Interventions to decrease skin cancer risk in outdoor workers: update to a 2007 systematic review

BMC Research Notes

Michael Kimlin³  Monika Janda³  Thomas Tenkate⁴  Phil Crane³  Philippa Youl¹  Melissa Stoneham²  Marguerite C Sendall³  Josephine Auster³  Caitlin Horsham³ 

[1] Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;Curtin University, Perth, Australia;School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove 4059, Queensland, Australia;School of Occupational and Public Health, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

关键词: Primary prevention;    Occupational exposure;    Outdoor workers;    Melanoma;    Skin neoplasms;   

Others  :  1134987
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-10

 received in 2013-06-06, accepted in 2013-12-16,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Outdoor workers are at high risk of harmful ultraviolet radiation exposure and are identified as an at risk group for the development of skin cancer. This systematic evidence based review provides an update to a previous review published in 2007 about interventions for the prevention of skin cancer in outdoor workers.

Results

This review includes interventions published between 2007-2012 and presents findings about sun protection behaviours and/or objective measures of skin cancer risk. Six papers met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Large studies with extended follow-up times demonstrated the efficacy of educational and multi-component interventions to increase sun protection, with some higher use of personal protective equipment such as sunscreen. However, there is less evidence for the effectiveness of policy or specific intervention components.

Conclusions

Further research aimed at improving overall attitudes towards sun protection in outdoor workers is needed to provide an overarching framework.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Horsham et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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