Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2017
An online skin cancer risk-reduction intervention for young adults: Mechanisms of effects.
Trial report in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03313492 (Modifying Young Adult Skin Cancer Risk and Protective Behaviors), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Modifying Young Adult Skin Cancer Risk and Protective Behaviors (UV4.me2): A Hybrid Type 2 Dissemination/Effectiveness Trial
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Online Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Interventions to Increase Awareness of Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Harm and Protective Behaviors in Post-Secondary School Adults.Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgeryPooled it
- Digital Skin Cancer Risk Reduction Interventions for Young Adults: Findings from a Hybrid Type-II Effectiveness-Implementation Trial.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Trial
- Moderators of the Effects of mySmartSkin, a Web-Based Intervention to Promote Skin Self-examination and Sun Protection Among Individuals Diagnosed With Melanoma.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Trial
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- "It just happens": A qualitative analysis of unintentional tanning behaviors.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2026Article
- Outdoor workers' perceptions of skin cancer prevention: a qualitative study.Annals of work exposures and health · 2024Article
- Digital interventions for promoting sun protection and skin self-examination behaviors: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Moderators of intervention efficacy for Finding My Way: A web-based psychosocial intervention for cancer-related distress.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Real-Time UV Measurement With a Sun Protection System for Warning Young Adults About Sunburn: Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Cancer information overload: Discriminant validity and relationship to sun safe behaviors.Patient education and counseling · 2020Article
- Association of Skin Cancer Risk and Protective Behaviors with Health Literacy Among Young Adults in the USA.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- A hierarchical clustering approach to identify repeated enrollments in web survey data.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe study's purpose was to investigate moderator, implementation, and mediator variables related to the efficacy of UV4.me, an Internet intervention that decreased ultraviolet radiation (UV) exposure and increased skin protection behaviors among young adults.
methodA total of 965 18-25 year olds at risk for skin cancer were recruited nationally online. Participants were randomized to an experimental website (UV4.me), a control website, or assessment only. Participant characteristics (moderators), engagement with and perceptions of interventions (implementation measures), and exposure and protection attitudinal variables (mediators) were assessed. Linear regression and mediation analyses were conducted.
resultsIntervention effects on skin protection were greater for participants with a family history of skin cancer (p = .01). Intervention effects on UV exposure were greater among recent indoor tanners (p = .04). Improvements in skin protection (but not UV exposure) were associated with perceiving the interventions as satisfying or helpful (ps < .01). The experimental group had better outcomes if they completed more modules (ps < .01) or set more behavioral goals (ps < .01). Knowledge and exposure decisional balance mediated intervention effects for UV exposure (ps < .05), and protection decisional balance, self-efficacy, and intentions mediated intervention effects for protection (ps < .05).
conclusionsThe experimental intervention was more efficacious for certain high risk groups. The more individuals liked and engaged with the interventions (e.g., by setting goals), the better their outcomes. Mediation results inform theory about change mechanisms and differed by behavioral outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record
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