Sunburns and Sun Protection Behaviors among Male Hispanic Outdoor Day Laborers

Zhaomeng Niu; Mary Riley; Jerod L. Stapleton; Michele Ochsner; Germania Hernandez; Louis Kimmel; Daniel P. Giovenco; Shawna V. Hudson; Denalee O’malley; Carolina Lozada; Marién Casillas Pabellón; Carolyn J. Heckman; Elliot J. Coups

doi:10.3390/ijerph19052524

Sunburns and Sun Protection Behaviors among Male Hispanic Outdoor Day Laborers

Zhaomeng Niu, Mary Riley, Jerod L. Stapleton, Michele Ochsner, Germania Hernandez, Louis Kimmel, Daniel P. Giovenco, Shawna V. Hudson, Denalee O’malley, Carolina Lozada, Marién Casillas Pabellón, Carolyn J. Heckman, Elliot J. Coups

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Individuals who work outside are at increased risk for skin cancer due to excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Little is known about UV exposures and sun safety practices of outdoor day laborers, who are disproportionately Hispanic. This study identified the correlates of sunburn and sun protection behaviors in a sample of male, Hispanic day laborers (n = 175). More than half of the participants (54.9%) experienced one or more sunburns when working during the past summer, and 62.9% reported having one or more symptoms of heat illness. The frequency of engaging in sun protection behaviors was suboptimal, including sunglasses use (M = 2.68, SD = 1.71), staying in the shade (M = 2.30, SD = 0.94), wearing sunscreen (M = 2.10, SD = 1.39), and wearing a wide-brimmed hat (M = 1.75, SD = 1.32), based on a 5-point scale (1 = never; 5 = always). Lower education level, higher levels of skin sensitivity to the sun, any symptom of heat illness, fewer barriers to wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and not wearing a wide-brimmed hat were associated with a greater number of sunburns. Factors associated with each sun protection behavior varied. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	2524
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	19
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052524
State	Published - Mar 1 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by Johnson & Johnson through a grant from the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation and National Cancer Institute (grant number: P30CA072720).

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© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

Heat illness
Hispanic
Latino
Outdoor day laborers
Skin cancer prevention
Sun protection
Sunburn
UV exposure

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Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Niu, Z., Riley, M., Stapleton, J. L., Ochsner, M., Hernandez, G., Kimmel, L., Giovenco, D. P., Hudson, S. V., O’malley, D., Lozada, C., Pabellón, M. C., Heckman, C. J., & Coups, E. J. (2022). Sunburns and Sun Protection Behaviors among Male Hispanic Outdoor Day Laborers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), [2524]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052524

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