Serial Cross-Sectional Observations of Sun-Protective Behaviors at an Annual Outdoor Motorsport Event in Tropical Queensland, Australia
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Article Title | Serial Cross-Sectional Observations of Sun-Protective Behaviors at an Annual Outdoor Motorsport Event in Tropical Queensland, Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 15283 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Dexter, Ben, Smith, Annika, King, Rachel, Downs, Nathan J., Nikles, Catherine Jane, Parisi, Alfio V., Ho, Yik-Hong and Harrison, Simone Lee |
Journal Title | Photochemistry and Photobiology |
Journal Citation | 99 (5), pp. 1352-1356 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0031-8655 |
1751-1097 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13773 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/php.13773 |
Abstract | Skin cancer, the most prevalent cancer in Caucasians residing at low latitudes, can primarily be prevented by avoiding overexposure to sunlight. Serial cross-sectional observations were conducted at an outdoor motorsport event held in Townsville, Queensland each July (Southern winter) to determine whether sun-protection habits changed over time. Most (71.1%) of the 1337 attendees observed (97.6% lightly pigmented skin, 64.0% male) wore a hat (any style shading the face), while few (18.5%) wore three-quarter or full-length sleeves. While hat-wearing rates (any style) were similar in 2009 (326, 72.6%) and 2013 (625, 70.4%), the use of sun-protective styles (wide-brimmed/bucket/legionnaires) decreased from 29.2% to 18.6% over the same period, primarily because the use of sun-protective hats halved (from 28.7% to 14.0%) among females, while decreasing from 29.4% to 21.1% in males. Although relatively few individuals wore sun-protective (three-quarter-length or full-length) sleeves regardless of year (OR = 0.117, P < 0.0001), encouragingly, the use of sun-protective sleeves more than doubled between 2009 (10.5%) and 2013 (22.5%). Interestingly females, albeit the minority, at this sporting event were less likely to wear a hat (OR = 0.473, P < 0.0001) than males. These findings highlight the need for continued momentum toward skin cancer primary prevention through sun protection with a dedicated focus on outdoor sporting settings. |
Keywords | Skin cancer; outdoor motorsport ; sun protection habits |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified |
420699. Public health not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
James Cook University | |
University of Sydney | |
Melanoma Institute of Australia, Australia | |
University of Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/v5v30/serial-cross-sectional-observations-of-sun-protective-behaviors-at-an-annual-outdoor-motorsport-event-in-tropical-queensland-australia
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