Sun protection program increases hat use among 4th-graders
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 07:56
in Health & Medicine
A sun protection intervention program that encouraged fourth-graders to wear hats outdoors as a skin cancer prevention measure significantly increased hat use at school, a study by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine found. The program, however, had no effect on self-reported hat use at home or on measures of skin pigmentation...