Skin sun-acne tutorial evaluation among middle- and high-school students in central New Jersey.
BACKGROUND
Because of the perception that a tan is healthy and attractive, it has been difficult to educate adolescents about sun protection.


OBJECTIVE
We sought to examine whether the skin sun-acne tutorial, an hour-long, hands-on educational intervention that combined acne education with sun-protection education, increased knowledge of skin care, sun protection, and acne.


METHODS
In all, 1214 middle- and high-school students were taught, tested, and surveyed. Outcomes were determined based on comparing performance on a pretest and posttest.


RESULTS
All students, regardless of sex, ethnicity, age, or race, improved significantly from their pretest to posttest scores (P < .001).


CONCLUSIONS
This study only used one health educator and was restricted to public schools in central New Jersey.


CONCLUSIONS
The skin sun-acne tutorial significantly improved knowledge of skin care including knowledge of sun protection and acne among students of different grades, sexes, ages, ethnicities, and races.
Irwin
Blair
B
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Mauriello
Dana
D
Hemminger
Laura
L
Pappert
Amy
A
Kimball
Alexandra B
AB
D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D017592:Skin Care; D013334:Students; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*