Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26269134›Full record

Observational studyPediatric dermatology

Correlates of Sun Safety Practices in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adolescents: Implications for Skin Cancer Prevention Interventions.

Darren Mays, Kirsten B Hawkins, Vida L Tyc, Michael B Atkins, Kenneth P Tercyak

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Observational study in Pediatric dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Associations between Perceived Costs and Rewards of Sun Protection and Sun Safety Practices among Rural and Urban High School Students.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Darren MaysDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC.
Kirsten B HawkinsDepartment of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Vida L TycDepartment of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Michael B AtkinsDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC.
Kenneth P TercyakDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC.
Georgetown University · USGeorgetown University Medical Center · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

Tissue Culture Shared ResourceP30CA051008 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI KAREN A CRESWELL · 1990 to 2026
$71.5M
Pediatric Cancer Prevention and ControlK07CA091831 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI TERCYAK, KENNETH · 2002 to 2006
$663k
NCI NIH HHS CA091831NCI NIH HHS K07 CA091831NCI NIH HHS P30 CA051008NCI NIH HHS P30CA051008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To guide skin cancer preventive interventions, this study examined correlates of sun safety behaviors in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 407 adolescents completing a self-report survey at the time of their pediatric wellness visit. Adolescents regularly practiced few sun safety behaviors, and greater interest in cancer prevention was associated with more sun safety behaviors, ever smoking cigarettes was associated with fewer sun safety behaviors, and nonwhite minority adolescents practiced fewer sun safety behaviors than non-Hispanic whites. Clinical preventive interventions to increase sun safety practices among adolescents of all racial and ethnic backgrounds could be integrated into general cancer prevention education, including combining skin cancer prevention with antismoking counseling.

Indexed as

EthnicityAdolescentFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHealth SurveysHumansMalePatient Education as TopicSelf ReportSkin NeoplasmsSunlightSunscreening AgentsYoung AdultSunscreening Agents

Identifiers

PMID26269134
PMCPMC4654685
OpenAlexW1931713574

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