practices among the adults surveyed.