Efficacy of a facial-aging web app on sun protection behaviors among primary school students in Iran: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skin cancers resulting from excessive exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation are on the rise. This study aims to investigate the impact of facial-aging app intervention on promoting safe and healthy behaviors and its influence on reducing students' UV exposure.

Method

Utilizing a Pretest-Posttest repeated-measures design, we developed a theory-guided web app on the WhatsApp platform, named the Sunshine and Skin Health app. This app allows users to visualize their altered faces in three stages of adolescence, middle age, and old age based on sun protection behavior. The intervention continued within WhatsApp, incorporating 27 health messages grounded in the PMT theory, eight educational files, and a skin cancer video clip. The primary outcome is the change in

SUBMITTER: Okati-Aliabad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10921649 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature