Mediation of a middle school skin cancer prevention program.
This study tested potential mediators of a school-based skin cancer prevention intervention for middle school children (6th-8th grades; N = 1,788). Ten variables were tested on 4 criteria to establish mediation, including (a) intervention related to outcome, (b) intervention related to mediators, (c) mediators related to outcome, and (d) mediated effect statistically significant. Sun-safe behaviors (e.g., sunscreen use) and potential mediators were measured with a self-report questionnaire. All criteria were met for Barriers--Sunscreen, Perceived Self-Efficacy, and Knowledge when the mediators were tested separately. In multiple mediator analyses, barriers to sunscreen use and self-efficacy satisfied Criteria 1-3 but were not statistically significant (Criterion 4). Barriers to sunscreen use, perceived self-efficacy for sun-safe behavior, and knowledge may serve as mediators.
Reynolds
Kim D
KD
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA. kdreynol@usc.edu
Buller
David B
DB
Yaroch
Amy L
AL
Maloy
Julie A
JA
Cutter
Gary R
GR
D000293:Adolescent; D001130:Arizona; D003120:Colorado; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009516:New Mexico; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012574:Schools; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013473:Sunscreening Agents; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D013473:Sunscreening Agents