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Trends in Sunscreen Use Among US Middle and High School Students, 2007-2019

Objective: The purpose of this project is to analyze trends in sunscreen usage among middle and high school students from the Centers of Disease Control’s National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) from the years 2007 to 2019. Methods: Data from the 2007-2019 National YRBS were analyzed. YRBS is a...

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Autores principales: Rajagopal, Geethanjali, Talluri, Rachna, Chuy, Valerie S, Cheng, An-Lin, Dall, Lawrence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8370854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34422497
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16468
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author Rajagopal, Geethanjali
Talluri, Rachna
Chuy, Valerie S
Cheng, An-Lin
Dall, Lawrence
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description Objective: The purpose of this project is to analyze trends in sunscreen usage among middle and high school students from the Centers of Disease Control’s National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) from the years 2007 to 2019. Methods: Data from the 2007-2019 National YRBS were analyzed. YRBS is a cross-sectional survey of health risk behaviors among middle and high school students (grades 6-12) in the United States. Students were asked questions regarding sunscreen usage and demographic information, including age, race/ethnicity, and gender. Results: From 2007 to 2019, the average mean sunscreen usage for all students increased by 4% between every consecutive year studied. Mean sunscreen usage among all racial groups studied, other than Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, increased. Females were 92.7% more likely to use sunscreen than males each year. The mean sunscreen usage decreased by 5% with an increase in a student’s age. Conclusions: Though overall sunscreen use in adolescents increased over the time period from 2007 to 2019, sunscreen use still remains limited due to a variety of factors possibly including cost, tanning, and different socio-cultural perceptions of sunscreen.
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spelling pubmed-83708542021-08-20 Trends in Sunscreen Use Among US Middle and High School Students, 2007-2019 Rajagopal, Geethanjali Talluri, Rachna Chuy, Valerie S Cheng, An-Lin Dall, Lawrence Cureus Pediatrics Objective: The purpose of this project is to analyze trends in sunscreen usage among middle and high school students from the Centers of Disease Control’s National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) from the years 2007 to 2019. Methods: Data from the 2007-2019 National YRBS were analyzed. YRBS is a cross-sectional survey of health risk behaviors among middle and high school students (grades 6-12) in the United States. Students were asked questions regarding sunscreen usage and demographic information, including age, race/ethnicity, and gender. Results: From 2007 to 2019, the average mean sunscreen usage for all students increased by 4% between every consecutive year studied. Mean sunscreen usage among all racial groups studied, other than Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, increased. Females were 92.7% more likely to use sunscreen than males each year. The mean sunscreen usage decreased by 5% with an increase in a student’s age. Conclusions: Though overall sunscreen use in adolescents increased over the time period from 2007 to 2019, sunscreen use still remains limited due to a variety of factors possibly including cost, tanning, and different socio-cultural perceptions of sunscreen. Cureus 2021-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8370854/ /pubmed/34422497 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16468 Text en Copyright © 2021, Rajagopal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Trends in Sunscreen Use Among US Middle and High School Students, 2007-2019
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title_short Trends in Sunscreen Use Among US Middle and High School Students, 2007-2019
title_sort trends in sunscreen use among us middle and high school students, 2007-2019
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8370854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34422497
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16468
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