Sun protection, sunburn, tanning, and family factors among melanoma survivors and their minor children.

ABSTRACT: Use of recommended sun protection strategies among minor children of melanoma survivors is suboptimal and as a result, these children receive excess ultraviolet radiation exposure that further increases their melanoma risk. Among a sample of 368 melanoma survivor-child dyads, the relationship between family-focused factors and child sun protection and related outcomes was examined, as well as the relations of family factors with individual sun-protective behaviors. The findings indicated that sun protection, tanning, and sunburn were positively associated between survivors and their children. Certain family-focused factors including parental perceived risk for the child to develop melanoma later in life and problem-solving skills were associated with child melanoma risk and protection outc

SUBMITTER: Wu YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614335 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature