title: Tanning and beauty: Mother and teenage daughters in discussion.
abstract: Tanning increases dramatically through the teenage years, but the family context of this health risk behavior is relatively unstudied. We conducted videotaped conversations between teenage girls (10th and 11th grade) and their mothers. We developed a coding system for discussion content and highlight findings including inadequate knowledge concerning the harms of tanning and positive views of outdoor tanning over indoor tanning, yet agreement that all tans are attractive. Many teens believed that indoor tanning is sometimes necessary to achieve the tanned look. These findings can usefully guide intervention development regarding the harms of all tanning, rather than indoor or outdoor tanning specifically.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA hayj@mskcc.org.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Alan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.affiliation: Adelphi University, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schoenhammer
authors.affiliation: The New School for Social Research, USA.
authors.forename: Mallorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: The Framingham School District, USA.
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
authors.forename: Elyse
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shuk
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oliveria
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
authors.forename: Allan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Halpern
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001504:Beauty; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009035:Mothers; D009679:Nuclear Family; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: cancer; children; family; health behavior; risk