Awareness, behavior and attitudes concerning sun exposure among beachgoers in the northern coast of Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skin cancer incidence has increased over the last years, becoming a major public health problem.

Objective

To describe the awareness, behavior and attitudes concerning sun exposure among beachgoers in the northern coast of Peru.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study in the Pimentel beach, Peru. The "Beach Questionnaire" was used and we surveyed all the beachgoers from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from March 5 to March 19. For the statistical analysis, sun exposure habits, sunburns history, knowledge, attitudes and practices were crossed with sex using the chi2 test.

Results

We surveyed 410 beachgoers, the most frequent phototype was type III (40.5%). Only the 13.66% of the respondents correctly answered the seven knowledge questions related to sun exp

SUBMITTER: Toro-Huamanchumo CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338095 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature