Individual and setting level predictors of the implementation of a skin cancer prevention program: a multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To achieve widespread cancer control, a better understanding is needed of the factors that contribute to successful implementation of effective skin cancer prevention interventions. This study assessed the relative contributions of individual- and setting-level characteristics to implementation of a widely disseminated skin cancer prevention program.

Methods

A multilevel analysis was conducted using data from the Pool Cool Diffusion Trial from 2004 and replicated with data from 2005. Implementation of Pool Cool by lifeguards was measured using a composite score (implementation variable, range 0 to 10) that assessed whether the lifeguard performed different components of the intervention. Predictors included lifeguard background characteristics, lifeguard sun prote

SUBMITTER: Rabin BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2901365 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature