TY - JOUR
T1 - Randomized trial testing a worksite sun protection program in an outdoor recreation industry
AU - Buller, David B.
AU - Andersen, Peter A.
AU - Walkosz, Barbara J.
AU - Scott, Michael D.
AU - Cutter, Gary R.
AU - Dignan, Mark B.
AU - Zarlengo, Elizabeth M.
AU - Voeks, Jenifer H.
AU - Giese, Aimee J.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Health communication campaigns intended to reduce chronic and severe exposure to ultraviolet radiation in sunlight and prevent skin cancer are a national priority. Outdoor workers represent an unaddressed, high-risk population. Go Sun Smart (GSS), a worksite sun safety program largely based on the diffusion-of-innovations theory, was evaluated in a pair-matched, group-randomized, pretest-posttest controlled design enrolling employees at 26 ski areas in Western North America. Employees at the intervention ski areas were more aware of GSS (odds ratio [OR] = 8.27, p < .05) and reported less sunburning (adjusted OR = 1.63, p < .05) at posttest than employees at the control areas. A dose response was evident (OR = 1.46, p < .05) with greater observed program implementation associated with fewer sunburns among employees. Program awareness per se was not predictive (p > .05) of reduced sunburning in a mediational analysis. Analyses of nonrespondents, including intent-to-treat analyses, further supported the success of GSS.
AB - Health communication campaigns intended to reduce chronic and severe exposure to ultraviolet radiation in sunlight and prevent skin cancer are a national priority. Outdoor workers represent an unaddressed, high-risk population. Go Sun Smart (GSS), a worksite sun safety program largely based on the diffusion-of-innovations theory, was evaluated in a pair-matched, group-randomized, pretest-posttest controlled design enrolling employees at 26 ski areas in Western North America. Employees at the intervention ski areas were more aware of GSS (odds ratio [OR] = 8.27, p < .05) and reported less sunburning (adjusted OR = 1.63, p < .05) at posttest than employees at the control areas. A dose response was evident (OR = 1.46, p < .05) with greater observed program implementation associated with fewer sunburns among employees. Program awareness per se was not predictive (p > .05) of reduced sunburning in a mediational analysis. Analyses of nonrespondents, including intent-to-treat analyses, further supported the success of GSS.
KW - Prevention
KW - Skin cancer
KW - Worksites
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U2 - 10.1177/1090198105276211
DO - 10.1177/1090198105276211
M3 - Article
C2 - 16009748
AN - SCOPUS:23744505572
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 32
SP - 514
EP - 535
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -
