Tanning youth: knowledge, behaviors and attitudes toward sun protection of high school students in Sakarya, Turkey.
The aim of this study was to assess, by means of an in-school questionnaire, the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of high-school students in Sakarya, Turkey concerning sun protection and skin cancer. The knowledge and behavior scores of girls were higher than those of boys, whereas boys had better attitude scores.
Filiz
Tuncay M
TM
Department of Family Medicine, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Izmit, Kocaeli, Turkey. dalim_99@hotmail.com
Cinar
Nursan
N
Topsever
Pinar
P
Ucar
Fatma
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D013471:Sunburn / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014421:Turkey
D013473:Sunscreening Agents