TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics associated with use or intention to use indoor tanning among adolescents
AU - Lazovich, De Ann
AU - Forster, Jean
AU - Sorensen, Glorian
AU - Emmons, Karen
AU - Stryker, Jo
AU - Demierre, Marie France
AU - Hickle, Andrea
AU - Remba, Natania
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - Background: Indoor tanning is a popular behavior that may increase skin cancer risk. Objective: To examine characteristics associated with use or intention to use indoor tanning among adolescents. Methods: A telephone interview was conducted with 1273 adolescents, aged 14 to 17 years, in the Minneapolis-St Paul, Minn, and Boston, Mass, metropolitan areas. Questions included demographic and phenotypic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, social factors, use of indoor tanning, and intention to tan indoors. Results: Twelve percent of boys and 42% of girls had tanned indoors. Among nontanners, 22.4% planned to start, and 77.2% of tanners planned to continue tanning indoors. Nontanners and tanners at risk for future indoor tanning use were each significantly more likely to be female, less likely to use sun protection, less knowledgeable about skin cancer risks, more likely to agree that tans were attractive, and more strongly influenced by social factors compared with their low-risk counterparts. Conclusions: Our data suggest that intention to tan indoors may identify a group of adolescents at risk for adopting the behavior; prospective studies are needed for confirmation.
AB - Background: Indoor tanning is a popular behavior that may increase skin cancer risk. Objective: To examine characteristics associated with use or intention to use indoor tanning among adolescents. Methods: A telephone interview was conducted with 1273 adolescents, aged 14 to 17 years, in the Minneapolis-St Paul, Minn, and Boston, Mass, metropolitan areas. Questions included demographic and phenotypic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, social factors, use of indoor tanning, and intention to tan indoors. Results: Twelve percent of boys and 42% of girls had tanned indoors. Among nontanners, 22.4% planned to start, and 77.2% of tanners planned to continue tanning indoors. Nontanners and tanners at risk for future indoor tanning use were each significantly more likely to be female, less likely to use sun protection, less knowledgeable about skin cancer risks, more likely to agree that tans were attractive, and more strongly influenced by social factors compared with their low-risk counterparts. Conclusions: Our data suggest that intention to tan indoors may identify a group of adolescents at risk for adopting the behavior; prospective studies are needed for confirmation.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.158.9.918
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.158.9.918
M3 - Article
C2 - 15351760
AN - SCOPUS:4444248518
SN - 1072-4710
VL - 158
SP - 918
EP - 924
JO - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
JF - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
IS - 9
ER -