Trial reportJournal of health communication2013
Randomized trial of tailored skin cancer prevention for children: the Project SCAPE family study.
Trial report in Journal of health communication, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05788939 (DOES PLANNED VISUAL EDUCATION AFFECT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT SKIN CANCER?), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Does planned visual education affect university students' attitudes and beliefs about skin cancer?
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Effect of planned visual education on university students' attitudes and beliefs regarding skin cancer: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2025Trial
- Effects of tailored risk communications for skin cancer prevention and detection: the PennSCAPE randomized trial.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2015Trial
- Melanoma Prevention Among Children of Melanoma Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA dermatology · 2026Article
- Sun protection, sunburn, tanning, and family factors among melanoma survivors and their minor children.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- The Family Lifestyles, Actions and Risk Education (FLARE) study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a sun protection intervention for children of melanoma survivors.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- A Review of the Impact of Sun Safety Interventions in Children.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2023Review
- Knowledge Levels of Kindergarten Teachers About Skin Cancer, Sun Protection Behaviors, and Affecting Factors.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- A personalized biomedical risk assessment infographic for people who smoke with COPD: a qualitative study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
- A pilot study of a telehealth family-focused melanoma preventive intervention for children with a family history of melanoma.Psycho-oncology · 2020Article
- The Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Wearable UV Radiation Exposure Monitoring Device in Adults and Children: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.JMIR dermatology · 2020Article
- Relationship of parent-child sun protection among those at risk for and surviving with melanoma: Implications for family-based cancer prevention.Translational behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- SunSmart: evaluation of a pilot school-based sun protection intervention in Hispanic early adolescents.Health education research · 2015Article
- [Skin health promotion in the elderly].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2015Review
- Brazilian consensus on photoprotection.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study evaluated a tailored intervention to promote sun protection in parents and their children, hypothesizing that the tailored intervention would lead to improved skin cancer prevention behaviors compared to generic materials. Families were recruited through schools and community centers and were included if there was 1 child in Grades 1-3 at moderate to high risk for skin cancer. Participants were randomized into one of two intervention groups: a tailored intervention, in which they received personalized skin cancer education through the mail; or a control group who received generic skin cancer information materials. Before and after intervention, parents completed questionnaires about their and their children's skin cancer risk and prevention knowledge and behaviors. Parents also completed 4-day sun exposure and protection diaries for their child and themselves. Tailored group participants demonstrated significantly greater positive changes in prevention behavior after the intervention, including children's use of sunscreen, shirts, and hats, and parents' use of shade, and skin examinations. Effect sizes were small and perceived benefits and social norms mediated intervention effects. Findings from this study support the efficacy of focusing tailored communications to families in order to change skin cancer prevention practices in young children.
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