Sustainability of the Dissemination of an Occupational Sun Protection Program in a Randomized Trial

David B. Buller; Barbara J. Walkosz; Peter A. Andersen; Michael D. Scott; Mark B. Dignan; Gary R. Cutter; Xiao Zhang; Ilima L. Kane

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Sustainability of the Dissemination of an Occupational Sun Protection Program in a Randomized Trial

David B. Buller, Barbara J. Walkosz, Peter A. Andersen, Michael D. Scott, Mark B. Dignan, Gary R. Cutter, Xiao Zhang, Ilima L. Kane

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Sustainability of an occupational sun safety program, Go Sun Smart (GSS), was explored in a randomized trial, testing dissemination strategies at 68 U.S. and Canadian ski areas in 2004-2007. All ski areas received GSS from the National Ski Areas Association through a Basic Dissemination Strategy (BDS) using conference presentations and free materials. Half of the ski areas were randomly assigned to a theory-based Enhanced Dissemination Strategy (EDS) with personal contact supporting GSS use. GSS use was assessed at immediate and long-term follow-up posttests by on-site observation. Use of GSS declined from immediate (M = 6.24) to long-term follow-up (M = 4.72), F(1, 62) = 6.95, p = .01, but EDS ski areas (M = 6.53) continued to use GSS more than BDS ski areas (M = 4.49), F(1, 62) = 5.75, p = .02, regardless of timing of posttest, strategy × observation F(1, 60) = 0.05, p = .83. Despite declines over time, a group of ski areas had sustained high program use and active dissemination methods had sustained positive effects on implementation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	498-502
Number of pages	5
Journal	Health Education and Behavior
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198111420287
State	Published - Aug 2012

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This project and all contributors were supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (CA104876). The works of Drs. Buller, Walkosz, Andersen, Scott, Dignan, and Cutter have been supported by the National Institutes of Health.

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cancer prevention and screening
health communications
outcome evaluation
quantitative methods
worksite health promotion

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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