[Behaviors related to sunlight exposure versus protection in a random population sample from 15 Brazilian State capitals and the Federal District, 2002-2003].
This article examines region-specific relations between prevalence of protection against sunlight and socio-demographic and behavioral variables in Brazil. Data were derived from a cross-sectional population-based random sample. Information on sunlight exposure was available for a total of 16,999 individuals 15 years and older. Comparing the North and South of Brazil, crude differences between women and men in the use of "sunscreen" and "protective headwear" were +10.9% (95%CI: 7.1; 14.6) and -11.6% (95%CI: -17.0; -6.3) in the North and +21.3% (95%CI: 17.7; 24.9) and -16.0% (95%CI: -20.2; -12.5) in the South. Adjusted differences by selected variables confirmed that women use more sunscreen protection and less headwear protection as compared to men in both the North and South, but the difference was not homogeneous by region (interaction term p value < 0.05).
Szklo
André Salem
AS
Coordenação de Prevenção e Vigilância, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua dos Inválidos 212, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20231-020, Brazil. aszklo@inca.gov.br
Almeida
Liz Maria de
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Figueiredo
Valeska
V
Lozana
José de Azevedo
Jde A
Azevedo e Silva Mendonça
Gulnar
G
Moura
Lenildo de
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Szklo
Moysés
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011481:Protective Clothing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013471:Sunburn / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013472:Sunlight; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D013473:Sunscreening Agents