Sun Protection for Florida's Children

佛罗里达州儿童的防晒措施

• 批准号: 7057406
• 负责人: RICHARD G ROETZHEIM
• 金额: $ 35.78万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-22 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7057406
• 关键词: United States; attitude; behavioral /social science research tag; cancer prevention; clinical research; consumer product; elementary school; health behavior; health care policy; health education; human subject; information dissemination; longitudinal human study; middle childhood (6-11); mind control; outcomes research; parent offspring interaction; peer group; radiation protection; radiological health; skin neoplasms; social psychology; user protection

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposed project is to develop a school-based comprehensive sun protection intervention with a special emphasis on the use of hats when children are outdoors. The intervention will be targeted to fourth grade children in Hillsborough County Florida. The intervention will be based on the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior and will be structured to accomplish the following goals: 1) Increase sun protection knowledge of children in regards to hats, 2) Foster more positive attitudes in regard to wearing hats 3) Change the subjective norm of wearing hats, 4) Target persons that children perceive as controlling their behavior of wearing hats (parents, teachers) and 5) Increase the use of hats when children are outdoors at school (primary outcome) and when outdoors at times other than school (secondary outcome). To accomplish these goals, the intervention will be multifaceted and will include 1) individual sessions with school principals to facilitate a school policy that encourages the use of hats when children are outdoors 2) a session with fourth grade teachers that explains the importance of sun protection and hat use, and that addresses potential concerns by teachers 3) classroom sessions with fourth grade children that improves sun protection knowledge, fosters more positive attitudes about hat use, and that changes the subjective norm of wearing hats when at school 4) follow-up sessions in which children are provided free hats with a customized hat design that represents their school 5) sun protection educational materials that are mailed to the parents of targeted children. The overall effectiveness of the project will be determined using a randomized controlled design in which 20 schools will be randomized to either receive the school-based intervention or to serve as controls. Two behavioral outcomes will be assessed over a two-year period: 1) hat use while in school and 2) hat use while outside and not at school.

描述（由申请人提供）：本拟议项目的目的是开发一种以学校为基础的综合防晒干预措施，特别强调儿童在户外时帽子的使用。该干预措施将针对佛罗里达州希尔斯伯勒县的四年级儿童。该干预措施将基于理性行动和计划行为理论，旨在实现以下目标：1) 提高儿童关于帽子的防晒知识，2) 培养对戴帽子更积极的态度3)改变戴帽子的主观规范，4) 针对儿童认为控制其戴帽子行为的人（父母、老师），以及 5) 当儿童在学校户外时（主要结果）以及当儿童在室外时增加帽子的使用（主要结果）学校以外的时间在户外（次要结果）。 为了实现这些目标，干预措施将是多方面的，包括 1) 与校长举行单独会议，以促进鼓励儿童在户外时使用帽子的学校政策 2) 与四年级教师举行会议，解释防晒的重要性和帽子的使用，解决了教师潜在的担忧 3) 与四年级儿童进行课堂教学，提高防晒知识，培养对帽子使用更积极的态度，并改变在学校戴帽子的主观规范 4) 后续行动孩子们参加的会议免费提供代表学校的定制帽子设计的帽子 5) 向目标儿童的家长邮寄防晒教育材料。 该项目的整体有效性将通过随机对照设计来确定，其中 20 所学校将被随机分配接受校本干预或作为对照。将在两年内评估两种行为结果：1）在学校期间帽子的使用情况；2）在室外和非学校期间的帽子使用情况。